American Imperialism Review

The policy of acquiring territories to expand economic and political power is called

• assimilation

• imperialism

• jingoism

• urbanization

Exaggerated news headlines that framed the Spain as the culprit behind the USS Maine explosion is called

• red journalism

• muckraking

• yellow journalism

• romanticism

Intense patriotism favoring war

• communism

• jingoism

• imperialism

• socialism

What event prompted the US to declare war on Spain?

• annexation of Philippines

• explosion of USS Maine

• sinking of the Lusitania ship

• Spanish invasion of Cuba

The conflict between Spain and the U.S. in 1898 is called the

• Spanish American War

• Mexican American War

• World War I

• Civil War

Theodore Roosevelt led a group of cavalry soldiers called

• Rough Riders

• Buffalo Soldiers

• Flying Tigers

• Harlem Hellfighters

African American soldiers in the Spanish American War were called

• Exodusters

• Harlem Hellfighters

• Buffalo Soldiers

• Rough Riders

Which was NOT an outcome of the Spanish American War?

• U.S. got Spanish territories of Puerto Rico, Guam, and Philippines

• U.S. defeated Spain in about 3 months

• Cuba and Philippines got their independence

• The Spanish defeated Cuba and U.S., remaining a dominant power in Latin America

Which territory resisted American imperialism after the Spanish American War?

• Philippines

• Mexico

• Hawaii

• Puerto Rico

After the Spanish American War, Filipinos believed the U.S. would grant them independence. Instead, what happened?

• The U.S. gave them back to Spain.

• The U.S. set up a temporary government to teach Filipinos about democracy.

• The Philippines rebelled, resulting in the Philippine War.

• The U.S. and Spain agreed to split the Philippines.