Unit 5 Quiz 1: Imperialism and the USA

Which of the following was the name given to the expanded and intimidating US Navy created at the suggestion of Alfred Mahan

• Great White Fleet
• Imperial Death Star
• American Marine Corps
• Big Stick Diplomacy

The policy in which stronger nations extend their economic, political, or military control over weaker territories

• Imperialism
• Nationalism
• Nativism
• Militarism

Which of the following foreign policy programs was used to gain land in Panama to make the Panama Canal?

• Big Stick Diplomacy
• Dollar Diplomacy
• Moral Diplomacy
• Isolationism

Which of the following foreign policy programs was used to influence a government change in Nicaragua to a more US friendly government?

• Big Stick Diplomacy
• Dollar Diplomacy
• Moral Diplomacy
• Isolationism

Which of the following foreign policy programs was used to justify chasing Poncho Villa into Mexico?

• Big Stick Diplomacy
• Dollar Diplomacy
• Moral Diplomacy
• Isolationism

What term is used to describe the style of writing during the Progressive time period that used sensationalism to sell more papers?

• Yellow Journalism
• Click Bait Journalism
• Big Stick Diplomacy
• Fake News

The nickname given to the Spanish American war to show it had very little deaths and was over very quick but the US gained important land?

• The Splendid Little War
• The War to End All Wars
• The War that Made America Great
• The War of Northern Aggression

Which of the following land was NOT taken by the United States during the late 1800's?

• Hawaii
• Cuba
• Phillipinnes
• Puerto Rico

Which president described his foreign policy with the phrase, "speak softly and carry a big stick?"

• Teddy Roosevelt
• Woodrow Wilson
• William H. Taft
• William McKinley

Which of the following was the reason the United States gained land in Cuba following the Spanish American War?

• The Platt Amendment
• The Teller Amendment
• The Treaty of Paris
• Imperialism