American Imperialism SSUSH 14

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

• Guam
• Cuba
• Philippines 
• Puerto Rico

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

• Manifest Destiny
• Imperialism
• Isolationism
• Democracy

What policy gave the United States justification for helping 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? 

• Ok for Europeans to imperialize
• international police force
• allow imperialism in the Americas
• allow European nations to take over

What is the type of sensational reporting where writers exaggerated or even invented stories?

• muckraking
• yellow journalism
• journalism
• paparazzi

What was Roosevelt's policy called?

• Dollar Diplomacy
• Big Stick Diplomacy
• Sphere of Influence
• Pan-Americanism

These events lead the U.S. into war with Spain in 1898.

• America annexing Hawaii

• Spain annexing Puerto Rico

• The U.S.S. Maine sinking

What is "annexation"?

• When a country takes control of new territory by ADDING it.

• When a country frees territory that it controls.

• When a country frees another group of people from imperialist rule.

• When a country rebels against it's imperial rulers.

What territories did the US gain as a result of its victory over Spain in the Spanish-American War?

• Philippines, Puerto Rico, Panama

• Philippines, Puerto Rico, Guam, Cuba

• Puerto Rico, Panama, Haiti

An explosion in 1898 on the ___________ killed 260 officers & crew members; American news blamed the Spanish; “Remember the Maine” became the U.S. rallying cry for revenge

• U.S.S. Maine

• U.S.S. Vermont

• U.S.S. New Hampshire