American 6.3

An _________________ for trade allowed the United States and other nations to trade “openly” with the Chinese and other countries.

• Closed Door Policy

• Open Door Policy

• Roosevelt Corollary

• American Expansionist

Alfred T. Mahan argued:

• to become an empire, the US needed to acquire naval bases and strengthen its naval power
• the burden of the white man is to support and uplift non-whites
• imperialism was not democratic and engaging in it would be hypocritical
• the nation's economic needs could be satisfied from within as the US should avoid risking itself in foreign entanglements

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 belief that the United States was destined to control the continent from the Atlantic to the Pacific is best described as _________________.

• Protestant Reformation

• Gilded Age

• Manifest Destiny

• The Crusades

Why was Cuba considered the most logical imperialist choice for America?

• Cuba was the closest island to the U.S. not already controlled

• The Cuban people had already been in a rebellion against Spanish rule

• The Cuban Missile Crisis had Americans wanting a war with Cuba

• None of these

The most well-known battle of the Spanish-American War took place in Cuba at _____________.

• San Juan Hill

• The Alamo

• Gettysburg

• Havana Harbor

The first military action of the Spanish-American War took place in 1898 in the Philippines at the _____________________.

• Battle of Horseshoe Bend

• Battle of Manila Bay

• Battle of San Juan Hill

• Battle of Antietam

The ___________________ was signed in 1898, ending the Spanish-American War and rewarding the United States with the islands of Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines.

• Treaty of Paris

• Treaty of Versailles

• Treaty of Velasco

• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

The _____________________, led by Emilio Aguinaldo, included fighting such as guerilla warfare by Filipino rebels and brutal tactics by the U.S. soldiers, ultimately costing the Americans around 4,000 lives.

• Cuban Revolution

• Philippine Insurrection

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• None of these