Spanish American War and Immigration Review

What word means taking over foreign countries and ruling them to gain power?

• isolationism
• Manifest Destiny
• imperialism
• free enterprise

What is Imperialism?

• When nations build empires by adding colonies.

• When a leader becomes an emperor.

• When a country wins a war.

• When a colony becomes a country or state.

Why did the American people care about the way the Cuban people were being treated by Spain?

• They were afraid Spain would invade the U.S.
• Many Americans had businesses in Cuba
• Americans disliked Spain
• Americans wanted to colonize Cuba

President William McKinley's belief that Cuba deserved to be free and independent from Spain led to which event?

• France sold Cuba to the United States
• The construction of the Panama Canal began.
• The United States issued a boycott of trade with Spain
• The Spanish American War began.

When did the Spanish American War begin?

• 1907

• 1899

• 1843

• 1898

What caused the Spanish-American War?

• Americans blaming Spain for the United States Navy ship, U.S.S. Mississippi, exploding in a Cuban harbor.

• Americans blaming Spain for the United States Navy ship, U.S.S. Maine, exploding in a Cuban harbor.

• Americans blaming Spain for the United States Navy ship, U.S.S. Missouri, exploding in a Cuban harbor.

• Americans blaming Spain for the United States Navy ship, U.S.S. Massachusetts, exploding in a Cuban harbor.

Which of the following was a leading cause of the United States entering the Spanish American War?

• The Rough Riders were attacked at the Battle of San Juan Hill.
• Spain was a threat to America.
• The U.S. wanted to add more territories to its empire.
• The sinking of the USS Maine

Reasons for the Spanish American War? (pick three)

• Yellow Journalism

• Failure of the U.S. government

• Sinking of the U.S.S Maine.

• To protect businesses interests in Cuba

What is yellow journalism?

• A kind of news writing that readers believe to be lies

• A kind of news writing that readers blame for starting wars

• A kind of writing that tells the truth to attract readers

• A kind of writing that exaggerates the news to shock and attract readers

Which of the following is NOT a reason for the United States' involvement in the Spanish American War? 

• To establish dominance over the Western Hemisphere
• To prevent the spread of Communism.
• To protect the U.S. business interests in the Caribbean.