Chapter 5

In addition to economic motives, many Americans supported overseas expansion because they believed that

• American military might should be unrivaled in the world.

• European imperialism threatened to harm less-developed nations in Asia and Africa

• the nation was destined to expand overseas and spread its civilization to others.

• the United States had much to learn from less-developed nations

Although the United States bought raw materials from Latin America in the 1800s, Latin America

• bought most of its manufactured goods from Europe

• exported manufactured goods to the United States

• relied on the United States for additional raw materials.

• sold raw materials to Europe at a much lower price.

At the Pan-American conference, Secretary of State James G. Blaine wanted to create a customs union with low tariffs, in the hope that it would

• drive profits higher for American and European manufacturers.

• increase the price of American products in Latin America

• lower the price of raw materials from Latin America.

• turn the Latin Americans away from European products.

President Roosevelt believed that having a canal through Central America would save time and money for commercial and military shipping and

• was necessary for maintaining influence in Asia.

• was vital to U.S. power in the world.

• would benefit the people of Central America.

• would establish a new market for U.S. goods.

Some people who opposed the annexation of the Philippines believed that imperialism

• brought American ideals to people who were not ready for them.

• contradicted fundamental principles of the United States.

• provided a large market for American goods

• reaffirmed the United States as a world power.

When an imperial power allowed a territory to remain technically independent, with local rulers remaining in control, the territory was called

• a colony.

• a protectorate.

• a state.

• an unincorporated territory.

As the United States industrialized, many Americans concluded that the nation needed new overseas markets to

• compete with Latin American nations.

• keep its economy strong.

• protect its overseas investments

• provide inexpensive labor.

The Treaty of Kanagawa gave the United States trading rights at two ports in

• China

• Hawaii

• Japan.

• the Philippines.

Until 1886, about one-third of the population of Cuba was

• enslaved.

• from England.

• from the United States.

• part of the Spanish military.

In 1898 U.S. President William McKinley faced strong pressure to go to war against Spain, including public anger over the explosion of the USS Maine and

• calls for assistance from Cuban rebels.

• jingoism within the Republican Party.

• panic among Americans in Cuba

• war fever within the U.S. military