American Imperialism

The U.S. went to war with Spain for which of the following reasons?

• yellow journalism, specifically after the explosion of the USS Maine, stirred up American public support for war

• the U.S. had business interests in Cuba they felt were threatened by Spanish colonial rule

• the Du Lome letter criticized President William McKinley and the American public saw this as a blatant Spanish insult to America

• all of the above

The conditions of the Platt Amendment revealed

• that America was committed to ideals of self-determination and anti-colonialism for nations in Latin America

• that Spain would acquire the Philippines

• that America's foreign policy was shifting away from isolationism and they were beginning to establish themselves as a world power

• that Cuba would be allowed independence and would establish their own government

The Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine

• ruled that constitutional rights were not automatically extended to those living in territorial possessions

• was used to justify sending U.S. troops into Latin American nations and made the U.S. an "international police power"

• led European countries to establish open trading rights in China

• would allow Cuba to be free after peace was established in the wake of the Spanish - American War

The U.S. annexed Hawaii PRIMARILY because

• the monarch asked for aid to put down an insurrection of Hawaiian rebels

• the Spanish had placed Hawaiian rebels in reconcentration camps

• Gold was found in Hawaii

• Hawaii was a strategic location for a U.S. naval base & coaling station

The Filipino - American War resulted in

• the Spanish sinking of the USS Maine

• the Platt Amendment which gave the U.S. rights over the foreign affairs of the Philippines

• a renewed U.S. commitment to anti-colonialism and self-determination

• U.S. control and occupation of the Philippines until 1946

Jingoism is best defined as

• the need for a nation to become a global military power

• aggressive nationalism arguing that the U.S. should take its place on the world stage

• the idea that the white man has the responsibility to civilize others who are "beneath" him

• "survival of the fittest"

Which of the following is the correct historical situation regarding the creation of the Panama canal?

• Panamanians with the help of U.S. President Teddy Roosevelt broke away from Columbia and granted the U.S. sovereignty over the canal region

• Columbia put down an insurrection in Panama and the U.S. sent military aid to help the rebels; in the treaty ending the war, the U.S. was granted Panama as a protectorate

• Panama's nationalist leader, Emilio Aguinaldo, sought independence from Columbia and the U.S. agreed to help in exchange for control of the canal zone

• Panama sought U.S. intervention to collect their debts, would be the beginning of TR's "Bad Neighbor Policy" in Latin America

Woodrow Wilson attempted to reconcile American imperialism in the Philippines with his passage of

• the Lodge Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine

• The Open Door Note

• The Jones Act

• The Zimmerman Telegram

The U.S. got involved in the Mexican Revolution because

• they did not recognize the dictatorship of Huerta and wanted to protect financial and political interests in the region

• they wanted to build a canal through the Baja Peninsula to make naval travel easier

• of the humanitarian concerns they had for Mexicans in reconcentration camps

• President Woodrow Wilson aggressively supported imperialism and was looking to acquire Mexico for the U.S.

Secretary of State John Hay issued the Open Door Note

• to threaten Japan into opening its door to U.S. trade

• to take advantage of trade with China and eliminate European spheres of influence

• to open Panama to the possibility of building a canal

• to purchase Alaska from Russia