Imperialism: U.S. Becomes A World Power

Imperialism is

• a stronger nation seeking control over a weak nation's land or people
• the industrialization of a country
• when people assimilate into the culture around them
• when China was opened to trade

Economics, military interests, & belief in cultural superiority are all

• Reasons for Imperialism
• What anti-imperialists believed in
• reasons to purchase Alaska
• Roosevelt's views on his corollary

This woman was overthrown by U.S. sugar planters with help from U.S. Marines in 1893.

• Luis Munoz Rivera
• Queen Liliuokalani
• Jose Marti
• Jane Addams

Alaska was aquired because

• We knew it was resource rich.

• It would be a stepping stone to access trade in the Pacific.

• The US wanted to grow sugar there.

• It was a good place to build a canal.

The immediate cause of the Spanish American War was

• the destruction of the battleship Maine
• yellow journalism
• desire for a military base in Cuba
• the Rough Riders victory at San Juan Hill

Slanting of the news to sell papers is known as

• imperialism
• yellow journalism
• Open Door Policy
• jingoism

As a result of the Spanish American War

• the U.S. acquired Hawaii
• Cuba became a common wealth of the U.S.
• the U.S. acquired Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines
• the U.S. was able to build the Panama Canal

The famous group of cavalry in the Spanish-American War was known as 

• the Boxers
• the Rough Riders
• the anti-imperialists
• Filipino insurrection

What famous event is depicted in the photograph?

• the sugar planters revolt in Hawaii
• the Boxer Rebellion
• the destruction of the Maine
• Commodore Dewey's actions in the Philippines

The Platt amendment allowed

• the U.S. the right to intervene in Cuban affairs
• the U.S. the right to build the Panama Canal
• Puerto Rico to become a common wealth of the U.S.
• Philippine independence