American Imperialism

Which of the following define Imperialism?

• Writing about bad things in society to cause change
• Building factories that improves production
• Bullying smaller countries for their resources
• The US was the police force for the Western Hemisphere

Which of the following American Presidents was a firm supporter of Imperialism?

• Woodrow Wilson
• Teddy Roosevelt
• William Howard Taft
• Grover Cleveland

Which country was imperializing Cuba before the US took it over?

• France
• Spain
• Colombia
• Mexico

Which of the following defines Yellow Journalism?

• Writing about bad stuff to cause change

• Exaggerating events to sell newspapers

• Investigative journalism

• Reporting only the truth

These events lead the U.S. into war with Spain in 1898.

• America annexing Hawaii

• Spain annexing Puerto Rico

• Cuban people being placed into concentration camps

• The U.S.S. Maine sinking

These types of exaggerated news stories helped push the U.S. into war with Spain.

• Red Journalism

• Orange Journalism

• Yellow Journalism

• Green Journalism

Split China into different spheres of influence for European nations, Japan, and the US

• Monroe Doctrine

• Open Door Policy

• social darwinism

• laissez faire

Teddy Roosevelt' s foreign policy of showing military might is called-

• Dollar Diplomacy

• Moral Diplomacy

• Armed Diplomacy

• Big Stick Diplomacy

The Open Door Policy-

• allowed for open trade with China

• restricted trade with China

• opened trade with Japan

• restricted trade with Japan

 What was the United States warship called that exploded killing over 200 American sailors?

• USS Michigan
• USS Maine
• USS Missouri
• USS Maritime