Imperialism

What is Manifest Destiny?

• The belief that the US should deny rights to people

• The belief that the US needs to improve relations with Native Americans

• The belief that the US must isolate itself

• The belief that the US should expand its territory

How did the US encourage the expansion into westward territory?

• Passing the Homestead Act

• Fighting the Civil War

• Creating the Open Door Policy

• Passing the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments

How did the transcontinental railroad impact the US economy?

• It provided jobs for robots throughout the west

• It allowed materials to move east and products to move west quickly and inexpensively.

• It made transporting slaves faster and easier

• Trick Question: The railroad hurt business.

Check the three reasons the US wanted to expand in the late 1800s.

• To spread Christianity and American culture

• To get more resources and markets for goods

• To increase tension with foreign countries to provoke war

• To have strategic bases for refueling and military strength

How did the US gain Alaska?

• Purchased from Russia

• Annexed after a coup

• Purchased from Great Britain

• Won after the longest pond hockey game ever recorded

Why did the US want access to Japan and China?

• New markets for US-made goods

• Need for guano fertilizer

• To buy Japanese and Chinese products for low prices

• To anger Spain

Which ocean is labeled here?

• Atlantic

• Pacific

• Indian

• Arctic

Which of the following was NOT a benefit the US experienced after gaining Hawaii?

• A major source of sugar

• A strategic military base

• A refueling depot in the Pacific

• A greater railroad network

Read carefully: Which of the following was a result of the other three?

• The US had economic interests in Cuba

• The Spanish were putting Cubans in concentration camps

• Yellow journalists accused the Spanish after the USS Maine exploded

• The US declared war on Spain

What was the common purpose of the Carlisle school and the Dawes Act?

• To demonstrate how powerful the US was

• To kill all of the Native Americans

• To assimilate Native Americans into a traditional American lifestyle

• To provoke a war with Spain