US Imperialism Quiz 2023 USH

What is an example of imperialism?

• Andrew Carnegie hiring strike breakers to end the Homestead Strike

• The US colonizing the Philippines for its resources

• Cuba fighting for its independence against Spain

• Liberia not being able to take care of its citizens

Which picture best shows Big Stick Diplomacy?

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The primary reason the US advocated the Open Door Policy was to

• protect and broaden US trade with China.

• expand the concept of the Monroe Doctrine to Asia.

• justify our taking the Philippines as a US colony.

• justify the extension of American colonies into the Far East.

This cartoon is referring to the American foreign policy of

• invading Latin American countries.

• isolating itself from international matters.

• building a strong military in order to expand US influence.

• electing former military leaders as Presidents of the country.

11) The United States felt that it was important to complete the construction and control of the Panama Canal because

• it would help spread democracy to smaller nations.

• it would prevent Russia from doing the same thing.

• it allowed the United States to colonize Central and South America.

• it allowed ships to cross directly between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

15) The Spanish-American War resulted from an attempt to enforce the principles expressed by which of these?

• The Declaration of Independence

• Washington’s Farewell Address

• The Treaty Guadalupe Hidalgo

• The Monroe Doctrine

Addition to the Monroe Doctrine that states the US will be a police power within Latin America

• Monroe Doctrine
• Roosevelt Corollary
• Yellow Journalism
• Industrialization

Exaggerated stories to sell newspapers

• Industrialism
• Militarism
• Yellow Jouralism
• Imperialism

In 1898, Congress annexed Hawaii mainly because   

• Queen Liliuokalani executed several foreign merchants.
• Pineapples were a major export to China.
• The Boxers rebelled over labor strikes.
• The US needed naval stations in the Pacific.  

Which of these tied the diplomatic interests of a country with its business interests?

• Roosevelt Corollary
• Open Door Policy
• Dollar Diplomacy
• Moral/ Missonary Diplomacy