Imperialism Quiz

What name is used for the U.S. policy toward China that Secretary Hay described?

• Open Door

• Square Deal

• Roosevelt Corollary

• Dollar Diplomacy

Which best reflects the belief of President Roosevelt's position toward Latin American countries?

• noninvolvement in world affairs

• the sovereign rights of all nations

• intervention when American business interests were threatened

• the need for European interference in the Western hemisphere

This passage describes what agreement approved by the United States Congress?

• Monroe Doctrine

• Roosevelt Corollary

• Treaty of Paris

• Platt Amendment

Which concept is best related to these actions?

• populism

• imperialism

• brinkmanship

• containment

What did actions such as the U.S. involvement in the Spanish American War, the acquisition of Hawaii and introduction of the Open Door policy in China all promote?

• to establish military alliances with other nations

• to begin the policy of manifest destiny

• to support isolationist forces in Congress

• to gain overseas markets and sources of raw materials

"Yellow Journalists" influenced U.S. participation in which conflict?

• World War 1

• Mexican American War

• World War 2

• Spanish American War

Which event was a cause of the Spanish American War?

• construction of the Panama Canal

• discovery of the Zimmerman telegram

• sinking of the Maine

• the intervention of US forces in Hawaii

The process of a stronger nation attempting to create empires by dominating weaker nations economically, militarily and politically

• Capitallism

• Communism

• Imperialism

• Nationalism

An intense form of nationalism where the belief is that one nations people, ideals and goals are superior to that of other nations

• Jingoism

• Imperialism

• Commercialism

• Social Darwinsim

Which of the following is not true about the Spanish American War?

• Newspapers played a major role in getting the public to want war

• The sinking of an American battleship was used as justification for the US to attack

• Battles took place in the Philippine Islands and the Carribbean Sea

• America won, but Spain inflicted major damage