Becoming A World Power

1. Why did the United States get involved in the Spanish American War?

• To help the Spanish gain control over Cuban rebels.

• Reconcentration Camps

• to protect American sugar plantations in Cuba

• the explosion of the USS Maine

Arrows "A" and "B" on the map, point to which two territories controlled by the United States? (5-3.5)

• Philippines and Japan
• Philippines and Hawaii
• Hawaii and Japan
• Asia and Hawaii

5. Why did President Roosevelt want to build the Panama Canal (5-3.5)? *

• The people of Panama asked the U.S. to build it
• It would allow commerical and war ships to travel from Atlantic to Pacific more quickly
• The French insisted that it was easy
• It was a challenge made by the United States

7. The United States began to grow as a world power as a result of the Spanish-American War because it *

• Increased military spending
• Gained new territories
• Signed a treaty with Mexico
• Built its industries

8. What type of writing, that greatly exaggerates and makes something sound much worse or better than it really is, helped promote the idea that America needed to declare war on Spain? *

• Expose
• Yellow Journalism
• Fiction
• Folktale

Policy of having little to do with the political affairs of other nations.

• Communism

• Expansionism

• Isolationism

• Don't Bother Me

When a nation gets involved in foreign affairs.

• Domination

• Isolationism

• Imperialism

• Internationalism

Powerful countries seeking to control the economic & political affairs of weaker countries.

• Dictatorship

• Imperialism

• Expansionism

• Sectionalism

This was built through the isthmus of Panama.

• Tappan Zee Bridge

• Erie Canal

• Golden Gate Bridge

• Panama Canal

What was one advantage of the Panama Canal?

• Established a safe place to swim.

• Increase travel time.

• Created new fishing spots.

• Reduced the cost of shipping goods.