Unit 3 Chapter 1 Test Review

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Which statement would an anti-imperialist most likely agree with? Options: The United States has a powerful military, which gives it the right to intervene in other nations. Bringing Christianity to other nations through missionaries and other means is enough justification for the United States to take control. Seizing land and announcing control over entire groups of people goes against core American values of freedom and democracy. Sometimes intervention in another nation’s business is required, especially if it can benefit the United States and its economy.

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Seizing land and announcing control over entire groups of people goes against core American values of freedom and democracy.

Front

What was one factor that initially brought Americans to Hawaii? Options: leisure opportunities, such as hiking the islands; business opportunities, such as sugar plantations; cultural opportunities, such as sampling new fruits; political opportunities, such as running for office in the provisional government.

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business opportunities, such as sugar plantations

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What was significant about this person’s reign?

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She was the last reigning monarch of Hawaii before Americans rebelled and overthrew the monarchy.

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How did this image influence the start of the Spanish-American War?

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Yellow journalism was used to run sensational and exaggerated stories to call for war.

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Why did American secretary of state John Hay call the Spanish-American War a “splendid little war”?

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It ended quickly.

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Why did President Roosevelt order the group of battleships known as the Great White Fleet to sail around the world?

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He wanted to demonstrate that the United States had a powerful navy.

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Which action is depicted in this image? Options: the construction of a Hawaiian sugar plantation, the U.S. Navy defeating Spain’s fleet in the Philippines, boats passing through the Panama Canal, the addition of the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine

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boats passing through the Panama Canal

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How does William Jennings Bryan counter the argument of those who support imperialism?

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by suggesting that imperialism undermines the principle of self-government and contradicts values of liberty and anti-conquest

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What was the primary reason for the United States' interest in constructing the Panama Canal?

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To facilitate quicker naval movement between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans