Imperialism Quiz

The United States became involved in Latin American affairs under the

• sphere of influence

• Roosevelt Corollary

• yellow journalism

• surplus

After the Civil War, the United States had a _______ of goods.

• surplus

• negative amount

• expansionist

• market economy

The United States started to look for _____________ overseas to sell goods.

• dollar diplomacy

• imperialism

• yellow journalism

• markets

The explosion of the battleship named _______ started the Spanish American War.

• Maine

• Monroe Doctrine

• Roosevelt

• surplus

Columbia did not want the United States to build a ____________ through Panama.

• bridge

• road

• canal

• gunboat

Monroe Doctrine said the United States would

• have the right to invest in China

• believe in yellow journalism

• side with Spain to conquer Cuba

• stay out of politics in Latin America

A policy in which a strong nation seeks to dominate other countries politically, socially. or economically.

• Militarism

• Imperialism

• Nationalism

• Sphere of Influence

Teddy Roosevelt' s foreign policy of showing military might is called-

• Dollar Diplomacy

• Moral Diplomacy

• Armed Diplomacy

• Big Stick Diplomacy

Extending power by expanding into territories or controlling other nations is called-

• Isolationism

• Collective Security

• Internationalism

• Imperialism

One effect of the Spanish American War was-

• the US becoming an imperial power

• Spain defeated the United States

• the US annexed Hawaii