American Imperialism

Secretary of State William Seward purchased which state from the Russians?

• California

• Arizona

• Alaska

• Hawaii

Which American policy states that the United States is the leader of the Western Hemisphere?

• Monroe Doctrine

• Washington's Farewell Address

• Compromise of 1850

• Roosevelt Corollary

What did Admiral Alfred T. Mahan argue in 1890?

• America should be an isolationist country.

• The United States needed to expand in North America.

• America needed a strong navy and sea bases in the Pacific.

• American foreign policy should be based upon dollar diplomacy.

Which country owned Cuba and Puerto Rico as colonies in the 1890s?

• England

• France

• United States

• Spain

How was the Spanish General Valeriano Weyler portrayed in the American press?

• Positively due to his military strategy.

• Negatively due to his hostile remarks against the United States.

• Positively for ending the Cuban violence.

• Negatively for his creation of reconcentration camps for military prisoners.

Why was the De Lome letter significant?

• Spanish ambassador called President McKinley spineless.

• Cuban revolutionary called for attacks on US bases.

• Puerto Rican letter claiming a demand for independence.

• Philippine revolutionaries called for independence from the US

What happened to the battleship, the Maine?

• It was used to conquer the Spanish in the Philippines.

• It was important for the American victory in Cuba.

• It blew up in the Havana harbor raising suspicions against the Spanish

• Admiral Dewey used it to protect Puerto Rico

What did US settlers do in Hawaii in 1893?

• Overthrew Queen Liliuokalani and called for annexation to the US

• Protected Hawaii from US interests for expansion

• Joined in trade routes to China

• Called for increase in tariffs on sugar plantations

What was the McKinley Tariff?

• Raised taxes on imported cotton from India

• Lowered taxes on imports from England

• Raised taxes on imported sugar from Hawaii and Cuba

• Lowered taxes on imported goods from Europe

Emilio Aguinaldo was...

• Cuban Revolutionary

• Spanish General

• Filipino Rebel Leader

• American General