Imperialism, SA War, TR and Progressive Era Review US 9

What happened to Native American living in the west in the late 19th century?

• they were allowed to live freely

• they lost their land and were placed on reservations

• they were forced to leave the country

• they became US citizens in the 1890s.

Answer explanation

Native Americans were not given citizenship until 1924.

what was the purpose of The Dawes Act

• to force Native Americans to leave the country

• to grant Native Americans freedom to do as they pleased

• to Americanize Native Americans

Which event led to the destruction of the buffalo and placement of Native Americans on reservations?

• completion of the transcontinental railroad

• the attack of the South on Fort Sumter

• The Spanish American War

• The building of the Panama Canal

Before 1865, the US was isolationist. This meant that the US

• was very involved in fighting wars in Europe

• Did not get involved in affairs outside North America.

Answer explanation

The US kept to themselves until after the Civil War. We settled the West in the 1800s and fought Mexico in 1846. After the Civil War, the US began to add territories outside North America.

This word describes US Foreign Policy from 1865-1910

• Nativism

• communism

• imperialism

The taking over of land to build an empire is called

• isolationism

• imperialism

• industrialization

• immigration

The political cartoon suggests Americans needed to engage in imperialism because

• European powers were going to take over all the land.

• we needed money

• we needed to spread religion

The U.S. purchased Alaska from what country in 1867?

• Italy

• Rumania

• Russia

• Spain

The U.S. annexed this group of islands in the Pacific in 1898. We already had a naval base there called Pearl Harbor.

• Hawaii

• Samoa

• Cuba

In the 1880s and 90s, The United States Navy wanted islands in the Pacific so the navy would

• to be able to attack Germany easier

• have places to store fresh water and coal

• force people there to become Christians