Spanish-American War & American Imperialism

The Spanish-American War was fought in which year?

• 1865

• 1912

• 1898

• 1941

The MAJOR American business interest in Cuba was ___.

• coffee plantations

• iron mines

• coconut farms

• sugar plantations

The main purpose of yellow journalism was to:

• sell more newspapers

• decrease public support and interest in the war effort

• attack politicians who did not support imperialist goals

• educate the public on world events

The sinking of the ___ was one cause of the war.

• Titanic

• USS Arizona

• Lusitania

• USS Maine

Yellow journalism contributed to the Spanish-American War by--

• selling newspapers to raise money for weapons

• giving advertising space to Spanish businesses

• reporting American losses in great detail

• printing news stories that were not the whole truth

Who was president of the United States during the Spanish-American War?

• Theodore Roosevelt
• Calvin Coolidge
• Woodrow Wilson
• William McKinley

A policy in which a strong nation seeks to dominate weaker countries politically, socially, and economically, usually due to want/need of resources and new markets:

• pacificism
• militarism
• imperialism
• isolationism

Which of the following was NOT a reason for the Spanish-American War?

• Spanish interference in the U.S. annexation of Hawaii

• Sinking of the USS Maine

• Yellow Journalism

• To protect American business interests in Cuba

Commodore George Dewey led the U.S. to a quick, decisive victory in the Philippines at the naval Battle of ___.

• Havana Harbor
• San Juan Hill
• Manila Bay
• Bunker Hill

During the Spanish-American War, Theodore Roosevelt was:

• President
• Governor of New York
• a cattle rancher
• a soldier