Roosevelt: Corollary, Foreign Policy and the Panama Canal

What project helped to make the US one of the foremost powers during the era of US Imperialism?

(a)  

Which President complete the Panama Canal Project

• Roosevelt

• Taft

• Wilson

The ​ (a)   was built to connect the Atlantic and ​ (b)   Oceans through​ (c)  

• Panama Canal
• Pacific
• Central America
• The Caribbean
• South America
• The Gulf of Mexico

Which event led to America gaining it's first Imperial territories?

• The American-Filipino War

• Seward's Folly

• The Spanish American War

• Dole overthrowing the monarchy in Hawaii

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Views of Imperialists

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(b) Views of the Anti-Imperialist League

• costly military protection

• Concern that jobs may be taken over new territories

• Rights were withheld from Americans but given to these new territories

• American Exceptionalism

• To educate the civilized citizens

• Lack of the consent of the governed

• Economic Expansion through the access of new agricultural resources and new markets

McKinley showed that he did not believe that Cuba would be unable to govern itself after the Spanish American War, he passed the...

• Platt Amendment

• McKinley Tariff of 1890

• Treaty of Paris

• Teller Amendment

Who did Emilio Aguinaldo lead into Manilla Bay to sink Spanish Warships to prevent them from helping Cuba?

• Commodore George Dewey

• T. Roosevelt and the Rough Riders

• General Pershing

• The US Marines

Which countries attempted to build the Panama Canal other than the US?

• France

• Spain

• Germany

• Egypt

Which of the following did Mahan state was necessary for the US to become a world power?

• Establish military bases to allow for the refueling of US Ships

• To become the International Police power of the Western Hemisphere

• To increase the size of it's naval force to help defend the US in conflicts

• To conquer weaker territories to gain access to new markets for surplus industrial goods and new resources

What challenges were faced by the US and France as they attempted to build the Panama Canal?

Select ALL that apply

• Landslides

• Lack of infrastructure

• Diseases

• Political Support