APUSH Imperialism/Progressivism

Seward's Folly refers to the

• United States' annexation of Hawaii
• Whiskey Ring Scandal
• United States' purchase of Alaska
• events that led to the Spanish-American War

Which of the following ideas would NOT be part of the Roosevelt Corollary?

• The United States would continue limiting European influences in the Western Hemisphere.
• The Monroe Doctrine would be expanded to include Asia as well as the Americas
• Latin America would be seen as an agent for U.S. commercial interests
• The United States had the right to intervene in Latin American conflicts

The Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty allowed for the

• U.S. military base in Guantanamo Bay
• opening of trade in Japan
• construction of the Panama Canal
• Open Door Policy in China

Dollar diplomacy is most associated with the presidency of

• Theodore Roosevelt
• William McKinley
• William Taft
• Woodrow Wilson

Moral diplomacy was best illustrated by

• Woodrow Wilson's use of the military in Nicaragua and Haiti
• William Taft's urging of U.S. banks to refinance Haiti's national debt
• Woodrow Wilson's response to the Tampico Incident
• the United States' refusal to recognize the government of Victoriano Huerta

The focus of the 1907 Gentlemen's Agreement was to

• make it easier for Chinese immigrants to find work in western cities
• ban Japanese immigrants from entering the United States
• reduce the number of immigrants coming from Japan
• create an Open Door Policy of trade in China

Why was the Open Door Policy important to the United States?

• It gave the United States colonial territory in Asia
• It ensured that the United States would have access to Chinese markets
• It locked European nations out of Chinese markets.
• It allowed China to invest in the United States

The quote, "You furnish the pictures, and I'll furnish the war," illustrates what type of late-nineteenth-century journalism?

• muckraking journalism
• yellow journalism
• movie news reels
• citizen journalims

Which of the following statements best defines Andrew Carnegie's ideas in his essay, "The Gospel of Wealth"?

• Frivolty is the right of those who have accumulated wealth
• The rich should use their wealth in a way they see best fit to better society
• Charity is primarily the domain of religious organizations
• Charitable giving to the poor should address only their basic needs.

Both the Elkins Act and the Hepburn Act increased the government's ability to

• use federal troops to break strikes
• limit the power of corrupt political machines
• regulate unfair business practices by railroads
• limit child labor in mines and factories