Imperialism Quiz

Imperialism is best defined as:

• Building up the military and using it as a tool for diplomacy (negotiations)

• Stronger nations extending control over weaker nations

• The desire for independence

• The belief in aiding weaker nations in their war for independence

Our first major territory acquired beyond on our borders was:

• Cuba

• Puerto Rico

• Hawaii

• Alaska

The factors that contributed to American Imperialism included a thirst for new markets, a desire to build up our naval power, and:

• The desire to make new colonies

• The feeling that we were culturally superior over weaker nations.

• The idea that we wanted to annex China

• The fear of losing our land to other countries.

We had an interest in both Hawaii and Cuba similarly because:

• We had profitable plantations in both.

• We wanted to make both of them states in the United States.

• Our president was Cuban.

• Cuba attacked us several times.

Why were American planters so upset with the queen's new idea for voting in Hawaii?

• She wanted to get rid of the rule that voters had to own land

• She wanted to allow more native Hawaiians the right to vote

• American planters would lose their political power and possibly profits

• All of the answers

In order to annex Hawaii, we had to:

• Fight a large war to take it over.

• Revolt and force the queen to abdicate.

• Purchase it for two cents and acre.

• Impose the McKinley tariff.

The war between Spain and Cuba began (NOT WHEN WE JOINED) when:

• The USS Maine blew up

• Valeriano Weyler put Cubans into camps.

• Jose Marti influenced Cuban rebels to revolt against Spanish rule.

• Cuba attacked Spanish colonies.

Which is NOT a reason the US joined the Spanish American War?

• Jose Marti's writing

• The DeLome letter was discovered.

• Yellow Journalism

• The USS Maine blew up

The Spanish American War was fought in which two places?

• Japan and China

• Florida and Mexico

• Caribbean and Philippines

• Haiti and Puerto Rico

Which of the following IS NOT what happened with either Cuba, the Philippines, or Puerto Rico after the Treaty of Paris?

• Cuba was given it's independence.

• The Philippines was immediately given its independence.

• Puerto Rico became a territory of the United States.

• There was great debate in the US over whether or not we should take territories offered in the Treaty of Paris.