Chapter 18. Sec 1: Imperialism and America

What key factor fueled the new American imperialism?

• Desire for military strength

• Quest for artistic achievement

• Longing for isolationism

• Fear of potential alliances

What philosophy combined free-market competition leading to survival of the fittest with a belief in the racial superiority of certain groups?

• Social Nationalism

• Cultural Equality

• Political Despotism

• Social Darwinism

Who was the U.S. Navy leader that advised building up American naval power to compete with other nations?

• Admiral Alfred T. Mahan

• General George Patton

• Captain John Smith

• Colonel Theodore Roosevelt

What did American factories and farms produce far more of by the late 19th century than American citizens could consume?

• Raw materials

• Luxurious goods

• Food supplies

• Manufactured goods

Which of the following was a nickname given to the purchase of Alaska from the Russians?

• Jefferson's Jewel

• Roosevelt's Gem

• Seward's Folly

• Lincoln's Paradise

In what year did Alaska officially become a state of the United States?

• 1847

• 1905

• 1912

• 1959

What was the central reason for the economic importance of the Hawaiian Islands to the United States in the early 19th century?

• Coffee plantations

• Sugar plantations

• Cotton farms

• Wheat fields

What did American merchants do in the 1790s when they stopped in the Hawaiian Islands on their way to China and East India?

• Established military outposts

• Founded Christian schools and churches

• Mined for precious metals

• Enslaved the native population

What crisis was provoked by the McKinley Tariff of 1890 related to Hawaiian sugar production?

• Excessive rainfall
  b. Insect infestation

• Insect infestation

• Elimination of duty-free status

• Labor strikes

Which group of laborers outnumbered native Hawaiians about three to one by 1900?

• Japanese, Portuguese, and Chinese

• Russians and Germans

• Italians and Greeks

• Mexicans and Spaniards