Imperialism and Spanish American War

What did sensationalized headlines about the sinking of the USS Maine cause?

• Public opinion shifted in favor of war and provided a justification for US involvement in World War I.

• Public opinion shifted in favor of war and provided a justification for a US declaration of war on Spain.

• The exaggerated weakness of the United States convinced the government to develop nuclear weapons

• The exaggerated weakness of the United States convinced the government to adopt the Monroe Doctrine.

What did the Roosevelt Corollary, articulated by President Theodore Roosevelt in his 1904 State of the Union address, add to the Monroe Doctrine?

• It added that the United States must approve any treaty in Latin America.

• It added that all ports in Latin America must remain open to the US Navy

• It added that the United States would use military force to enforce the doctrine.

• It added that the US military could establish bases in any Latin American country

Why did the United States seek to build a canal across the Isthmus of Panama despite having already built a railroad with the same route in the mid-1800s?

• A canal could decrease flooding and this would benefit the large US-owned plantations in the area.

• The railroad was expensive to maintain and by the turn of the century it needed extensive repairs.

• Traveling over land exposed people to mosquitoes that carried diseases such as yellow fever and malaria.

• It would reduce travel time and enable the United States to export goods cheaply and more effectively.

The Spanish-American War was largely the result of growing tensions between the two nations over.

• Cuba

• Mexico

• Venezuela

• Puerto Rico

Which event increased public support in the United States for the Spanish-American War?

• the abolition of slavery in Cuba

• the publication of the de Lôme letter

• the signing of the Newlands Resolution

• the assassination of President William McKinley

How did the United States respond to the blockade of Venezuela by several European powers in the early 1900s?

• The United States helped arbitrate the debt settlements that led to the blockade and adopted a policy of intervention in Latin American affairs known as the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine.

• The United States negotiated a peaceful end to the blockade in exchange for Venezuela's aid in fomenting revolution in Colombia and gaining the territory to construct the Panama Canal.

• The United States bought the rights to the Venezuelan debt that had led to the blockade, effectively ending the blockade and securing peaceful relations with Venezuela.

• The United States deployed its navy to secure safe passage for US trading ships and successfully undermined the blockade until the European powers ended the unsuccessful blockade.

How did the 1898 Treaty of Paris shift the balance of power in the world?

• It imposed unpopular war reparations that contributed to the rise of totalitarianism in Europe.

• It ushered in an extended period of isolationism by the United States and European powers.

• It marked the end of the Spanish Empire and the beginning of the United States as a world power.

• It was based on President Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points and created the League of Nations.

Which of the following BEST describes the affect of the Roosevelt Corollary on the Monroe Doctrine?

• It allowed the United States to set up aid facilities in Latin America

• It allowed the United States to build infrastructure in Latin America.

• It allowed the United States to act as a police power in Latin America.

• It allowed the United States to send military reinforcements to Latin America.

American Anti-Imperialist League opposed U.S. actions in the Philippines for what reason?

• Its alliance with Spain had drawn the U.S. into an unjust war.

• The motives for U.S. actions went against core American values

• The Philippines was an independent nation when the U.S. invaded

• Congress had not given approval for military action as the Constitution required.

In 1893, a group of planters and businessmen, mostly United States citizens, launched a coup against the monarch of an island nation. After setting up a new government, they proposed annexation by the U.S. This plan was turned down by President Grover Cleveland at the time, but President William McKinley and the American public supported annexation by 1898. They argued that the territory was vital to the U.S. economy, that it would serve as a strategic base to better protect expanding U.S. interests in Asia, and that other nations would claim the islands if the U.S. did not.

This passage describes events that led to the U.S. acquisition of what territory?

• Guam

• Hawaii

• Puerto Rico

• the Philippines