American Imperialism Review

Which of the following was one of the Yellow Journalists that wrote fake stories that brought us into the Spanish American War?

• Jacob Riis
• Upton Sincair
• William Randolph Heart
• Lincoln Steffens

What ship exploded in Havana Harbor in 1898, leading the United States into the Spanish American War?

• R.M.S. Titanic
• R.M.S. Lusitania
• U.S.S. Maine
• U.S.S. Arizona

This future president led a group of volunteers known as the ROUGH RIDERS in the Spanish American War.

• Franklin D. Roosevelt
• Teddy Roosevelt
• William McKinley
• Ronald Reagan

Theodore Roosevelt and his Rough Rider regiment became the greatest heroes of the Spanish-American War.  He gained this status by helping to win the Battle of _________________.

• Manila Bay
• San Juan Hill
• Bunker Hill
• Santiago

Which of the following territories were acquired by the United States as a result of the Spanish American War? 

• Philippines, Japan, and Mexico
• Cuba, Puerto Rico and China
• The Philippines, Puerto Rico and Guam
• Hawaii, Guam, and Mexico

What was the importance of the Panama Canal?

• It decreased trade in Latin America
• it kept European nations out of Latin America
• it decreased the travel time from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean
• It increased the rate of tariffs in the United States

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

A policy that calls for expanding a nation’s boundaries

• Isolationism

• Imperialism

• Expansionism

• Communism

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

• Hawaii

• Japan

• Philippines

• Alaska

Queen Liliuokalani was the ruler of.....

• Japan
• Philippines 
• Samoa
• Hawaii