STAAR REVIEW US HISTORY

What was the cause of the Spanish American War?

• Imperialism

• Cuba's drive for independance

• Yellow Journalism

•     All the above

Imperialism is __________.

• when a powerful nation uses its resources to help a weaker nation

• when a weaker nation invites a powerful nation to help it industrialize

• political and economical domination over weaker countries

• when weak nations join together to fight a strong nation

Why did United States business interests favor overseas expansion in the late 1800's? 

• to establish a commonwealth of colonies 

• to establish military bases around the world

• to acquire new markets and sources of raw materials 

• to spread democratic ideals to other areas of the world

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

What was the biggest reason why the U.S. was involved in foreign affairs during the Imperialistic Age?

• responsibility

• slavery

• to help people

• money and economical power

Responsible for organizing the Rough Riders, he became a national hero at the Battle of San Juan Hill and quickly became president.

• Leonard Wood

• Teddy Roosevelt

• Pancho Villa

• John Pershing

President McKinley and the American people were finally convinced to wage war against the Spanish after the mysterious explosion of the

• HMS Beagle

• USS Olympia

• Spanish Armada

• USS Maine

The U.S. declared war on Spain after

• the USS Maine exploded in Havana Harbor

• an attempted assasination of President Cleveland

• the Spanish invaded Puerto Rico

• the failed rebellion of José Martí

1898- It lasted only 4 months. This was the end of Spain's colonial empire and the emergence of the US as a world power,

• Sinking of the USS Maine 

• Boxer Rebellion 

• Dollar Diplomacy 

• Spanish American War 

Economic and political domination of a strong nation over other weaker nations. Called for the U.S. to annex these islands as new overseas colonies. 

• Isolationism 

• Imperialism 

• Anti-Imperialism 

• Nationalism