American Imperialism

One major result of the Spanish American War was the the United States

• established a foreign aid program

• obtained overseas colonies

• abandoned the principles of the Monroe Doctrine

• settled disputes by relying on international peace organizations.

The main reason President Theodore Roosevelt supported a Panamanian rebellion against Colombia in 1903 was to

• increase the number of democratic nations in Latin America

• gains the right to complete a canal linking the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans

• reduce European colonialism in the Western Hemisphere

• prevent a foreign power from seizing land in Central America

One result of the Spanish-American War of 1898 ws that the United States was

• committed to islolationism

• recognized as a world power

• forced into an economic depression

• drawn into World War I

In a United States history textbook, one chapter discusses the USS Maine, yellow journalism, Aguinaldo, and Cuba. This chapter most likely concerns

• Manifest Destiny

• The Spanish-American War

• World War I

• The War of 1812

What primary benefit did Theodore Roosevelt see in digging a canal through Panama?

• It would facilitate better understanding between Colombia and the United States.

• It would save time for passengers in their travels.

• It would enable the United States to guard its colonies.

• It would enable foreign countries to easily access both North and South America.

What was the intent of the Roosevelt Corollary?

• to make peace between California's school system and Japan

• to enforce Cuba's freedom from Spanish domination

• to negotiate a peace treaty between Japan and Russia

• to maintain US control over Latin American countries

Which of the following is NOT a motive for American Imperialism?

• White Man's Burden

• More Markets

• Competition with other nations

• the desire to make peace between nations.

Spain : ? :: Great Britain : United States

• the Phillipines

• Panama

• India

• China

Which of the following actions reflects growing American imperialism?

• America helping Aguinaldo fight the Spanish

• the sinking of the Maine by the Spanish Navy

• America issuing the Platt Amendment

• the use of yellow journalism by newspapers to push America into war

Cornerstone of American foreign policy that told European powers to stay out of the affairs of the Western Hemisphere. 

• Roosevelt Corollary
• Adams Doctrine
• Truman Doctrine
• Monroe Doctrine