Imperialism & Progressive Era

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

Teddy Roosevelt joined the 1st voluntary cavalry during the Spanish-American War. What where they called?

• the Flying Tigers

• the Running Rebels

• the Fighting First

• the Rough Riders

What country did many Americans blame for the explosion of the U.S. navy battleship the Maine?

• France

• Puerto Rico

• Spain

• The Philippines

What is sensational, biased and often false reporting?

• Red journalism

• Blue journalism

• Green journalism

• Yellow journalism

This progressive president famously said "speak softly, but carry a big stick."

• Woodrow Wilson

• Franklin Delano Roosevelt

• Theodore Roosevelt

• William Howard Taft

Theodore Roosevelt helped establish the first national park at

• Mammoth

• Rocky Mountain

• Grand Canyon

• Yellowstone

The protection of natural resources is called...

• conservation

• prohibition

• suffrage

• yellow journalism

What rule did Plessy v. Ferguson (1869) establish in public facilities?

• Separate but equal

• Laissez-Faire

• Social Darwinism

• Civil rights

Alfred T. Mahan argued:

• to become an empire, the US needed to acquire naval bases and strengthen its naval power
• the burden of the white man is to support and uplift non-whites
• imperialism was not democratic and engaging in it would be hypocritical
• the nation's economic needs could be satisfied from within as the US should avoid risking itself in foreign entanglements

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