US Becomes a World Power

Why was the United States initially interested in trade with China?

• The U.S. wanted to take control of China
• Alliances
• There was an increased demand for new markets
• To control international trade. 

What was the phrase Roosevelt found to describe his method of accomplishing
goals?

• bully pulpit
• speak softly and carry a big stick
• hit the line hard
• politics is the art of the possible

The explosion of the USS Maine

• proved that McKinley was a weak president
• rallied Americans against Spain
• caused American prejudice about Spanish immigrants
• formed a bond between America and Cuba

Yellow Journalists were:

• writers who exposed period problems in hopes of achieving reform
• writers who wrote in yellow to bring attention to Spanish abuses
• newspaper reporters and illustrators who exaggerated stories in order to sell newspapers and fuel a war with Spain
• writers who opposed American imperialism and aimed to keep America neutral

Roosevelt Corollary is also known as

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

Platt Amendment's passage resulted in?

• Puerto Rico became self-governing commonwealth
• Creation of US military base in Cuba
• Official end to Spanish American war
• Establishment of diplomatic relations with Japan

Imperialism is:

• system of no private property
• government ran by the people
• system of building an empire by conquering other nations
• method of ruling similar to communism

Why did American want to build the Panama Canal?

• Trading and Military Purposes
• To have an advantage at war.
• To control Panama
• To prevent future wars

When a strong country takes over a weaker country for economic, social or political reasons it is called

• industrialization
• miliatrism
• imperialism
• nationalism

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