Alfred Thayer Mahan and American Expansion Quiz

According to Alfred Thayer Mahan,

• a strong navy was an integral part of America’s wealth and power.

• standing armies were dangerous.

• little would be gained from American expansion abroad.

• large armies would protect American interests around the globe.

• American greatness would be recognized through industrial output.

The ideas addressed in the image most directly relate to

• debates about United States acquisition of overseas territories

• opposition to the United States collective security arrangement with Western Europe

• the increased resistance to the United States joining the League of Nations

• the fear of increased militarism among European and Pacific powers

The ideas expressed through the image reveal that in 1900, which of the following was most true of the United States?

• Theories of survival of the fittest had been widely rejected by the public.

• Involvement in the Spanish-American War and Philippine-American War were driven by imperialist ideas.

• Quite the opposite of isolationism.

• Efforts to spread democracy overseas had been largely peaceful.

• Interventionism had become a more prevalent feature of foreign policy.

A major factor in the shift in American foreign policy toward imperialism in the late 1800's was caused by the

• need for overseas markets for increased industrial and agricultural production.

• need for submissive populations to replace the freed slaves.

• desire for more farmland.

• construction of an American-built Panama canal between the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean.

• opening of the frontier.

Which of the following was NOT among the factors propelling America toward overseas expansion in the 1890s?

• The ideologies of Anglo-Saxon superiority and Social Darwinism

• The yellow press of Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst

• The sinking of American ships by German U-Boats

• The desire to expand overseas agricultural and manufacturing exports

• Some Protestant leaders’ belief that America should spread its religion and culture

The ideology of Manifest Destiny is most similar to the ideology that supported which of the following?

• Involvement in the Spanish-American War

• Opposition to the international slave trade

• Participation in the First World War

• Isolationism prior to the Second World War

Which of the following was NOT among the reasons that President McKinley and other pro-imperialists gave for acquiring the Philippines as an American territory?

• McKinley believed that God had told him to Christianize and civilize the Filipinos

• Other imperialist nations like Germany and Japan would seize the Philippines if the United States left

• McKinley believed that handing them back to Spain’s cruel misrule would betray American ideals

• The Filipinos begged the United States to annex the Philippine Islands.

• Many believed the Philippines could open rich trading opportunities in China

Anti-imperialists presented all of the following arguments against acquiring the Philippine Islands EXCEPT that

• the islands were still rightfully Spain's, since they were taken after the armistice had been signed.

• despotism abroad might lead to despotism at home.

• it would violate the "consent of the governed" philosophy of the Declaration of Independence.

• annexation would propel the United States into the political and military cauldron of East Asia.

• imperialism was likely to be more costly than profitable.

Which of the following most directly led to the circumstances illustrated by the image?

• The United States involvement in the Spanish-American War

• The ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution.

• The Supreme Court ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson

• The United States contributions to the Allied victory in the First World War

Both the Mexican War and the Spanish-American War resulted in

• stopping European aggression in the Caribbean and South America.

• humiliating defeats for the U.S. Army.

• little territory lost or gained by the participants.

• the United States gaining significant territorial acquisitions.

• the United States gaining clear title to Cuba and Texas.