US History 1st Semester

Exaggerated stories to sell newspapers

• Industrialism
• Militarism
• Yellow Jouralism
• Imperialism

Addition to the Monroe Doctrine that states the US will be a police power within Latin America

• Monroe Doctrine
• Roosevelt Corollary
• Yellow Journalism
• Industrialization

US policy that says the US can trade within any "sphere of influence" in China

• Open-Door Policy
• Colonialism
• Monroe Doctrine
• Roosevelt Corollary

What effect did the Roosevelt Corollary have on the Monroe Doctrine?

• The United States would permanently station troops in the Philippines and other Pacific islands.
• The United States reserved the right to intervene in the affairs of Central America and the Caribbean.
• The United States had the right and duty to expand its colonial possessions in Asia.
• The United States would provide military aid to Europe to resist communism.

What was built to allow American commercial and war ships to travel from the Atlantic to the Pacific more quickly?

• The Rio Grande
• The Snake River
• The Gulf of Mexico
• The Panama Canal

What means that we should try to be nice, but have a strong military if we need it?

• Isolationism
• Imperialism
• Big Stick Diplomacy
• Foreign Policy

For what reason did the US imperialize?

• to gain raw materials for industry
• to create military bases around the globe
• to develop markets to sell goods
• all of these

In 1898, Congress annexed Hawaii mainly because   

• Queen Liliuokalani executed several foreign merchants.
• Pineapples were a major export to China.
• The Boxers rebelled over labor strikes.
• The US needed naval stations in the Pacific.  

Which of these tied the diplomatic interests of a country with its business interests?

• Roosevelt Corollary
• Open Door Policy
• Dollar Diplomacy
• Moral/ Missonary Diplomacy

What is the name for journalists who exposed corruption in business and government?

• Labor unions
• Yellow journalists
• Progressives
• Muckrakers