American Imperialism

What engineering marvel created a direct link between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans?

• Suez Canal

• Panama Canal

• Bering Strait

• The Great Salt Lake

Newspapers and magazines that stretch and sensationalize the truth about people and events are guilty of what practice?

• Editorialism

• Tabloidization

• Yellow Journalism

• Sensationalism

The Spanish American War was fought in all of the following places EXCEPT for....

• Hawaii

• The Philippines

• Cuba

Which ship was sank in Cuban waters and led to America declaring war on Spain?

• U.S.S. Lusitania

• U.S.S. Maine

• U.S.S. Titanic

• U.S.S. Old Ironsides

Why did the US encourage a Panamanian Revolution against Colombia? 

• to allow nationalism
• to build the Panama Canal
• to spread imperialism
• to enforce the Roosevelt Corollary and establish a naval base

This type of foreign policy encourages stronger nations to extend their influence over weaker ones.

• Imperialism

• Isolationism

• Globalism

• Communism

Which of the following the the best answer for why America annexed Hawaii in 1898?

• Beautiful beaches

• Sugar Cane plantations

• It's location in the Pacific Ocean

• Tourism benifits

What US document threatened war against any European nations that tried to create new colonies in the Western Hemisphere?

• The Monroe Doctrine

• The US Constitution

• The Declaration of the Rights of Man

• The Treaty of Kanagawa

Sanford B. Dole is remembered for having expanded US power by 

• leading troops in the Spanish American War 
• working for annexation of Hawaii as a state 
• passing legislation to increase funding for the navy 
• negotiating treaties with the Philippine gov't 

What event in U.S. history is synonymous with William Randolph Hearst and Yellow Journalism?

• The Spanish-American War

• The Civil War

• The New York Mafia Wars

• World War I