Review: Imperialism and WWI

What was the purpose of the Open Door Policy in China?

• End the Boxer Rebellion
• Ensure trading rights with China
• Win leaseholds in China
• Establish a sphere of influence

What is imperialism?

• When one country takes over another country
• When one country is allies with another country
• When one country is at war with another country
• all of these options

_{This is the door to...}

• China
• Japan
• Russia
• India

What prompted US government to participate in 1893 overthrow of Hawaiian monarchy?

• Colonization of Pacific islands near Hawaii by European nations
• Kidnapping of Christian missionaries by Hawaiian nationalists
• Queen Liliuokalani's attempt to reduce political influence of American sugar planters
• King Kalakaua's discussions with Japanese government to lease Pearl Harbor

The United States acquired Alaska from 

• Spain
• Great Britain
• Japan
• Russia

Why was Alaska called "Seward's folly"?

• Americans didn't own a territory so far north
• It was a frozen wasteland with no resources
• U.S. had already annexed Samoa, and didn't need another territory
• Thought two-cents an acre was too expensive

Noninvolvement in world affairs is...

• expansionism
• isolationism
• imperialism
• annexation

To avoid further conflict in China, the US instituted what policy?

• Open Door Policy

• Meat Inspection Act

• Federal Reserve Act

• Island Hopping

Why did the United States "need" territories like the Philippines and Hawaii?

• they acted as refueling stations for ships

• they had once belonged to the United States

• to rid the Americas of European powers

• so that those countries did not imperialize the US

Discovery of which natural resources helped to spark change in how the purchase of Alaska was viewed?

• gold

• iron

• timber

• fish