American Imperialism

Which territory did the United States NOT gain direct control of after the Spanish-American War? 

• Puerto Rico
• Cuba
• Philippines 
• Guam

According to the Roosevelt Corollary, what was the role of the US in the Western Hemisphere? 

• Ok for Europeans to imperialize
• international police force
• allow imperialism in the Americas
• allow European nations to take over

Who was the Secretary of the Navy that resigned his position to go fight in the Spanish-American War with a group of volunteers known as the Rough Riders?

• Alfred Thayer Mahan
• Walter Reed
• Theodore Roosevelt
• William McKinley

What is the type of sensational reporting where writers exaggerated or even invented stories?

• muckraking
• yellow journalism
• journalism
• paparazzi

What was Roosevelt's policy called?

• Dollar Diplomacy
• Big Stick Diplomacy
• Sphere of Influence
• Pan-Americanism

Why did the US encourage a Panamanian Revolution against Colombia? 

• to allow nationalism
• to build the Panama Canal
• to spread imperialism
• to enforce the Roosevelt Corollary and establish a naval base

What US document threatened war against any European nations that tried to create new colonies in the Western Hemisphere?

• The Monroe Doctrine

• The US Constitution

• The Declaration of the Rights of Man

• The Treaty of Kanagawa

Imperialism is __________.

• when a powerful nation uses its resources to help a weaker nation

• when a weaker nation invites a powerful nation to help it industrialize

• when a powerful nation takes control of the economy and government of a weaker nation

• when weak nations join together to fight a strong nation

What territories did the US gain as a result of its victory over Spain in the Spanish-American War?

• Philippines, Puerto Rico, Panama

• Philippines, Puerto Rico, Guam, Cuba

• Puerto Rico, Panama, Haiti

An explosion in 1898 in Havana, Cuba happened on which Navy vessel?

• U.S.S. Maine

• U.S.S. Vermont

• U.S.S. New Hampshire