Imperialism Quiz

This policy prevented Europeans from establishing colonies in Western Hemisphere.

• Roosevelt Corollary

• Open Door Policy

• Imperialism

• Monroe Doctrine

A group of volunteers led by Teddy Roosevelt that gained fame in the Spanish-American War.

• Carson's Platoon

• Riley's Riders

• Rough Riders

• Regulators

Sensationalized events in Cuba by American newspapers eager for war with Spain.

• Propaganda

• Dollar Diplomacy

• Spanish American War

• Yellow Journalism

Letter written by Spanish official claiming President McKinley was weak.

• Zimmerman Letter

• Garcia Letter

• DeLome Letter

• Gorgas Letter

Fought on two fronts, in the Caribbean and in the Pacific against the Spanish Empire.

• World War I

• Mexican-American War

• Spanish-American War

• World War II

Argued that to achieve world power a country needed a powerful navy.

• Sanford Dole

• Theodore Roosevelt

• Alfred T. Mahan

• Woodrow Wilson

Mysteriously exploded in Havana Harbor.

• U.S.S. Maine

• R.M.S Titanic

• R.M.S. Lusitania

• U.S.S. Constitution

Territory the United States would protect from foreign influence.

• county

• state

• territory

• protectorate

Asserted the United States’ right to intervene in Cuban affairs at any time.

• Platt Amendment

• Roosevelt Corollary

• Big Stick Diplomacy

• Open Door Policy

The policy or practice of extending a nation's rule over other less powerful territories.

• Imperialism

• Propaganda

• Protectorate

• Monroe Doctrine