US Imperialism & The Great War

The main purpose of this map is to show the 

• sources of important natural resources

• results of the Spanish-American War  

• growth of United States imperialism 

• growth of the Atlantic slave trade 

1.      Which heading best completes this partial outline? 

i.____________________________________

                        * Sea power is the key to national greatness.

                        * United States missionaries spread Christian principles.

                        * Social Darwinism and a belief in the cultural superiority

                        * Sugar plantations in Hawaii were developed by Americans.

• Theodore Roosevelt’s Political Platform 

• Reasons for American Imperialism 

• Yellow Journalism in Newspapers 

• Reasons to Declare War on

Which of the following is true about President Theodore Roosevelt’s Big Stick policy? 

• The United States expanded its colonial empire in Africa 

• The United States became more involved in European conflicts 

• The USA threatened to use force to protect its interests in the Western Hemisphere 

• The USA acted as a "good neighbor" to European nations who created colonies in Latin America 

*American Outrage over the Philippine-American War

*Rejection of the "White Man's Burden"

 

Which of the following is an effect of the descriptions above? 

• The USA failed to join the League of Nations

• The USA fought the Spanish-American War 

• The USA granted independence to Cuba 

• Creation of the Anti-Imperialist League 

Which foreign territory that the U.S. gained do the following headlines describe? 

 

* American missionaries and fruit planters control the land

* Americans overthrew the government and created a new nation

* Annexed by the United States in 1898

• Puerto Rico

• Philippines

• Panama

• Hawaii

The Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine was used by the United States to 

• act as a police power in the Western Hemisphere 

• settle a dispute between Russia and Japan 

• isolate itself from European conflicts 

• expand its colonial empire in Africa   

Which of the following would be the most appropriate title for this political cartoon showing Britain and the United States carrying Asian and Latin American peoples up the "mountain of civilization"?  

• Manifest Destiny  

• The Monroe Doctrine

• The White Man's Burden 

• The Impact of World War

The Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine called for

• investing in the economic development of Latin America.

• pledging to help Japan and Russia negotiate a peace settlement.

• prohibiting foreign countries from further colonization of the Western Hemisphere.

• intervening in Latin American countries that could produce fruit.

Which of the following was ceded to the United States by Spain as a result of the Spanish-American War?

• Hawaii

• Cuba

• Guam

• Samoa

1.      What is the best title for this incomplete outline?  

I.                        ?                                      

* Governments conscripted soldiers            

* Propaganda was used to maintain morale          

* Industries were taken over to make war supplies

• Causes of the Great War  

• German Unrestricted Submarine Warfare  

• American neutrality during the Great War

• Mobilization strategies used in World War I