Imperialism

Which of these is a summary of a key belief of Social Darwinism?

• Religious and Scientific worlds should be kept separate

• Powerful nations were meant to dominate weaker ones

• Human beings had reached a point where competition among nations was no longer necessary

• Socialism and the writings of Karl Marx held the answer to all of the world

Why did Flipinos revolt after Spain was defeated the Spanish American War?

• The U.S did not recognize their independence

• They did not want to be democratic

• They were unwilling to give up their Spanish roots

• They wanted to become a US Protectorate

During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, what motivated the United States' intervention in Latin America?

• Protecting its growing investments in Latin America

• Encouraging Latin American trade with Europe

• ending Latin American independence movements

• reducing the influence of communism in Latin America

In which conflict did the United States acquire Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines?

• Mexican War

• World War I

• World War II

• Spanish American War

During the late 1800s, why would supporters of imperialism favor Alfred T Mahan's theory on American expansion?

• They believed it would provide bases for the U.S navy

• They believed it would act as a buffer zone from invasion.

• They believed it would lower taxes on the middle class Americans

• They believed it would provide places for camps for American prisoners

Which of the following brought about an extended American supervision over Cuban affairs and the right to lease a military base at Guantanamo Bay?

• Teller Amendment

• Gentlemen's Agreement

• Platt Amendment

• Treaty of Paris

Which of the following Best explains why America annexed Hawaii in 1898

• a need for overseas markets for increased industrial and farm production

• a need for additional population

• the desire for more farmland

• A place to relocate America's unemployed

Imperialism is __________.

• when a powerful nation uses its resources to help a weaker nation
• when a weaker nation invites a powerful nation to help it industrialize
• when a powerful nation takes control of the economy and government of a weaker nation
• when weak nations join together to fight a strong nation

The poem, The White Man's Burden, by Rudyard Kipling, represents the belief that European culture was _______.

• superior to other cultures
• misunderstood by Americans
• the oldest culture in the world
• a replica of Ancient Greek culture

The argument that the human species improves when more intelligent and resourceful people thrive and prosper, while weak and stupid people die out, is referred to as:

• Social Darwinism
• Social Gospel
• Linnaean Model
• Pinnacle of Creation