Imperialism Quiz

What was the biggest reason why the U.S. was involved in foregin affairs during this time?

• responsibility
• slavery
• to help people
• money/economic

What is the type of sensational reporting where writers exaggerated or even invented stories?

• muckraking
• yellow journalism
• journalism
• reporting

What was the purpose of the Open Door Policy in China?

• End the Boxer Rebellion
• Ensure trading rights with China
• Win leaseholds in China
• Establish a sphere of influence

What is imperialism?

• When one country takes over another country
• When one country is allies with another country
• When one country is at war with another country
• all of these options

What was the event that ignited the Spanish-American War?

• Explosion of the USS Arizona
• Sinking of the USS Maine
• Sinking of the Lusitania
• Russia

What was the event that ignited the Spanish-American War?

• Explosion of the USS Arizona
• Sinking of the USS Maine
• Sinking of the Lusitania
• Russia

Why was the Panama Canal so essential to the growing strength of the United States?

• It made the slave trade move more easily from It made the slave trade move more easily from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean.
• It helped the United States take over Japan.
• It allowed the United States to transport navy and merchant ships between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
• It made Panama a U.S. territory and eventually a state.

What does this map support?

• US fought the Spanish navy in Atlantic and Pacific
• Spanish-American War led to new US territories
• America became a colonial power in South America by surrounding it
• Panama Canal is critical to US trade

What is being depicted in this cartoon?

• President Roosevelt's foreign policy
• President Taft's diplomacy
• Panama Canal policy
• Treaty of Paris 1898 acquisitions

_{This is the door to...}

• China
• Japan
• Russia
• India