American Imperialism

This foreign policy idea promotes staying out of world affairs.

• Imperialism

• Isolationism

• Globalism

• Communism

“Chronic wrongdoing, or an impotence which results in a general loosening of the ties of civilized society, may in America, as elsewhere, ultimately require intervention by some civilized nation, and in the Western Hemisphere the adherence of the United States to the Monroe Doctrine may force the United States, however reluctantly, in flagrant cases of such wrongdoing or impotence, to the exercise of an international police power.”

Q: The foreign policy statement above came to be known as

• Dollar diplomacy

• the Open Door Policy

• The Roosevelt Corollary

• the Pendleton Civil Service Act

Between 1890 and 1910, the United States most strongly pursued a foreign policy promoting...

• isolationism in world affairs.

• a sphere of influence in Africa.

• commercial involvement in both Latin America and eastern Asia.

• close military alliances with Great Britain and France.

In its report for 1890, the United States Census Bureau indicated that...

• industrialization was closing the gap in wealth between rich and poor.

• infant mortality was no longer a serious problem.

• the United States had more Catholics than Protestants.

• the American frontier could no longer be distinguished from settled areas.

In the late 1800s, many Americans came to support a United States empire overseas because they...

• viewed colonies as places where African Americans could be resettled.

• thought that importing foreign products would stimulate the United States economy.

• sought to spread Protestantism and Anglo-Saxon values.

• wanted to create a more diverse society.

Many anti-imperialists opposed the annexation of the Philippines in 1898 because they believed that:

• United States colonialism in the Philippines was incompatible with the American belief in self-determination.

• the Philippines should be returned to Spain.

• the United States would be drawn into a war with Japan over Pacific territories.

• Philippine agriculture would be competing with United States agriculture.

The Open Door policy in China called for which of the following?

• A consortium of nations to govern China

• Reduction of foreign tariffs on Chinese goods

• Recognition of Chinese territorial gains in Manchuria

• Equal commercial access by all nations to the existing spheres of influence in China

Cornerstone of American foreign policy that told European powers to stay out of the affairs of the Western Hemisphere. 

• Roosevelt Corollary
• Adams Doctrine
• Truman Doctrine
• Monroe Doctrine 

Reporters who published sensationalized stories about Spanish atrocities were called 

• Muckrakers
• Mugwumps
• Yellow Journalists
• Conquistadors

Why did Americans in Hawaii want to be annexed by the United States?  

• Queen Liluokalani was persecuting American sugar growers. 
• Annexation had trade advantages for the American sugar growers in Hawaii. 
• Laws forced Americans to return land to the Hawaiian government. 
•  All are true.