5.1 The Imperialist Vision

Until the late 1800s the United States had expanded by settling territory in __________________

• Europe
• North America
• Asia
• Africa

Americans decided that to keep the economy strong, the nation needed new _______________

• overseas markets
• alliances
• inventors
• immigration

Historian John Fiske argued that English-speaking nations had superior character, ideas and systems of ______________ to justify overseas expansion.

• religion
• business
• fashion
• government

Americans needed a _______ to protect its merchant ships, and defend its right to trade.

• navy
• army
• space force
• ninja turtle

Without protection, many people felt the United States would be shut out of ___________

• international organizations
• foreign markets
• civilization
• education

To expand their nation, Americans looked westward toward the nation of _____________

• China
• Ireland
• Japan
• tiny islands

In 1853, _____ entered Edo Bay and negotiated the Treaty of Kanagawa.

• President McKinley
• Commodore Matthew Perry
• Vice President Roosevelt
• Master Splinter

The Treaty of Kanagawa granted the United States ____ at two Japanese ports.

• trading rights
• docking rights
• the nation of Japan
• viewing rights

In a treaty with Hawaii, the United States received the rights to a ____________

• sugar
• economic recession
• naval base
• monarch

_______ tried to restore the Hawaiian monarchy's authority. A group of wealthy American sugar planters and Sandford Dole overthrew the monarchy.

• United States
• Japan
• Hawaii's king
• Queen Liliukalani