Imperialism

The report of the explosion of the USS Maine

• proved that McKinley was a weak president

• rallied Americans against Spain for war

• caused American prejudice about Spanish immigrants

• formed a bond between America and Cuba

Which incident led to Congress declaring war on Spain?

• explosion of the Maine

• The Book the Jungle on the meat industry

• Spanish ships in Santiago

• The war with mexico

US policy that says the US can trade within any "sphere of influence" in China

• Open-Door Policy
• Colonialism
• Monroe Doctrine
• Roosevelt Corollary

What effect did the Roosevelt Corollary have on the Monroe Doctrine?

• The United States would permanently station troops in the Philippines and other Pacific islands.

• The United States reserved the right to intervene with military force in the affairs of Central America and the Caribbean.

• The United States had the right and duty to expand its colonial possessions in Asia.

• The United States would provide military aid to Europe to resist communism and world war

What was built to allow American commercial and war ships to travel from the Atlantic to the Pacific more quickly?

• The Rio Grande
• The Snake River
• The Gulf of Mexico
• The Panama Canal

What means that we should try to be nice, but have a strong military if we need it?

• Isolationism

• Imperialism

• Big Stick Diplomacy

• Foreign Policy

Which statement of policy called for America to control the Western hemisphere and to exercise an "international police power?"

• Monroe Doctrine

• Moral Diplomacy

• Platt Amendment

• Roosevelt Corollary

Journalists writing exaggerated news stories to sell newspaper. Examples stories about the de Lome letter and the USS Maine

• Imperialism
• Yellow journalism
• Protectorate 
• Open Door Policy

 all countries would be allowed to trade with China

• Imperialism
• Yellow journalism
• Protectorate
• Open Door Policy

What was the outcome of the Boxer Rebellion?  

• China was divided up into small colonies.
• China closed off trade with all foreign countries
• The US was allowed to keep trade routes in China