US History Chapter 14

Imperialism can best be defined as...

• the economic and political domination of a strong nation over other weaker nations.

• allowing the local rulers to stay in control and protecting them against rebellions and invasion.

• support for or advocacy of social reform.

• the policy of territorial or economic growth.

Captain Alfred T. Mahan wrote a best-selling book that helped...

• to build public support for a big navy.

• lead a group of Hawaiian planters to revolt.

• to encourage the U.S. to make a naval expedition to Japan to negotiate a trade treaty.

• to justify increasing American influence abroad.

The idea that Latin America and the United States should work together is called...

• Progressivism

• Pan-Americanism

• Jingoism

• Imperialism

Anglo-Saxonism is the belief that...

• English-speaking nations are linguistically superior to any and all other countries.

• nations competed with each other politically, economically, and militarily, and that only the strongest would survive.

• English-speaking nations had superior character, ideas, and systems of government.

• concepts, mental capacities, and mental structures are innate rather than acquired or learned.

Who led a naval expedition to Japan to negotiate a trade treaty in 1853?

• Captain Edward Teague

• Captain Alfred T. Mahan

• Admiral John Fiske

• Commodore Matthew C. Perry

Which of the following best defines a protectorate?

• a section of land where an imperial power allows the local rulers to stay in control and protects them against rebellions and invasion

• a small military camp or position at some distance from the main force, used especially as a guard against surprise attack

• an area in which one has certain rights or for which one has responsibility with regard to a particular type of activity

• the whole of a country outside the capital, especially when regarded as lacking in sophistication or culture

What legislation demonstrated the Hawaiian economy’s dependence on one single source of revenue?

• the Pan-American Agreement

• the Pearl Harbor Accord

• the Provisional Government Act

• the Tariff of 1890

Beginning in the 1880s, Americans wanted the USA to become a world power as a result of...

• European dominance in trade with and communication to Latin America.

• economic and military competition from other nations and a growing feeling of cultural superiority.

• the growing Asian markets of Japan and the Philippines.

• the lack of diplomacy in the Eastern hemisphere and military competition in the South Pacific.

What caused Americans to naturally look to expand overseas markets in Asia and the Pacific region?

• Anglo-Saxonism led American to believe that they were superior to those of the Asia and Pacific region.

• Because of the Monroe Doctrine, Europe was closed to American trading.

• American saw the weakness of all that happened in Asia as an advantage.

• Americans had always expanded their nation by moving westward.

Which organization was formed in 1889 to promote cooperation among the nations of the Western Hemisphere?

• The League of Economic Nations

• The Alliance of Western Hemisphere Republics

• The Pan-American Cooperative Alliance

• The Commercial Bureau of the American Republics