Imperialism

Who ran a major New York newspaper in the late 19th century?

• William Hearst

• Theodore Roosevelt

• Carrie Catt

• William Bryan

What was gained from Spain as a result of the Spanish-American war?

• Puerto Ricco

• Virgin Islands

• Hawaii

• Alaska

Who advocated Dollar Diplomacy?

• W. Taft

• McKinley

• H. Hoover

• W. Wilson

Which country completed the Panama Canal?

• France

• United States

• Germany

• Britain

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

What did Filipinos believe when they were fighting alongside American soldiers? 

• They believed that the United States would be a kinder ruler than Spain. 

• They believed that they would become a U.S. colony.

• They believed that the U.S. would protect them from Japan. 

• They believed that they were fighting for their Independence.

The Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine did which of the following? 

• Prohibited United States intervention in the Caribbean. 

• Warned against European seizure of the Panama Canal.

• Declared the United States to be the “policeman” of the Western Hemisphere. 

•  Provided United States military support for democratic revolutions in Latin America.

What nation was Cuba rebelling against?

• Spain

• Germany

• Austria

• Portugal

Where did the Boxer Rebellion take place?

• China

• Japan

• Spain

• Cuba

Battleship sent by Washington in 1898 to Cuba; sent there for basically a "friendly visit", actually to protect and evacuate Americans if a dangerous flare up occurred; mysteriously blew up on Feb. 15, 1898 in Havana Harbor' Americans thought that the Spanish blew it up while the Spanish claimed the explosion to be accidenta

• U.S.S. Idaho 

• Lusitania 

• U.S.S Maine 

• BB-48