US History pre WWI

What is the name given to the belief that the United States had the right and duty to expand across the North American continent?

• Manifest destiny 
•  Monroe Doctrine 
•  Great Awakening 
• Louisiana Purchase

When a stronger nation attempts to create an empire by dominating weaker nations... 

• Progressivism 
• Nativism 
• Imperialism 
• Assimilation

The _____ gave farmers 160 acres of land for $10 if they lived and farmed the land for 5 years.

• Homestead Act
• Dawes Act
• Railroad Act
• Comstock Act

By the end of the 19th century, American interest in imperialism changed as:

• the nation experienced greater democracy
• the Progressives revealed problems that could be solved through imperial conquests
• industrialization demanded more resources and new markets 
• many saw the need for spreading democracy

Social Darwinism:

• was used by Anti-Imperialists to promote imperialism
• was used to argue some races and nations are naturally superior to others
• was used to defend a policy of neutrality and isolationism
• was promoted by Frederick Jackson Turner

Yellow Journalists were:

• writers who exposed period problems in hopes of achieving reform
• writers who wrote in yellow to bring attention to Spanish abuses
• newspaper reporters and illustrators who exaggerated stories in order to sell newspapers and fuel a war with Spain
• writers who opposed American imperialism and aimed to keep America neutral

In 1898, the U.S. entered the Spanish-American war to

• help Cuba win its independence from Spain.
• take over land in Mexico.
• give the Rough Riders something to do.
• spread the Spanish language. 

To reduce travel time between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, the U.S. sought to purchase land and build the

• Bahama islands
• Suez Canal
• Panama City
• Panama Canal

Roosevelt Corollary, 1904

• provided protection of equal privileges among countries trading with China
• warned European nations not to get involved in political matters in Central and South America
• added to the Monroe Doctrine; the U.S. may intervene in the affairs of Latin American nations
• policy of extending a nation's authority over other countries
  policy of extending a nation's authority over other countries by economic, political, or military means

Causes for U.S. imperialism:

• Desire for Military Strength
• Thirst for new Trade Markets/Global Competion
• Belief in Cultural Superiority
• All of the Above