America As A World Power

Building an empire by founding colonies or conquering other nations is known as...

• industrialization

• communism

• isolationism

• imperialism

When a country seizes land or territory from another it is called...

• imperialism

• isolationism

• annexation

• purchasing

This U.S. battleship suddenly exploded in Havana Harbor in Cuba on February 15th, 1898.

• The U.S.S. Pensacola

• The U.S.S. Alabama

• The U.S.S. Enterprise

• The U.S.S. Maine

A policy of avoiding involvement in other country's affairs is known as...

• militarism

• isolationism

• imperialism

• fascism

American Secretary of State who arranged the purchase of Alaska from Russia.

• William H. Seward

• Theodore Roosevelt

• George Dewey

• John J. Pershing

Japan defeated which TWO countries and become a world power?

• China

• Great Britain

• Russia

• France

Hawaiian queen who proposed a new constitution that would give power back to the Hawaiian people.

• Lunalilo

• Kalākaua

• Liliuokalani

• Kamehameha

A war resolution that stated that the U.S. had no interest in annexing or controlling Cuba.

• 18th Amendment

• 19th Amendment

• Platt Amendment

• Teller Amendment

Taking pride in and supporting one's own country and its interests over all others is called...

• anarchy

• isolationism

• nationalism

• imperialism

Areas inside a country where foreign nations control the trade and natural resources.

• imperialist zones

• spheres of influence

• demilitarized zones

• squares of influence