Imperialism

In the late 1800s, an increased demand for raw materials and a desire for new markets contributed to the United States adopting a policy of

• imperialism

• pacifism

• collective security

• isolationism

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

• Open-Door Policy

• Colonialism

• Monroe Doctrine

• Roosevelt Corollary

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

The United States acquired Alaska from 

• Spain

• Great Britain

• Japan

• Russia

Imperialism is:

• system of no private property

• government ran by the people

• system of building an empire by conquering other nations

• method of ruling similar to communism

The Spanish American War was actually fought

• in Mexico & Central America

• in Spain & Europe

• in Cuba & Philippines

• In Guam and Puerto Rico

All of these territories came under the control of the United States following what conflict?

• Mexican War

• World War I

• War of 1812

• Spanish-American War

Which territory did the United States NOT take as a territory and gave them independence? 

• Puerto Rico

• Guam

• Philippines

• Cuba

Which of the following was the catalyst for the United States declaring war on Spain in 1898?

• The DeLome Letter

• The Spanish invasion of Mexico

• When the Rough Riders invading Cuba

• The USS Maine explosion

Which of the following is true about the Boxer Rebellion?

• The rebellion took place in Japan.

• The Boxers were trying to keep Christianity in China.

• The Boxers were defeated by the foreign countries of Russia, Japan, United States, France, Great Britain, and Germany.

• The Boxers were able to drive out the foreigners from China.