CS14 Overseas Expansion Pgs 1-3

Multiple Choice

What were the favorable attitudes developed by Americans towards foreign expansion after the closing of the western frontier?

• Increased isolationism

• Support for imperialism

• Desire for territorial expansion

• Opposition to foreign involvement

Multiple Choice

Which heading best completes the partial outline below?

• Rise of American Imperialism

• Causes of World War I

• Enforcement of the Monroe Doctrine

• Trade Expansion in East Asia

Multiple Choice

Chronic wrongdoing, . . . which results in a general loosening of the ties of civilized society, may in America, as elsewhere, ultimately require intervention by some civilized nation, and in the Western Hemisphere the adherence of the United States to the Monroe Doctrine may force the United States, however reluctantly, in flagrant cases of such
wrongdoing . . . to the exercise of an international police power.—President Theodore Roosevelt, 1904

President Roosevelt issued this statement in response to —

• the construction of a canal in Panama
• the threat of European intervention in Latin America
• Spanish efforts to suppress a rebellion in Cuba
• public outcry regarding war between Russia and Japan

Multiple Choice

What were the main reasons behind the United States' annexation of Hawaii in 1898?

• To expand U.S. territory in the Pacific

• To establish a stronger monarchy in Hawaii

• To prevent European colonization of Hawaii

• To increase sugar production in Hawaii

Multiple Choice

__________ was annexed in 1898 due to its strategic military location (Pearl Harbor) and its ability to produce cash crops.

• California
• Puerto Rico
• Hawaii
• Alaska

Multiple Choice

Hawaii became part of the United States

• as part of the treaty ending the Spanish-American War.

• because the Hawaiian government applied for statehood.

• after a group of planters and U.S. Marines overthrew the Hawaiian queen.

• after the United States bought Hawaii from Spain.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following below best describes the reason why the U.S. wanted to annex Hawaii?

• it needed to protect the missionaries there

• it would provide a military base and open up new markets

• the Hawaiian monarchy was discriminating against Americans

• Sanford B. Dol was promised the position of governor

Multiple Choice

What significant event occurred in Hawaii in 1898?

• Hawaii became a U.S. territory

• Hawaii was declared an independent republic

• Hawaii was annexed by Spain

• Hawaii became a state

Multiple Choice

What was the role of Sanford Dole in the annexation of Hawaii?

• He opposed annexation

• He declared Hawaii an independent republic

• He was the first governor of Hawaii

• He was a U.S. President

Multiple Choice

At the end of the Spanish American War, the United States gained which 3 territories? 

• Puerto Rico, Cuba, Spain
• Spain, Cuba, Guam
• Marianas Islands, Philippines, Russia
• Philippines, Guam, Puerto Rico

Poll

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