Slides: Spanish-American War

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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

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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.





Which heading best completes the partial outline above?​

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Justification of American Imperialism

Theodore Roosevelt's Political Platform

Yellow Journalism in Newspaper

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

• They needed bases and coaling stations for the navy.

• All of the above

Multiple Select

What were two reasons the United States emerged as a world power?

• The defeat of Spain in the Spanish-American War

• Entrance into WWI on the Allied side

• Victory in the Civil War

• The defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo

Multiple Choice

What were the main reasons for the United States' expansionist policies as outlined in the Monroe Doctrine?

• To establish dominion over the western hemisphere

• To promote isolationism

• To limit trade with Europe

• To acquire military bases

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The main idea of the ​

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colonization in the ​

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hemisphere.

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Monroe Doctrine

European

Western

Treaty of Ghent

British

Eastern

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 statement describes one of the MOST important reasons why the United States annexed the Kingdom of Hawaii?

• The islands offered excellent locations for tropical resorts.

• The local residents needed help to prevent the spread of poverty and disease.

• The location was strategically valuable to both military and business leaders.

• The local rulers wanted financial assistance to rebuild after a natural disaster.

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 significance of the Boxer Rebellion in relation to foreign influence in China?

• It led to the establishment of more foreign powers in China

• It was a response to foreign intervention

• It resulted in the end of all foreign influence in China

• It had no impact on foreign relations

Multiple Choice

After observing how the European great powers had carved out “spheres of influence” in China, U.S. Secretary of State Hays proposed that the United States –

• help the Boxers to overthrow foreign influence in China
• should enjoy equal trading rights with other foreign nations in China.
• help China to recover all those lands taken by European powers
• blockade all Chinese ports if it was not given control of Hong Kong

Multiple Choice

What was the outcome of the Boxer Rebellion in terms of international relations and reparations?

• The Qing government paid 332 million in damages

• The US withdrew all troops from China

• China gained independence from foreign powers

• The Open Door Policy was abolished

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