Imperialism I Quiz

What was not one of the three reasons countries became imperial powers?

• Desire for military strength

• Thirst for new markets

• Belief in Cultural Superiority

• Desire to spread democracy

This belief in survival of the fittest gave European powers a excuse to invade Asia, Africa, and the Pacific

• Marxism

• Communism

• Social Darwinism

• Pacifism

Stronger nation extends their economic, political, or military control over weaker territories is called what

• Imperialism

• Communism

• Monarchy

• Democracy

Sugar planters overthrew Queen Liliuokalani with the help of the U.S. marines to annex this Island nation.

• Guam

• Philippines

• Hawaii

• Cuba

This policy was created by the US to ensure that everyone could trade fairly with China.

• Open Window Policy

• Open Door Policy

• Closed Gate Guide

• NAFTA

Alfred T. Mahan pushed for the creation of 16 cruisers called the Great White Fleet to show off what?

• American Pride

• American Engineering.

• American Production Capacity

• American Military Power

This state was originally known as Seward's Folly and Seward's Icebox but ended up providing a lot of oil and timber

• Texas

• Puerto Rico

• Alaska

• Hawaii

The explosion of the USS Maine in Havana Harbor lead to the US declaring war against this empire

• Spain

• England

• France

• Germany

News journals making up provocative headlines to sell papers is called

• Purple Prose

• Yellow Journalism

• Mass Media

• Gossip Magazines

The US built the Panama Canal to help with what?

• Ships moving from the Atlantic to the Pacific

• Trains going from North America to South America

• Ships going from the Gulf of Mexico to the Caribbean.

• Cars moving from Mexico to Columbia