Unit 7 Opening Reading and Slides questions

What did countries do to get new markets and natural resources (raw materials)?

• Industrialize

• Stop Global Trade

• Imperialism

• Start war with other countries they knew they could beat

Which areas did the United States take over in the mid to late 19th century?

• Cuba

• Hawaii

• China

• Alaska

Why was the US interested in Cuba

• It was close to the US

• American farmers had sugar cane plantations in Cuba

• Cuba had a gold rush much like the one in San Francisco, CA in 1849

• Spain had lost Cuba as a colony by 1875

Americans with Business interest in Cuba supported (a)   in the Cuban Revolution.

"Yellow Journalism tried to persuade Americans to join the side of (a)   in the Cuban Revolution.

What are 2 effects of the Spanish American War?

• Americans become insolationts

• The US will become a player in the global imperialism game.

• Spain wins and takes over other parts of Latin America

• Cuba is independent.

The US finally joined (a)   side making it the Spanish American War.

Which of the following created tension between industrialized countries in the early 20th Century?

• imperialism

• totalitarian governments were on the rise

• militarism (building bigger militaries)

• alliances

In (a)   World War 1 started in Europe.

The US will join World War 1 in (a)   .