Imperialism

When a strong country takes over a weaker country for economic, social or political reasons it is called

• industrialization
• miliatrism
• imperialism
• nationalism

Buying Alaska was beneficial to the U.S. when what was found there?

• a new river connecting the oceans

• New types of weapons

• a faster route to Asia

• Natural resources, like gold, timber and oil

Which of these would best describe how Hawaii became part of the United States.

• The Queen was removed and then Hawaii added

• Hawaii has always been part of the U.S.

• U.S. added it after the Boxer Rebellion

• Won it during the Spanish American War

Which was not a reason the U.S. wanted to get involved in the Spanish-American War?

• to gain colonies with a Pacific port

• the U.S.S. Maine exploded

• to build the Panama Canal

• the Spanish were being mean in Cuba

What was the event that started the Spanish-American War?

• explosion of the U.S.S. Maine

• Boxer Rebellion in China

• Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor

• Spanish colonization in Alaska

How did the U.S. benefit from winning the Spanish American War?

• adopted Spanish as a second language

• won colonies, Puerto Rico, Cuba and the Philippines

• Got control of the Panama Canal

• Added new states from Asia

When newspapers exaggerate the stories to get more readers it is called....

• Yellow Journalism

• Carpetbagging

• Muckraking

• Freeloading

The army base Guantanamo Bay, that we created after the Spanish-American war is in what country?

• Cuba

• Puerto Rico

• Philippines

• Spain

After the Spanish American war, what area did the U.S. keep as a territory to have a Pacific Port, causing a three year war?

• Guam

• Philippines

• Panama

• Japan

Why did the U.S. want to build the Panama Canal?

• To allow Canada and Mexico to be connected easier

• In order to take over and gain more territory for the U.S.

• For shorter travel between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans

• Because it allowed the U.S. to gain more pineapples