QUIZIZZ: US Expansion and Imperialism

Who was President during the Spanish-American War?

• William McKinley

• Theodore Roosevelt

• Woodrow Wilson

• William Howard Taft

Yellow Journalism is....

• The Loudoun Sun Times

• Exaggerated News Reports

• Yellow Paper Reports

• Nonfiction News Reports

This political cartoon best supports the idea that, after the Spanish American War, the United States became a...

• World Power

• "Woke" Power

• Head of the United Nations

• Conquered Nation

What event was the most immediate cause of the Spanish American War?

• The sinking of the USS Maine

• The election of Francisco Franco

• Yellow Journalism

• The Cuban Revolution

What 4 territories did the United States gain at the end of the Spanish American War?

• Puerto Rico, Cuba, Spain, Nicaragua

• Spain, Cuba, Guam, Hawaii

• Marianas Islands, Philippines, Russia, Guam

• Philippines, Guam, Puerto Rico, Cuba

The extension of a nation's authority by territorial conquest or establishing economic and political domination of other nations.

• annexation

• imperialism

• nationalism

• isolationism

What did the US propose to avoid further conflict and ensure free trade in China?

• Open Door Policy

• Manifest Destiny

• Federal Reserve Act

• Island Hopping

Why was the US initially interested in Hawaii?

• sugar plantations were very valuable

• an abundance of oil was discovered

• to develop a military base

• to learn the culture of the natives

Fake news is the modern term for what during the 1890s?

• yellow journalism

• red journalism

• investigative journalism

• negative journalism

Which of the following foreign policies was used to acquire the land necessary to build a canal in Panama?

• Big Stick Policy

• Dollar Diplomacy

• Moral Diplomacy

• Treaty of Paris