American Expansionism Quiz

What was the final step that the United States took to get Japan to agree to trade?

• They sent warships to Tokyo Bay

• They signed the Treaty of Wangxia

• They refueled their ships at Japanese ports

• They refused to meet with British representatives

Why did William Seward arrange to purchase Alaska from Russia?

• He supported American expansionism.

• He wanted to win the American Civil War.

• He knew the area was filled with precious minerals.

• He felt the area would be a good place to build a railroad.

Why did some of the people of American descent who were living in Hawaii in the late 1800s want the United States to annex the territory?

• They wanted protection from foreign nations.

• They wanted to avoid paying duty fees on their sugar.

• They wanted the right to purchase land in the islands.

• They wanted to eliminate immigration from East Asia.

What role did José Martí play in Cuba Libre!?

• He supported Grover Cleveland for president.

• He called for the emancipation of Cuban slaves.

• He wrote yellow journalism stories for the American newspapers.

• He organized guerilla campaigns against American-owned sugar mills.

What specific event caused the American public to insist upon going to war with Spain?

• the bombing of the USS Maine

• the publishing of yellow journalism

• the actions of General Valeriano Weyler

• the destruction of American-owned plantations

What role did Theodore Roosevelt have in the Spanish-American War?

• He led a naval blockade in Cuba.

• He was a leader of the Rough Riders.

• He was president of the United States.

• He fought in the first battle in the Philippines.

Why did the people of Puerto Rico probably dislike the Foraker Act?

• It forbade Puerto Ricans from traveling outside their country.

• It allowed the U.S. Supreme Court to try Puerto Rican citizens.

• It required that Puerto Ricans buy goods only from American merchants.

• It let the president of the United States choose the top Puerto Rican leaders.

Why were the Cubans reluctant to ratify the new constitution after the Spanish-American War?

• The Cubans would not be able to travel abroad.

• The Cubans would not be allowed to export goods to Europe.

• The United States would remain a stronghold in the country.

• The United States would own all the plantations in the country.

Why were the Filipinos upset about the terms of the Treaty of Paris?

• The United States would annex the Philippines.

• The Spanish would continue to occupy the Philippines.

• The Americans and Spaniards would fight on Philippine land.

• The Americans and Spaniards would jointly organize the Philippine government.

Why did Theodore Roosevelt receive the Nobel Peace Prize in 1906?

• He was a leader of a group of Rough Riders.

• He encouraged the construction of the Panama Canal.

• He helped negotiate the end of the war between Russia and Japan.

• He refused to allow the imperial European powers to take control in the Americas.