USH 10 Unit 2 Section 1 - Review Questions

Which of these was not one of the four factors that drove American Expansion in the late 19th and early 20th centuries?

• Global Competition

• Desire for military strength

• Thirst for new markets

• Belief in cultural superiority

• Development of a social hierarchy

America's first territorial acquisition was

• Alaska

• Hawaii

• Cuba

• The Philippines

Which island chain was prized for its sugar plantations and usefulness to American shipping?

• Cuba

• Guam

• Marshall Islands

• Hawaii

The independence movement in ____________ led to increased tension between __________ and the United States

• Alaska; Russia

• Cuba; Mexico

• Cuba; Spain

• The Philippines; Spain

The term for when American newspapers printed inflammatory and potentially false stories to increase readership

• Fake news

• Yellow Journalism

• Red Journalism

• Green Journalism

This American Vessel exploded in Havana Harbor, leading to the beginning of the Spanish-American War

• USS Maine

• USS Mississippi

• USS Missouri

• USS Massachusetts

The Spanish-American war was primarily fought in which two places?

• Guam and Puerto Rico

• Cuba and Puerto Rico

• The Philippines and Cuba

• Guam and the Philippines

What was the leading cause of death during the Spanish-American War?

• Friendly fire

• Combat deaths

• Sickness and Disease

• Drowning

What territories were acquired by the United States after the Spanish-American War?

• Mexico

• Guam

• Cuba

• The Philippines

• Puerto Rico

Which of the following is the best definition for Imperialism?

• The policy in which stronger nations extend their economic, political, or military control over weaker territories

• The policy in which stronger nations allow weaker nations to provide them with free natural resources

• The policy in which stronger nations create free-trade zones allowing all countries equal access to resources and markets

• The policy in which stronger nations band together to create global partnerships through which they create strategic development zones that proliferate and propagate the ideals and notions that large nations use to build unilateral peace