American Imperialism

Which country was granted its independence in the Treaty of Paris of 1898 at the end of the Spanish American War?

• Guam

• Cuba

• Philippines

• Puerto Rico

What was the purpose of the Open Door Policy in China?

• End the Boxer Rebellion

• Ensure American trading rights with China

• For American sugar planters to win leaseholds in China

• Establish and ensure European spheres of influence

Which territory did the United States NOT gain direct control of after the Spanish-American War? 

• Puerto Rico
• Cuba
• Philippines 
• Guam

The passing of what piece of United States legislation sparked the Boxer Rebellion?

• The Platt Amendment

• The Roosevelt Corollary

• The Open Door Policy

• The Chinese Exclusion Act

Americans were concerned about the events in Cuba because:

• American lives were at risk there
• American economic investments were being threatened
• American plantations were being destroyed by rebel forces
• all of the above

What document ensured that Cuba would remain tied to the United States?

• The Roosevelt Corollary

• The Foraker Act

• The Teller Amendment

• The Platt Amendment

What idea or belief states that Americans have a God-given right to expand west?

• Manifest Destiny

• Imperialism

• Isolationism

• Interventionism

What policy did the United States use as justification for intervening in Cuba?

• Big Stick Diplomacy

• Declaration of Human Rights

• Monroe Doctrine

• Dollar Diplomacy

According to the Roosevelt Corollary, what was the role of the US in the Western Hemisphere?

• To allow for European imperialism

• To act as an international police force

• To allow imperialism in the Americas

• To allow European nations to take over

Who was the Secretary of the Navy that resigned his position to go fight in the Spanish-American War with a group of volunteers known as the Rough Riders?

• Alfred Thayer Mahan
• Walter Reed
• Theodore Roosevelt
• William McKinley