US Imperialism

In the 1880s, economic and military competition from other nations and a growing feeling of cultural superiority convinced many Americans that

• European-style imperialism violated American principles.

• the United States should be more isolated.

• European influence in the Americas should be reduced.

• the United States should become an imperializing world power. 

In the United States, public support for Cuban rebels was fueled in large part by what?

• the desire to protect American sugar interests on the island

• popular interest in starting an American empire

• sensational stories published in newspapers

• the fear of having a Spanish colony so close to the United States

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

• to end the Boxer Rebellion

• to win leaseholds in China

• to establish a sphere of influence

• to ensure trading rights with China

When Panamanian forces revolted against Colombia, the United States quickly

• sent ten warships to put down the rebellion and reestablish Colombian control.

• recognized Panama’s independence and signed a treaty to build the Panama Canal.

• withdrew American workers who had begun construction on the Panama Canal.

• decided to build a canal in Nicaragua because Panama was dangerously unstable.

U.S. foreign relations were damaged by President Woodrow Wilson’s intervention in

• Honduras.

• Mexico.

• Haiti.

• Nicaragua.

Under the terms of the Treaty of Paris, Cuba became an independent nation, the United States agreed to pay Spain $20 million for the Philippines, and the United States acquired Puerto Rico and

• Guam.

• Hawaii.

• the Bahamas.

• Panama.

To ensure that all nations would have access to China’s markets, President McKinley and Secretary of State John Hay pursued which of the following policies?

• dollar diplomacy

• imperialism

• Open Door policy

• the Roosevelt Corollary

Today, the Philippines are an

• American commonwealth.

• American protectorate.

• independent country.

• unincorporated territory.

Sugar planters, supported by U.S. marines, overthrew the Hawaiian monarchy in 1893, and the United States annexed Hawaii in 1898.

• True

• False

In the late 1800s, Congress was convinced to authorize the construction of a large U.S. navy.

• True

• False