IMPERIALISM

As a result of the Spanish-American War, the United States saw the need to build the Panama Canal because

• new colonies had been acquired in Africa

• Spanish opposition to the canal had ended

• the United States navy could then move more quickly between oceans

• United States railroads could not transport enough manufactured goods

A primary reason for the establishment of the Open Door policy (1899) was to

• protect United States trade in the Far East

• gain control of the Panama Canal Zone

• encourage Chinese immigration to the United States

• improve relations with Russia

In the 1890s, the main goal of those who supported United States imperialism was to

• bring self-government to areas under United States control

• obtain overseas markets and naval bases

• defend against attacks by enemy nations

• spread democracy to Africa and Latin America

Which title best completes the partial outline below?

I. __________________________________

A. No government without consent of the governed

B. High cost of defending territories outside the United States

C. United States tradition of noninvolvement

• America’s New Immigration Policy

• Reasons for Overseas Expansion

• Causes of the Spanish-American War

• Arguments Opposing Imperialism

President Theodore Roosevelt’s Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine primarily affected Latin America by

• guaranteeing human rights throughout the Western Hemisphere

• supporting independence movements in many countries

• encouraging immigration to the United States

• increasing United States intervention in the region

This term describes the sometimes exaggerated stories that help promote newspaper sales?

• tabloids
• yellow journalism
• jingoism
• nativism