America Builds an Empire

Which of the following best replaces the question mark in the list of information about Puerto Rico?

• Became a U.S. state during the Reconstruction Era

• Was ceded to the United States as a result of the Spanish-American War

• Signed an annexation treaty with the United States after World War I

• Was promised U.S. military protection as part of Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points

How did these events affect the United States?

• They increased public support for cuts in U.S. defense spending.

• They prompted the end of Dollar Diplomacy in Latin America.

• They set a precedent of including territorial acquisitions in settlements.

• They helped establish the United States as an imperial power similar to European nations.

Which sentence provides information needed to complete both the cause and effect portions of this diagram?

• The 1898 Spanish-American War led to world power status for the United States.

• The 1914 opening of the Panama Canal encouraged international trade.

• The 1919 Treaty of Versailles contributed to the start of World War II in Europe.

• The 1929 stock-market crash set off the Great Depression in the United States.

What was the main effect of the changes shown in this graph on the western United States?

• Immigration from Europe to western U.S. cities increased rapidly.

• Western U.S. businesses traded more efficiently with the East Coast and Europe.

• Asian businesses bypassed the West Coast to trade directly with the East Coast.

• Western states recruited guest workers from the Caribbean and South America.

Yellow Journalists were:

• writers who exposed period problems in hopes of achieving reform
• writers who wrote in yellow to bring attention to Spanish abuses
• newspaper reporters and illustrators who exaggerated stories in order to sell newspapers and fuel a war with Spain
• writers who opposed American imperialism and aimed to keep America neutral

Which country was granted independence in the Treaty of Paris of 1898?

• Guam
• Cuba
• Philippines 
• Puerto Rico

Which territory did the United States NOT gain direct control of after the Spanish-American War? 

• Puerto Rico
• Cuba
• Philippines 
• Guam

The United States government supported the overthrow of a government in this country: 

• Cuba
• Puerto Rico
• Hawaii
• Congo

Which of the following is not a cause of the Spanish- American war?

• Yellow Journalism
• American economic interests in Cuba
• The explosion of the U.S.S Maine
• American support of the Spanish

Which nation had denied the U.S. the ability to build the Panama Canal?

• Mexico
• Venezuela
• Nicaragua
• Colombia