US Imperialism

Which event was a cause of the Spanish-American War?

• the construction of the Panama Canal

• the sinking of the Maine

• the discovery of the Zimmerman Telegram

• the intervention of U.S. forces in Hawaii

“Yellow Journalists” influenced U.S. participation in which conflict?

• World War I

• the Mexican-American War

• World War II

• the Spanish-American War

Which concept is BEST related to these actions?

Results of the Spanish-American War

• New territories for the United States

• Expanding U.S. influence in the Caribbean and Asia

• containment

• brinkmanship

• populism

• imperialism

The Panama Canal must be fortified. It would have been criminal to build it if we were not prepared to fortify it and to keep our navy at such a pitch of strength as to render it unsafe for any foreign power to attack us and get control of it. —Theodore Roosevelt, 1912

Why does Roosevelt assert that U.S. control of the Panama Canal was necessary?

• to expand colonial holdings

• to maintain national security

• to increase the regional trade

• to protect the environment

What was a negative aspect of Dollar Diplomacy in Latin America and East Asia?

• It decreased the process of urbanization and industrialization.

• It supported military intervention by foreign powers to collect debts.

• It placed high tariffs on imports causing a decrease in foreign trade.

• It failed to address economic problems and government instabilities.

Which conclusion is BEST supported by the events in this list?

Events of the Spanish-American War, 1898

• April 25 — United States declared war on Spain

• May 1 — U.S. Commodore George Dewey’s force defeated the Spanish in Manila Bay

• June 3 — The U.S. president sought control of other islands in tactical locations

• June 14 — McKinley administration decided not to return control of the Philippine Islands to Spain

• The United States planned to gain strategic territory in the Pacific.

• The United States sought economic treaties with European countries.

• The Filipino people gained independence from foreign control.

• The Filipino people encouraged foreign business investments.

. .. But, today, we are raising more than we can consume, making more than we can use. Therefore we must find new markets for our produce. —“The March of the Flag,” Senator Albert Beveridge, 1898

Which statement supports the concern in this excerpt?

• Rapid industrialization causes economic markets to expand too quickly.

• Increased inflation causes instability in foreign economic markets.

• Economic expansion is needed to keep the industrial market growing.

• Commercial agriculture is unable to meet the demands of the global market.

Expansion of the United States After the civil war

Alaska is purchased in 1867

Hawaii is annexed in 1898

Puerto Rico, Guam and the Philippines are acquired in 1898.

Which goal of the United States was advanced by the actions on the list?

• gaining advantages over industrial competitors

• establishing an industrial workforce

• increasing government revenue through tariffs

• securing territories in strategic positions

If a nation shows that it knows how to act with reasonable efficiency and decency in social and political matters, if it keeps order and pays its obligations, it need fear no interference from the United States. Chronic wrongdoing . . . may . . . ultimately require some intervention by some civilized nation, and in the Western Hemisphere the adherence of the United States to the Monroe Doctrine may force the United States, however reluctantly, in flagrant cases of such wrongdoing . . ., to the exercise of an international police power.—President Theodore Roosevelt

According to President Roosevelt, which of the following actions in Latin America could be justified?

• the establishment of new colonies by European countries

• U.S. military intervention to ensure the payment of debts

• communist revolution in reaction against economic inequality

• civil wars aimed at replacing repressive political leaders

We hold that the policy known as imperialism is hostile to liberty and tends toward militarism, an evil from which it has been our glory to be free . . . . We demand the immediate cessation of the war against liberty, begun by Spain and continued by us. We urge that Congress be promptly convened to announce to the Filipinos our purpose to concede to them the independence for which they have so long fought and which of right is theirs. —Platform of the American Anti-Imperialist League, 1899

This excerpt justifies the American Anti-Imperialist League’s opposition to U.S. actions in the Philippines for what reason?

• Its alliance with Spain had drawn the U.S. into an unjust war.

• Congress had not given approval for military action as the Constitution required.

• The Philippines was an independent nation when the U.S. invaded.

• The motives for U.S. actions went against core American values.