US Becomes a World Power Quiz

Leading up to the Spanish-American War, the sudden explosion of the _____________ off of the coast of Cuba led Americans to believe that  _______________ was to blame, despite there being no concrete evidence.

• U.S.S. Maine; Cuba

• U.S.S. Alabama; Spain

• U.S.S. Maine; Spain

• U.S.S. Maryland; France

The _______________ was a volunteer regiment that served during the Spanish-American War and was organized by future president ______________ .

• Rough Riders; Franklin Delano Roosevelt

• Tuskegee Airmen; Theodore Roosevelt

• Progressive Party; William Taft

• Rough Riders; Theodore Roosevelt

________________ for trade allowed the United States and other nations to trade freely with the Chinese and other countries avoiding sphere of influence being established.

• Closed Door Policy

• Open Door Policy

• Roosevelt Corollary

• American Expansionist

After attempts were abandoned by the French, the United States attempted to purchase the rights to complete the building of the ______________ in order to connect the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

• Roosevelt Corollary

• Panama Canal

• Hay-Bunau-Varilla Canal

• Philippine Canal

The term  ________________ refers to the idea that through financial investment in foreign nations, the United States would develop a scope of influence that would provide both stability and economic opportunity.

• Roosevelt Corollary

• Dollar diplomacy

• Open Door Policy

• Interventionist

Which U.S. President is associated with "Big Stick Diplomacy"?

• Grover Cleveland

• William McKinley

• Teddy Roosevelt

• Woodrow Wilson

As a result of the Spanish- American War, the US became a political power in

• The Hawaiian Islands

• Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines

• Samoa

• Panama

The Spanish-American War (1898) marked a turning point in American foreign policy because the United States-

• developed a plan for peaceful coexistence

• emerged as a new world power with an overseas empire

• pledged neutrality in future European conflicts

• refused to become a colonial power

The headline in this newspaper are an example of

• yellow journalism

• muckraking literature

• investigative reporting

• government censorship

What country does the U.S. support when it declares its independence from Colombia in 1903?

• Cuba

• Panama

• Spain

• Phillippines