QUIZ 5

Look at the picture and answer the question.

Source: Public Domain/ Library of congress

How did this type of article contribute to American imperialism?

• by pressuring the government to cease Asian tradeli

• by convincing the pubic to support overseas intervention

• by decreasing a military buildup to protect the mainland

• by encouraging alliances with European nations

What was one economic effect of the Spanish-American War?

• Shipbuilding industries in the United States declines.

• New free and fair trade treaties were established between the United States and developing countries.

• The United States gained direct access to additional natural resources and overseas markets.

• Demand for coal and petroleum as energy sources declined.

In the late 1800's, Sanford B. Dole contributed to the expansion of the United States by advocating the annexation of-

• Puerto Rico

• The Panama Canal Zone

• Hawaii

• the Philippines

Chronic wrongdoing,... which results in a general loosening of the ties of civilized society, may in America as elsewhere, ultimately require intervention by some civilized nation, and in the Western Hemisphere the adherence of the United States, however reluctantly, in flagrant cases of such wrongdoing ... to the exercise of and international police power.

_President Theodore Roosevelt, 1904

President Roosevelt issued this statement in response to

• the construction of a canal in Panama

• the threat of European intervention in Latin America

• Spanish efforts to suppress a rebellion in Cuba

• public outcry regarding war between Russia and japan

To His excellency William Mckinley , President and the senate, of the United States of America....

We, the undersigned, native Hawaiian citizens... who are members of the Hawaiian Patriotic League of the Hawaiian Islands , and others who are in sympathy with the said League, earnestly protest against the...[addition] of the said Hawaiian Islands to the said United States of America in any form of shape.

--Petition, 1897

What were these Hawaiian citizens protesting?

• The force annexation of the islands as a U.S. territory after the overthrow of the Hawaiian monarchy

• The classification of the islands as a protectorate after the Hawaiian government signed a treaty with the United States

• The granting of U.S. statehood to the islands after the were purchased from the Hawaiian monarch

• The colonization of the island by political refugees from the United States

.The USS Maine sinks in Havana Harbor.

.The U.S. Congress declares war.

.The treaty of Paris is signed.

How did these events affect the United States?

• They increased public support for cuts in U.S. defense spending.

• They prompted the end of Dollar Diplomacy in Latin America.

• They set a precedent of including territorial acquisitions in settlements.

• They helped establish the United States as an imperial power similar to European nations

No single great material work which remains to be undertaken on this continent is of such consequence to the American people as building of canal across the Isthmus connection North and South America . Its importance to the Nation is by no means limited merely to its material effects upon our business prosperity....

_ President Theodore Roosevelt

The policy outlined in the excerpt was directly influenced by problems that the U.S. Navy had recently confronted during-

• the Cuban Revolution

• the Mexican War

• World War I

• the Spanish- American War

"What our Navy Cost Us, " 1909

Which of the following was primarily responsible for the change depicted in this illustration?

• New immigrant screening procedures at Ellis Island

• A crackdown on anarchism after the assassination of President William Mckinley

• Overseas expansion associated with the Spanish- American War

• An increase in circulation currency after the discovery of gold in Nome, Alaska

Puerto Rico

?

. Resident granted U.S. citizenship in 1948

. Governors have been elected by popular vote since 1948

. Adopted both a constitution and commonwealth status in

1952

Which of the following best replaces the question mark in this list of information about Puerto Rico?

• Became a U.S. state during the Reconstruction era

• Was ceded to the United States as a result of the Spanish-American War

• Signed the annexation treaty with the United States after World War I

• Was promised U.S. military protection as part of Woodrow Wilson 's Fourteen Points

Cause? ____________

U.S. control of the Philippines

Cuba independence

U.S. Control of Puerto Rico

U.S. Control of Guam

Effect?_____________

Which sentence provides information needed to complete both the cause and effect portions of the diagram?

• The 1898 Spanish-American War led to world power status for the United States.

• The 1914 opening of the Panama Canal encourage international trade.

• The 1919 treaty of Versailles contributed to the start of World War II in Europe.

• The 1929 stock -market crash set off the Great Depression in the United States