American Imperialism

What territorial acquisition was labeled “Seward’s Folly” by the American public?

• Hawaii

• Alaska

• Philippines

• Cuba

American planters living in what area overthrew the local government and subsequently requested annexation to the United States?

• Cuba

• Nicaragua

• Hawaii

• Philippines

Industrialists supported U.S. imperialism because they were interested in finding new:

• defenses.

• markets.

• imperialism.

• allies.

Many Americans supported American expansion for reasons of:

• national defense.

• missionary work.

• spreading Christianity.

• gaining territory.

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

What is the type of sensational reporting where writers exaggerated or even invented stories?

• muckraking
• yellow journalism
• journalism
• paparazzi

Why did Secretary of State William Seward buy the territory of Alaska?

• He saw England in North America as a strategic threat.

• He saw France in North America as a strategic threat.

• He saw Russia in North America as a strategic threat.

• He saw Germany in North America as a strategic threat.

Why did America annex Hawaii in 1898?

• Beautiful beaches

• Sugar Cane plantations

• It's location in the Pacific Ocean

• Tourism benifits

Imperialism is __________.

• when a powerful nation uses its resources to help a weaker nation
• when a weaker nation invites a powerful nation to help it industrialize
• when a powerful nation takes control of the economy and government of a weaker nation
• when weak nations join together to fight a strong nation

Headed Hawaiian government after the queen was overthrown and pushed for the annexation of Hawaii by the U.S.

• Theodore Roosevelt

• Alfred Thayer Mahan

• Sanford Dole

• Henry Cabot Lodge