American Imperialism

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

Theodore Roosevelt commanded a cavalry unit in Cuba known as the

• Rough Rollers

• Rough Riders

• Rough Company

• Rough Racers

US annexed the following territory due to its strategic location and sugar plantations

• Hawaii

• Japan

• Philippines

• Alaska

Declared Latin America as the US' sphere of influence

• Monroe Doctrine

• Open Door Policy

• Hawaiian Annexation

• extractive economy

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

One effect of the Spanish American War was-

• the US becoming an imperial power

• Spain defeated the United States

• the US annexed Hawaii

What territory did the United States NOT end up getting as a territory?

• Taiwan

• Philippines

• Puerto Rico

• Samoa

What is the Panama Canal?

• a northwest passage through Canada
• a waterway through northern Egypt
• A waterway connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans through Panama
• A river that runs through Panama