US HISTORY UNIT 4 IMPERIALISM 2022

Where did the US decide to build a canal?

• Guatamala

• Egypt

• Colombia

• Panama

What territory in the Pacific did the U.S. annex in 1898 for pineapples, sugar, & a naval base?

• Alaska

• Samoa

• Guam

• Hawaii

Who was President during the Spanish-American War?

• Woodrow Wilson

• William McKinley

• William H Taft

• Teddy Roosevelt

Due to defeating the Spanish, the U.S. took on the Philippines, Guam, & what Caribbean island?

• Cuba

• Dominican Republic

• Puerto Rico

• Panama

US ship that exploded in Havana harbor

• USS Missouri
• USS Maine
• USS Constitution
• USS Virginia

Economic motives for imperialism include _________.

• a desire to spread Christianity
• a need for military bases around the world
• a need for raw materials to be used in factories
• a desire to gain glory

US entered war to gain control of Puerto Rico, Guam, Cuba, and the Philippines in this war...

• Rico War

• Spanish American War

• War on terrorism

• Island war

The main goal of imperialists was

• Bring self-government to areas under the U.S. control

• defend against attacked by enemy nations

• obtain overseas markets and naval bases

• Spread democracy throughout Africa and Latin America

The U.S business interests favored imperialism, why?

• It established common wealth of colonies

• it acquired new markets and sources of raw materials

• It spread democracy to other areas of the world

• It established military bases around the world

The Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine affected Latin America by

• guaranteeing human rights

• encouraging immigration to the U.S.

• supporting independence

• increasing U.S. intervention in the region