American Imperialism

What does the term imperialism refer to?

• A policy of giving away a country’s power to another nation as a gift

• A policy of extending a country’s power and influence through diplomacy or military force

• A policy of trading goods between two states or nations

• A policy in which the government debates over paying someone to purchase another country

Hostility towards Spain increased as Americans were persuaded by _____________, which is a style of newspaper reporting that emphasizes sensational news.

• Muckraking

• Yellow Fever

• Yellow Journalism

• Wall Street Journal

Leading up to the Spanish-American War, the sudden explosion of the _____________ off of the coast of Cuba led Americans to believe that  _______________ was to blame, despite there being no concrete evidence.

• U.S.S. Maine; Cuba

• U.S.S. Alabama; Spain

• U.S.S. Maine; Spain

• U.S.S. Maryland; France

The _______________ was a volunteer regiment that served during the Spanish-American War and was organized by future president ______________ .

• Rough Riders; Franklin Delano Roosevelt

• Tuskegee Airmen; Theodore Roosevelt

• Progressive Party; William Taft

• Rough Riders; Theodore Roosevelt

After attempts were abandoned by the French, the United States attempted to purchase the rights to complete the building of the ______________ in order to connect the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

• Roosevelt Corollary

• Panama Canal

• Hay-Bunau-Varilla Canal

• Philippine Canal

Alfred T. Mahan argued:

• to become an empire, the US needed to acquire naval bases and strengthen its naval power
• the burden of the white man is to support and uplift non-whites
• imperialism was not democratic and engaging in it would be hypocritical
• the nation's economic needs could be satisfied from within as the US should avoid risking itself in foreign entanglements

What territorial acquisition was labeled “Seward’s Folly” by the American public?

• Hawaii

• Alaska

• Philippines

• Cuba

What is the takeover of weaker nations by stronger nations called?

• Imperialism

• Defense

• Free Market

• Nationalism

American planters living in what area overthrew the local government and subsequently requested annexation to the United States?

• Cuba

• Nicaragua

• Hawaii

• Philippines

Industrialists supported U.S. imperialism because they were interested in finding new:

• defenses.

• markets.

• imperialism.

• allies.