Imperialism Quiz

“Let us all be frank. We do not want the Filipinos. We want the Philippines. All of our troubles in this annexation matter have been caused by the presence in the Philippine Islands of the Filipinos…..The more of them killed the better. It seems harsh. But they must yield before the superior race.” -San Francisco Argonaut, 1902 This quote is an example of

• Isolationism

• Social Darwinism

• Insurrections

• Guerrilla Warfare

Imperialist policies in the South Pacific offered the United States

• new routes to China and East India.

• military responsibilities and increased duty on sugar.

• trade opportunities and military benefits.

• increased freedom and voting rights in Hawaii.

Select all that apply. What factors spurred American imperialism?

• Economic

• Military

• racial/cultural superiority

• Helping others in who lived under oppressive rule.

The Spanish-American War (1898) marked a turning point in American foreign policy because the US

• developed a plan for peaceful coexistence

• emerged as a major world power

• pledged neutrality in future European conflicts

• refused to become a colonial power

The US acquired several colonies after the Spanish-American War. The sources below illustrate the issues in this debate.

Use the information contained in the sources to answer the question that appears below.

“This club never met under circumstances more calculated to create the gravest anxiety in every patriotic man than tonight. By patriotic I don’t mean he who measures this country’s greatness by the extent of her territory, the size of her armies, or the strength of her fleets, but he who knows that the true greatness of a nation depends on its character, its sense of justice, and its self-restraint….” –Moorefield Storey, President of the American Anti-Imperialist League

“Having no foreign establishments, the warships of the US in war will be like land birds, unable to fly far from their own shores. To provide resting-places for them, where they can [obtain] coal and repair, would be one of the first duties of a government hoping to develop the nation’s sea power…W must build a navy [that] will be able to keep clear the chief approaches to our [territory]….” –Alfred T. Mahan, President of the US Naval War College

Choose the thesis statements historians could compose after reading thesis two sources.

• Many Americans felt that the US needed to build a large navy if it wanted to be a major world power.

• Many Americans felt it was the nation’s best interests to annex as many foreign nations as possible.

• Many Americans felt the nation would overstep its authority if it annexed foreign nations.

• Many Americans were divided over whether the US should acquire overseas territories.

What argument was used to support the US acquisition of overseas territories in the later 1880s?

• The US needed to obtain raw materials to keep its factories producing.

• The spread of Communist ideas had to be stopped because it threatened world peace.

• The US should be the first world power to build a colonial empire.

• The doctrine of the US becoming a world power had become obsolete in the twentieth century.

Support or refute the following statement. You must use 4 specific pieces of evidence (not just vague facts) from what we have learned.

Imperialism has led the US to become a powerful country.

The US acquired Hawaii by

• Purchasing it from China

• winning it in war from Britain

• Overthrowing the existing monarchy

• Giving into Hawaiian pleas for statehood

All of the following contributed to the US involvement in the Spanish-American war EXCEPT

• Yellow Journalism

• The De Lome letter

• USS Maine explodes

• Spain´s violation of a previous treaty

All of the following were territories acquired by the US from the Spanish-American War EXCEPT

• Puerto Rice

• Guam

• Philippines

• Alaska