UNHS_US History B_Self check 1

isolationism.

imperialism.

anti-imperialism.

dollar diplomacy.

the discovery of gold

the loss of Cuba to Spain

the construction of the Panama Canal

the construction of the Panama Canal

The United States had not pursued expansionism before 1898.

The United States lost its sphere of influence in China after annexing Alaska.

The country acquired an overseas empire in the Spanish-American War.

The country sold the Panama Canal to France to block Spanish occupation.

land forces.

air power.

naval power.

economic bargaining.

William Jennings Bryan

William McKinley

William Howard Taft

Commodore George Dewey

Germany and Japan would take over the Philippines if the United States did not.

Prospectors had discovered gold in the Philippines, which would help the economy.

Filipino leaders committed atrocities and were disregarding the Monroe Doctrine.

Emilio Aguinaldo was plotting to return the Philippines to Spanish rule.

restricted each European country to trading within its sphere of influence.

allowed free trade for the United States in China.

excluded the United States from trading with China.

allowed the construction of military bases on Guam and in the Midway Islands.

defeating Spain in the Spanish-American War

putting down the Boxer Rebellion in China

the effort to capture Pancho Villa in Mexico

the Battle of San Juan Hill

sent an American naval fleet around the world as a show of strength.

allied with Panamanian separatists to build a canal in Latin America.

believed the United States should stay out of Latin America.

encouraged financial investments in Latin America and Asia.

the United States to stay out of Latin America.

the United States to keep order in Latin America.

free trade with Japan and China.

financial investments in the Caribbean Islands.