Have an account?
Skip to Content
Build your own quiz
Suggestions for you
20 questions
Show Answers
See Preview
- 1. Multiple Choice
All the following were reasons for US imperialism except:
to develop closer relations with European nations
need for more natural resources
need for new markets to sell goods
fear of running out of land to settle
- 2. Multiple Choice
Which of the following supported imperialism as a means of protecting the country?
Alfred Thayer Mahan
Teddy Roosevelt
Josiah Strong
Henry Cabot Lodge
- 3. Multiple Choice
To avoid further conflict in China, the US instituted what policy?
Open Door Policy
Meat Inspection Act
Federal Reserve Act
Island Hopping
- 4. Multiple Choice
Why did the United States "need" territories like the Philippines and Hawaii?
they acted as refueling stations for ships
they had once belonged to the United States
to rid the Americas of European powers
so that those countries did not imperialize the US
- 5. Multiple Choice
What often happens to areas that are colonized?
the economy suffers and are the people are not treated as equals
they become wealthy with the abundance of new opportunities that are presented
they are often deported to another country
they are executed
- 6. Multiple Choice
This is the belief in regards to imperialism that it must be done so as to lead "backwards" people towards the light of democracy...
White Man's Burden
Open Door Policy
Self-determination
Sphere of Influence
- 7. Multiple Choice
Which of the following was the primary reason William Seward wanted to purchase Alaska?
territorial expansion of the US
gold had been discovered
to assimilate the indigenous people
oil had been found
- 8. Multiple Choice
Which territory's annexation by the US happened through a lot of controversy that went all the way to the presidency?
Hawaii
Alaska
Puerto Rico
Cuba
- 9. Multiple Choice
Discovery of which natural resources helped to spark change in how the purchase of Alaska was viewed?
gold
iron
timber
fish
- 10. Multiple Choice
Why was the US initially interested in Hawaii?
sugar plantations were very valuable
an abundance of oil was discovered
to develop a military base
to learn the culture of the natives
- 11. Multiple Choice
Which of the following presidents did not approve of the means in which Sanford B. Dole had become the leader of the Republic of Hawaii?
Clevland
T. Roosevelt
Taft
Hoover
- 12. Multiple Choice
Fake news is the modern term for what during the 1890s?
yellow journalism
red journalism
false advertising
negative journalism
- 13. Multiple Choice
What event led to the start of the Spanish-American War?
sinking of the USS Maine
sinking of the USS Lusitania
attack on southern Florida by Cuba
the coronation of Liliuokalani
- 14. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is not a territory that the US acquired through war?
Alaska
Puerto Rico
Guam
Philippines
- 15. Multiple Choice
What role did the media(yellow journalism) play in the Spanish American War?
shaped public opinion to go to war
only covered facts of the events of the war
play no role in the war whatsoever
shaped public opinion to give the president war powers to declare war on Cuba
- 16. Multiple Choice
As a result of helping Cuba win independence from Spain, the US gained Guantanamo Bay and...
the ability to intervene in Cuba whenever the US saw fit to do so
the ability to have US representatives in the Cuban government
the ability to control the Cuban economy
the ability to annex Cuba
- 17. Multiple Choice
Which of the following foreign policies was used to acquire the land necessary to build a canal in Panama?
Big Stick Policy
Dollar Diplomacy
Moral Diplomacy
Treaty of Paris
- 18. Multiple Choice
Which president built on the Monroe Doctrine's limitations on colonization in the Western Hemisphere?
T. Roosevelt
Taft
Wilson
Seward
- 19. Multiple Choice
How did the US gain the rights to build the Panama Canal?
the US helped Panama achieve independence from Colombia
a treaty with Colombia whom controlled Panama
the US purchased the land from Panama for 7.2 million dollars
the US helped Colombia put down a rebellion in Panama
- 20. Multiple Choice
What was the name given to Taft's foreign policy?
Dollar Diplomacy
Big Stick
Moral Diplomacy
Taft Corollary
- Answer choicesTagsAnswer choicesTags