Module 6 Test - Imperialism

The idea of cultural superiority said:

• The U.S. had the ability to use athletic strength against a weaker country
• People should be responsible for working in a dangerous factory for long hours
• The United States had the responsibility to imperialize and civilize other races
• The United States would give away all its excess land

The Roosevelt Corollary / Monroe Doctrine outlined all the following **EXCEPT**:

• The U.S.not Europe, was to be the great power in the Western Hemisphere
• The U.S. would set up communist governments in their colonies
• Europe had no right to colonize in the Western Hemisphere
• The U.S. could use their police power to keep Europe out of Latin America

Social Darwinism is the theory that

• Only countries without colonies should compete in the world market
• Life consists of competitive struggles where only the strong survive
• The American frontier stopped people from rebelling in the U.S.
• The U.S. should expand its territory from the Atlantic to the Pacific

This chart shows that Presidents Roosevelt and Wilson:

• better managed U.S. interests overseas than did President Taft.
• believed in a policy of non-interference in Latin America.
• feared that Latin America countries would invade the United States.
• resorted frequently to the use of U.S. troops in Latin America.

In the beginning of the twentieth century, the United States had become

• politically unstable.
• accustomed to military involvement overseas.
• unwilling to resolve issues through diplomacy.
• less interested in Latin American affairs.

Yellow journalists created support for the Spanish-American War by writing articles about the:

• Political popularity of William Jennings Bryan
• Efforts of the United States to control Mexico
• Destruction of the U.S. sugar plantations in Hawaii
• Sinking of the U.S.S. Maine in Cuba

Spain gave the U.S. full control of the Philippines when

• George Dewey defeated the British fleet
• The U.S. paid 20 million as set out in the Treaty of Paris
• Filipino freedom fighters defeated the Spanish army
• Congress accepted responsibility for the islands

The Platt Amendment:

• Expanded the rights of Cubans
• Allowed Cuba to sign treaties with other countries without the U.S.
• Gave the U.S. the right to preserve order as needed in Cuba
• Established a civil government in Cuba

America’s Open Door Policy in China was designed to:

• Convert China to a U.S. territory
• Increase Chinese immigration to the U.S.
• Gain political influence with the Chinese emperor
• Provide equal access to trade in China without controlling territory

A country’s affairs being partially controlled by a stronger power (a country is protected but also taken advantage of):

• Imperialism
• Democracy
• Theocracy
• Protectorate