USH REVIEW IMPERIALISM: Lessons 5A & 5B

What characteristics moved the United States into a position of world power?

Select TWO correct answers to the box. Not all answers will be used.

• Victory in the

  Spanish-American War

• Alfred T. Mahan's opposition to a large Navy

• Leadership of President Theodore Roosevelt

• Refusal to participate in Expansionism

What was most significant about the year 1898 in US History?

• The US lost the Spanish American War and focused strictly on domestic issues and avoided global conflicts.

• The US won a major conflict and became more involved with global affairs after it acquired new territories.

• The US lost its bid to control the Hawaiian states and lost its world power status.

• The US became the most dominant country in the world after it defeated Germany and Great Britain with their navy.

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SS.9-12.USH.2.B

How did this acquisition benefit the United States in the early 20th century?

• By showing other nations the advantages of Dollar Diplomacy

• By demonstrating naval superiority in the Caribbean Sea

• By securing U.S. presence in the Pacific Ocean

• By providing to other nations that the United States would enforce the Open Door Policy

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SS.9-12.USH.4.B

How did Alfred T Mahan's book end up influencing US Foreign Policy?

• Called for the formation of a battleship fleet, and acquire new territories to benefit the economy

• Required the US to remain neutral and not interfere with foreign affairs

• Demanded the US cease trading with foreign countries and practice extreme mercantilism

• Required the United States to destroy the British fleet in order to become a major superpower

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SS.9-12.USH.4.A

Identify at least two causes of the Spanish American War.

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SS.9-12.USH.4

Select the new territories the United States gained after the Spanish American War.

• Puerto Rico

• Hawaii

• Guam

• Philippines

• Cuba

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SS.9-12.USH.4.B

Select the THREE examples of Roosevelt's Big Stick Policy in action.

• The United States fought the Spanish-American War.

• The Panama Canal increased global trade.

• The United States sent troops to Caribbean countries.

• The United States entered World War I.

• The Great White Fleet sailed around the world.

Explain the economic and military impact of the Panama Canal.

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SS.9-12.USH.4.A

In the late 1800s, Sanford B. Dole contributed to the expansion of the United States by advocating the annexation of —

• Puerto Rico

• the Panama Canal Zone

• Hawaii

• the Philippines

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SS.9-12.USH.4.A

As a result of the Spanish-American War, the role of the United States greatly changed because the United States--?

• developed a plan for peaceful coexistence with Spain and other European countries.

• emerged as a new world power that was increasingly involved in global affairs.

• pledged neutrality in future European conflicts.

• refused to become an empire and practiced isolationism.

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