Early American Imperialism Quiz

Who wrote that the prince acquires new territory if he finds it vacant or removes the natives to give his own people room?

• Ben Franklin

• Thomas Jefferson

• Theodore Roosevelt

• George Washington

Which president enacted a policy of non-interventionism that lasted into the early 19th century?

• Thomas Jefferson

• Ben Franklin

• George Washington

• Theodore Roosevelt

What was the name of the doctrine that drew a line in the sand declaring North America off limits to further European colonization?

• Big Stick Corollary

• Manifest Destiny

• Monroe Doctrine

• Social Darwinism

Who negotiated the Louisiana Purchase from Napoleonic France?

• Ben Franklin

• George Washington

• Theodore Roosevelt

• Thomas Jefferson

Which president successfully acquired or annexed Spain's remaining Island colonies of Puerto Rico, Cuba, Guam, the Philippines, and Hawaii?

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Washington

• Theodore Roosevelt

• Ben Franklin

Who launched a privately funded occupation of Nicaragua in 1855?

• Sam Houston

• Rudyard Kipling

• John Fisk

• William Walker

What was the name of the brief yet decisive war in which the United States acquired additional land?

• Indian Wars

• Monroe Doctrine War

• Spanish-American War

• Mexican-American War

What was the justification given by American politicians for foreign land grabs during late 19th century American imperialism?

• Spreading the virtues of American Democratic governance and Christian values

• The White Man's Burden

• Anglo-Saxon racial superiority

• Protecting and expanding markets for American products

What did historian John Fisk call the Anglo-Saxon belief in racial superiority?

• Monroe Doctrine

• Social Darwinism

• The White Man's Burden

• Manifest Destiny

What was the name of the policy enacted by President Theodore Roosevelt regarding the Monroe Doctrine?

• Big Stick Corollary

• The White Man's Burden

• Anglo-Saxon Racial Superiority

• Manifest Destiny