US - Imperialism and WWI

Each of the following is an aspect of Imperialism EXCEPT

• nation building and revolution

• empire-building

• land-grabbing

• spheres of influence

Each of the following encouraged U.S. imperialism EXCEPT

• Alfred T. Mahan's ideas on military might.

• new markets that would create a new safety valve.

• Josiah Strong's ideas on the superiority of the Anglo-Saxon race.

• the drive to colonize foreign lands with excess Americans.

The policy of stronger nations extending political, economic, or social control over weaker nations is called

• industrialization.

• Americanization.

• imperialism.

• urbanization.

Advocates of imperialism believed overseas markets might provide _____ to relieve population and overproduction pressures.

• a second wind

• an international union

• capitalist relief

• a safety valve

How did industrialization help fuel imperialism?

• The U.S. was searching for reliable foreign laborers.

• The U.S. needed new markets in which to sell its excess products.

• Americans wanted new lands to settle.

• American industrialists wanted to spread democracy.

The Roosevelt Corollary built upon the

• Monroe Doctrine, by committing to intervene in conflicts between European powers and Latin America.

• Hay-Pauncefote Treaty of 1901, in which the British gave the U.S. canal rights.

• Open Door Policy, by creating trade relationships with China.

• Platt Amendment, which limited Cuban debt.

“Yellow journalism” . . .

• always led to the truth.

• was sensationalized and exaggerated news.

• was dangerous and rarely used by journalists.

• aimed at solving society's problems.

Propaganda is . . .

• a method of influencing public perception and widely held beliefs.

• just another word for yellow journalism.

• a quest for finding truth.

• the diligent use of facts in researching a topic.

The annexation of _____ touched off the first American debate over joining the imperial race.

• Cuba

• Hawaii

• Panama

• the Philippines

The sinking of the U.S.S. Maine was used by journalists and politicians to

• support U.S. intervention in Panama.

• explain the annexation of Hawaii.

• support war with Cuba.

• build public support for war with Spain.