US Imperialism

True or False 
Puerto Rico, Guam, the Philippines and Cuba became US territories as a result of the Spanish American War. 

• True 
• False, Cuba gained it's independance. 

Fierce competition in the newspaper industry led to ___.

• declining sales 
• yellow journalism
• increased violence
• increased profits

Roosevelt supported what kind of foreign policy?

• aggressive
•  cautious
• economic, not military
• no foreign policy

True or False
Yellow journalism, the de Lome letter, annexing Hawaii and the explosion of the Maine lead to the Spanish American War. 

• True 
• False, annexing Hawaii was not a cause of the Spanish American War. 

How did William Randolph Hearst make his money?

• sugar
• bootlegging
• newspapers 
• the stock market

What island or group of Islands is most closely associated with causes of the Spanish-American War?

• Puerto Rico
• Philippines
• Jamaica 
• Cuba

According to Mahan’s book The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, why is a strong navy important?

• to attack other navies
• to protect the merchant fleet
• to transport troops
• invade other nations

The de Lome letter ___. 

• encouraged Spain to attack America
• stopped the expansion of the United States.
• called President McKinley weak.
• demanded the surrender of the Philippines.

Yellow journalism ___ the Cuban rebels.

• paid
• supported 
• criticized 
• ignored

The purpose of the Great White Fleet’s journey was to ___.

• circumnavigate the globe 
• stop imperialism’s spread  
• demonstrate US power
• destroy the Spanish fleet