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U.S. Overseas Expansion

Authored by Erika Eliopoulos

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8th - 12th Grade

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U.S. Overseas Expansion
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A major reason the United States began to expand during the late 1800s was that the-

Monroe Doctrine required such action
expansion of American industry made acquiring new markets and additional resources desirable
population pressures within the United States had become more severe
rising influence of China was a threat to U.S. military interests

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Yellow journalists created support for the Spanish-American War by writing articles about the-

political popularity of Theodore Roosevelt
efforts of the United States to control Mexico
sinking of the United States battleship the Maine in Havana Harbor
destruction of United States sugar plantations by Hawaiians

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

An important result of the Spanish-American War was that the United States-

acquired territories in Africa
became a world power with an overseas empire
improved its relations with Germany
lost interest in Latin American affairs

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

After the Spanish-American War, the United States saw the need to build the Panama Canal because-

new colonies had been acquired in Africa
Spanish opposition to the canal had ended
The United States navy could then move more quickly between oceans
United States railroads could not transport enough manufactured goods

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How did the Panama Canal help businesses and the Navy?

It made trans-Atlantic flight a reality
It made travel time between the West Coast and the Atlantic shorter
It increased the number of immigrants coming to the U.S. from Latin America
It protected the right of the U.S. to trade with European nations

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

The principle that the United States has the right to act as the "policeman of the Western Hemisphere" and intervene in the internal affairs of Latin American nations was established by the

Good Neighbor policy
Open Door policy
Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine
Truman Doctrine

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

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This political cartoon support the American view of -

isolationism
overseas expansion
neutrality
alliances

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