American Imperialism

The name of the ship that was sunk in Havana Harbor

• USS Arizona

• USS Maine

• USS Michigan

• USS Louisanna

Which of these was not part of the Platt Amendment

• Cubans can not have treaties with other countries that could compromise independence

• The US can intervene to restore order

• Guantanamo Bay is to be give to the US

• Any economic decisions must be approved by the US

The US finally gave the Philippines their independence on July 4th of what year?

• 1945

• 1946

• 1947

• 1948

Who was called the "Father of Yellow Journalism"?

• Joseph Pulitzer

• William Hearst

• William McKinley

• B Moore

Why was Hawaii so appealing to Americans and the US government?

• nice beaches

• sugar production

• pineapple plantations

• big wave surfing

What is "annexation"?

• When a country takes control of new territory.

• When a country frees territory that it controls.

• When a country frees another group of people from imperialist rule.

• When a country rebels against it's imperial rulers.

What did the Teller Amendment say that the US was going to do?

• Annex Cuba

• Annex Guam and Puerto Rico

• Let the Cubans control Cuba

• Let the Spanish control Cuba

Why did pro-imperialism Americans want to expand our territories?

• To spread freedom and democracy.

• To spread Christianity.

• To scare other nations into doing what we wanted.

• To gain raw materials and a market for our products.

What was one of the problems caused by the Platt amendment?

• Cubans were not truly free to make their own choices.

• We lost prestige in the eyes of the rest of the world.

• We spent too much money trying to help the Cuban people.

• We were unable to help the Cubans, as we had promised to.

The term infrastructure means

• the inner workings of a country that help it function
• the buildings that make up a company
• the way a country organizes itself
• the infrared scope you see when you structure something