Ch. 7 Imperialism: Entering the World Stage

Two popular ideologies contributed to imperialism: a sense of nationalism and

• a belief in democracy
• a spirit of cooperation
• a belief in transcendentalism
• a feeling of cultural superiority

In the late 1800s, American expansionists were interested in Hawaii as a potential 

• tourist attraction
• fiftieth state
• coaling station and naval base
• fishing site

U.S. Secretary of State John Hay proposed the Open Door Policy in China in opposition to 

• Japanese threats
• European spheres of influence
• the Boxer rebellion
• the Russo-Japanese War

Americans who read about the revolt in Cuba were shocked by

• General Wyler's mistreatment of civilians 
• Jose Marti's death 
• the Cuban revolt against Spain
• Cuba's mistreatment of tourists

The event that triggered a U.S. declaration of war on Spain in 1898 was

• the death of Jose Marti
• the destruction of the USS Maine
• Dewey's attack on he Philippines 
• the de Lome Letter

When the Spanish-American War broke out, Commodore George Dewey's fleet rushed to 

• Cuba
• Puerto Rico
• the Philippines
• Florida 

United States Army doctors Walter Reed and William C. Gorgas based their efforts of work done by Carlos Juan Finley of Cuba to virtually eliminate

• malaria from Cuba
• yellow fever from Havana
• Spanish medical professionals
• smallpox from San Juan

The United States supported Panamanian revolutionaries in 1903 in their fight for independence from 

• Spain
• France
• Colombia
• Chile

Between 1910 and 1920 Mexico

• endured violent revolutions
• emerged as world power
• was ruled by the dictator Porfirio Diaz
• was a Spanish colony

This Mexican leader led the first armed invasion of the continental United States since the War of 1812.

• Emiliano Zapata 
• Pancho Villa
• Francisco Madero
• Victoriano Huerta