America Becomes an Empire Vocabulary

American battleship that exploded in Cuba.

• USS Roosevelt

• USS Maine

• USS Vermont

When a powerful nation takes over a weaker nation it is practicing

• Capitalism
• Expansionism
• Imperialism
• Isolationism

When it came to U.S. intervention in Cuba, journalist often wrote sensational stories just to sell newspapers.  This is an example of which type of journalism?

• Business
• Isolationist
• Malpractice
• Yellow

Roosevelt Corollary is also known as

• Big Stick Policy
• Dollar Diplomacy
• Rough Riders
• Monroe Doctrine

Argued that the economic future of the US depended on gaining new markets abroad and a strong navy for protection

• Alfred T. Mahan
• Queen Liliukalani
• Sanford B. Dole

What was the purpose of the Open Door Policy in China?

• End the Boxer Rebellion

• Ensure the U.S. had trading rights with China

• Win leaseholds in China

• Establish a sphere of influence

One of the main topics in Wilson's Fourteen Points was people should in all countries should have...

• self-determination

• secret alliances

• imperialism

• militarism

This act allowed postal workers to ban treasonous newspapers

• Sedition Act
• Espionage Act
• Sister Act
• Homestead Act

Why was the Zimmermann Telegram so

concerning to the United States that it swayed

public opinion from neutrality toward intervention

in World War I?

• In the telegram between German officials,

  Germany detailed its plan to sink American

  passenger ships its navy encountered in the

  Atlantic if the United States did not remain

  neutral

• In the telegram between German officials,

  Germany detailed its plan to open a new front in

  the war by invading US territories in the

  Caribbean.

• In the telegram, Germany requested Japanese

  assistance in capturing the US Territory of

  Hawaii in order to diminish the US presence in

  the Pacific.

• In the telegram, Germany promised Mexico

  territory it lost during the Mexican-American War

  in exchange for its pledge to join the German

  cause if the United States entered the war.

Which of the following was not a reason why America practiced Imperialism?

• Desire for raw materials

• Yellow Journalism

• Muckraking

• Spreading American ideals