Unit 6: Imperialism

Why did the U.S. NOT want to expand before 1880?

• Growing cultural superiority made Americans feel that the U.S. should be a world power.

• The Civil War had just ended, and the U.S. needed to be unified before it could expand.

• Industrialization led to the U.S. needing resources, but we were scared to expand.

The economic and political domination of a strong nation over weaker ones is called:

• Protectorate

• Social Darwinism

• Imperialism

How did the U.S. gain trade with Japan?

• We sent warships to Edo Bay to force them to trade with us.

• We sent a nice letter asking them to trade with us.

• We sent Europe to negotiate a treaty with Japan to trade with us.

Which of these is NOT a goal of American Imperialism?

• To gain military strength

• To gain access to new markets/resources overseas

• To isolate and remain apart from the affairs of other countries

When the imperial power allows the local ruler to stay in control to protect them against rebellion and invasion it's called a:

• Colony

• Protectorate

• Imperialism

We gained trade with China through which of the following?

• Open Door Policy

• Protectorate

• Treaty of Kanagawa

One of the main goods sold from Hawaii that the U.S. businessmen wanted to keep tariffs off of was:

• ice cream

• mangoes

• sugar

How did the U.S. acquire Hawaii?

• The U.S. bought Hawaii.

• The U.S. started a war with Hawaii.

• The U.S. annexed Hawaii

What event caused the U.S. to declare that Cuba had a right to independence from Spain?

• The explosion of the USS Maine

• The bombing of Pearl Harbor

• The sugar trade between Cuba and the U.S.

How did the U.S. acquire Alaska?

• We won it during the Russian Revolution.

• We bought it from Russia.

• We took it over with the Treaty of Paris.