Rise to World Power

Why did the United States want to annex Hawaii?  

• needed more access to China markets
• for Mr. Headrick's hula lessons
• fueling stop

How did the U.S. gain control of the Philippines?

• Spanish-American War
• Kanye West gave it to them
• WWII
• Mexican-American War

What  happened on February 17, 1898 that upset many Americans?

• Theodore Roosevelt became president.
• The USS Maine was sunk near Cuba.
• Upton Sinclair published a book called The Jungle
• The transcontinental railroad was built.

What name was given to exaggerated stories written to sell newspapers?

• yellow ink
• whale of a story
• yellow journalism
• pink journalism

What idea or belief states that Americans have a God-given right to expand west?

• Manifest Destiny
• Imperialism
• Isolationism
• Democracy

What idea or belief states that Americans have a God-given right to expand west?

• Manifest Destiny
• Imperialism
• Isolationism
• Democracy

Why did the American people care about the way the Cuban people were being treated by Spain?

• They were afraid Spain would invade the U.S.
• Many Americans had businesses in Cuba
• Americans disliked Spain
• Americans wanted to colonize Cuba

Who was the Secretary of the Navy that resigned his position to go fight in the Spanish-American War with a group of volunteers known as the Rough Riders?

• Alfred Thayer
• Walter Reed
• Theodore Roosevelt
• William McKinley

How long did the Spanish-American War last?

• 4 months
• 6 months
• 1 year
• 2 years

What disease killed more soldiers in the war than the enemy soldiers did?

• Small pox
• Influenza
• Yellow fever
• Black Lung