Slides: US Imperialism

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Match the Reasons for Imperialism

• The need to get new resources and new markets

• The need for new bases and ports for trade and for military ships

• The desire to prove that America was a powerful country

• The desire to spread Christianity and White Superiority

Economic

Strategic

Nationalism

Cultural

• Economic

• Strategic

• Nationalism

• Cultural

Multiple Choice

Which of these were causes of Imperialism?

• They were competing with other industrialized nations

• They needed more natural resources
• They needed new places to sell their industrial goods

• All of the Above

Multiple Select

What were two reasons the United States emerged as a world power in the early 1900s?

• Defeat of Spain in the Spanish-American War

• Entering into WWI on the Allied side

• Social Darwinism

• Manifest Destiny

Multiple Choice

This image is a representation of...

• US Exploration

• US Diplomacy

• US War Relations

• US Imperialism

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT one of the reasons/ideas behind imperialism? 

• Military Needs
• To isolate your country from the rest of the world. 
• Cultural Superiority 
• Nationalism 

Multiple Choice

Industrialists supported U.S. imperialism because they were interested in finding new:

• defenses.

• markets.

• imperialism.

• allies.

Multiple Select

Choose all reasons for US imperialism...

• the end of the frontier in the US

• desire to compete against European empires

• the need for more workers in the industrial age

• the need for new markets and more natural resources

Multiple Choice

Which of the following summarized an effect of imperialism?

• colonial markets were closed to manufactured goods from the colonizing power
• Land was distributed equally among the main social classes
• Colonial economies became devoted to manufacturing goods for the colonizing power
• The wealth of the colonizing powers often increased at the expense of their colonies
  

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Sea power is the key to national greatness.

United States missionaries spread Christian principals.

The Anglo-Saxon civilization is the best in the world.

Sugar plantations in Hawaii were developed by Americans.





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Justification of American Imperialism

Theodore Roosevelt's Political Platform

Yellow Journalism in Newspaper

Multiple Choice

What was the purpose of the Monroe Doctrine as described in the image?

• To promote trade with Europe

• To warn European powers to stay off the US lawn

• To establish military bases in the western hemisphere

• To encourage immigration to the US

Multiple Choice

Which of the following would NOT complete the graphic?

• British interference with American shipping and the American desire for western expansionism fueled the call for a declaration of war.

• The United States would not interfere in European affairs

• Nations in the Western Hemisphere were inherently different from those of Europe

• The American continents should not be considered for future colonization by any European powers.

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

 The creator of this cartoon was expressing his/her concerns about- 

• President McKinley would have preferred to let Hawaii remain independent
• The annexation of Hawaii was popular with most Americans and Hawaiians
• Most Hawaiians would have preferred to be annexed by Japan rather than by the United States
• President McKinley and the U.S. Senate pushed through the annexation of Hawaii despite popular opposition in Hawaii and the United States

Multiple Choice

What was the goal of the Boxer Rebellion? 

• A.  To give France total control of Chinese trade
• A.  To spread democracy throughout China
• A.  To force out outside influences in China
• A.  To build more ports along the Chinese coast 

Multiple Choice

The Society of Righteous and Harmonious Fists, known as the Boxers, rebelled in 1900, attacking all foreigners.  The rebellion _____.

• was a success and all foreigners were expelled from China
• was a failure and China lost land and became more westernized
• decreased nationalistic feelings and never rebelled again
• increased to power of the Chinese emperor

Multiple Choice

What was the significance of the Open Door Policy established by the US after the Boxer Rebellion?

• It promoted free trade in China

• It eliminated imperialist competition

• It served to support the Qing government

• It led to increased military presence in China

Multiple Choice

Why did the United States formulate the Open Door policy toward China?

•  to develop democratic institutions and practices in China 
• to prevent a European and Japanese monopoly of Chinese trade and markets 
• to establish a military presence on the Chinese mainland
• to support Japanese efforts to industrialize China