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Chapter 18. Sec 1: Imperialism and America

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Social Studies

8th Grade

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Chapter 18. Sec 1: Imperialism and America
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What key factor fueled the new American imperialism?

Desire for military strength

Quest for artistic achievement

Longing for isolationism

Fear of potential alliances

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

1847

1905

1912

1959

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

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