US Expansion Quiz 1

What is the type of sensational reporting in which writers exaggerate or even invent stories?

• muckraking

• yellow journalism

• journalism

• reporting

What did the supporters of the annexation of the Philippines believe after the Spanish-American War?

• The islands would serve as a U.S. naval base

• The Philippines would become a military rival if not annexed

• The islands had no potential as a market for American goods

• The Filipino culture was similar to that of the U.S.

What event ignited the Spanish-American War?

• Explosion of the USS Arizona

• Sinking of the USS Maine

• Sinking of the Lusitania

• Russia

What does this map support?

• The US fought the Spanish navy in the Atlantic and Pacific

• The Spanish-American War led to new US territories

• America became a colonial power in South America by surrounding it

• The Panama Canal is critical to US trade

Which territory was annexed by the US due to the economic value of its sugarcane plantations?

• Alaska

• Midway

• Hawaii

• Samoa

How did the US gain construction rights for the Panama Canal?

• By attacking Panama with US warships

• By annexing Panama to the US

• By signing an agreement with the Colombian Senate

• By encouraging a local uprising against the Colombian government

What is the term for noninvolvement in world affairs?

• Expansionism

• Isolationism

• Imperialism

• Annexation

Panama is a damp, tropical jungle, intensely hot, and swarming with mosquitoes. What diseases do these mosquitoes carry?

• Small pox and scarlet fever

• Influenza and malaria

• Rickets and diphtheria

• Yellow fever and malaria

Choose all the territories that the US gained as a result of the Spanish American War.

• Puerto Rico

• Guam

• Philippines

• Hawaii

What was the significance of building a canal in Panama?

• It would take territory away from the Spanish empire

• It would allow easier economic and military access to and from the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans

• It would make it easier for the US to invade countries in South America

• It would allow the US to control worldwide trade