Imperialism STAAR Review

Match the following presidents to their respective policies

• Dollar Diplomacy

• Theodore Roosevelt

• Moral Diplomacy

• William Taft

• "Big Stick" Diplomacy

• Woodrow Wilson

"Big Stick" Diplomacy

• Cutting off trade with countries that refused to cooperate

• Invading countries that refused to cooperate

• Using the military to intimidate countries that refused to cooperate

Why did the US help Panama gain its independence from Colombia?

• To gain access to land to build the Panama Canal

• To establish a military base
• To spread democracy
• To protect American business interests

What are Spheres of Influence?

• Replacing local leaders with foreigners

• Putting local leaders in charge (with guidance from foreigners)

• Controlling regions of a country through trade and economy

• Removing the government and having anarchy

What was the purpose of the Open Door Policy in China?

• End the Boxer Rebellion

• Ensure equal trading rights with China

• Win leaseholds in China

• Establish a sphere of influence in China

America's Great White Fleet was established to do which of the following?

• Maintain cleanliness in America's Navy.

• Display America's Naval Power to the world.

• Encourage countries to declare war on America's Navy.

• Conquer the world one ocean at a time.

Why was the Panama Canal so essential to the growing strength of the United States?

• It made the slave trade move more easily from It made the slave trade move more easily from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean.

• It helped the United States take over Japan.

• It allowed the United States to transport navy and merchant ships between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans much quicker.

• It made Panama a U.S. territory and eventually a state of the union.

President Taft's foreign policy focusing on America's financial power in relations with other countries.

• Dollar Diplomacy

• Moral Diplomacy

• Big Stick Diplomacy

• Great White Fleet

Why did the Spanish-American War move the United States into the

position of a world power?

• The United States acquired Spanish territories in the Caribbean and

  the Pacific.

• The United States proved its nuclear capabilities against Spain in

  Southeast Asia.

• The United States stopped the spread of communism in Spain.

• The United States ended Spanish trade in the Eastern Hemisphere.

Why did the United States "need" territories like the Philippines and Hawaii?

• they acted as refueling stations for ships

• they had once belonged to the United States

• to rid the Americas of European powers

• so that those countries did not imperialize the US