Imperialism and the Spanish-American War

Imperialism and the Spanish-American War

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10 Qs

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Imperialism and the Spanish-American War

Imperialism and the Spanish-American War

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Alfred T. Mahan argued:

to become an empire, the US needed to acquire naval bases and strengthen its naval power
the burden of the white man is to support and uplift non-whites
imperialism was not democratic and engaging in it would be hypocritical
the nation's economic needs could be satisfied from within as the US should avoid risking itself in foreign entanglements

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What event sparked the Spanish-American War?

The sinking of the USS Maine

The Louisiana Purchase

The signing of the Treaty of Paris

The construction of the Panama Canal

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who were the key players in the Spanish-American War?

France and Germany

United States and Spain

Mexico and Canada

United Kingdom and Italy

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Americans were concerned about the events in Cuba because:

Yellow Journalism

American trade was being threatened

American plantations were being destroyed by rebel forces
all of the above

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What policy gave the United States justification for helping Cuba?

Big Stick Diplomacy
Declaration of Human Rights
Monroe Doctrine
Dollar Diplomacy

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which country was granted independence in the Treaty of Paris of 1898 at the end of the Spanish American War?

Guam
Cuba
Philippines 
Puerto Rico

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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Who was the Secretary of the Navy that resigned his position to go fight in the Spanish-American War with a group of volunteers known as the Rough Riders?

Alfred Thayer Mahan
Walter Reed
Theodore Roosevelt
William McKinley

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