Ch. 7 Imperialism

Where did the US decide to build a canal?

• Guatamala

• Egypt

• Colombia

• Panama

What country did the U.S. open to trade in 1854 by sending a floatilla of ships under Commodore Matthew C. Perry?

• Japan

• China

• Russia

• 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

When one country takes control of another for economic, political or military gain it is called?

• Colonialism

• Imperialism

• Manifest Destiny

• Nationalism

He was part of the Rough Riders during the Spanish American war. He was also the assistant Secretary of the Navy and a president during the progressive era. 

• Grover Cleveland

• Theodore Roosevelt

• William McKinley

• Alfred Thayer Mahan

______________ is a name for false or exaggerated reporting.

• Red-top
• Government
• Newspaper lying
• Yellow Journalism

What was the cause of the conflict between Cuba and Spain?

• Cuba wanted to enslave Spain
• Spain wanted to convert the Cuban government to communism
• Spain wanted to turn Cuba into a sugar can colony
• Cuba wanted independence from Spain 

4. Last monarch of Hawaii

• King Kamehameha I
• Queen Liliuokalani 
• King Kalakaua
• Queen Emma