USII.5a-c Vocab Quiz

What is the policy of extending a country's power and influence by diplomacy or military force called?

• Yellow Journalism

• Imperialism

• Monroe Doctrine

• Big Stick Diplomacy

Which term refers to hyped-up news stories with little basis in fact?

• Splendid Little War

• Corollary

• Yellow Journalism

• Isthmus

What was the Spanish-American War often referred to as?

• Big Stick Diplomacy

• Splendid Little War

• Panama Canal

• Monroe Doctrine

Who created the Monroe Doctrine in 1823?

• Theodore Roosevelt

• James Monroe

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

What is a statement of belief based on a previously proven idea called?

• Corollary

• Isthmus

• Imperialism

• Yellow Journalism

What is a narrow strip of land with water on both sides that links two larger land areas?

• Panama Canal

• Isthmus

• Corollary

• Big Stick Diplomacy

What is the 48-mile long canal across Panama that cuts travel by sea in half from the East Coast of the US to the West Coast?

• Monroe Doctrine

• Yellow Journalism

• Panama Canal

• Splendid Little War

What is the use of or threatening to use force to accomplish a political goal known as?

• Imperialism

• Big Stick Diplomacy

• Corollary

• Yellow Journalism

Which doctrine stated that intervention in the politics of the Americas is a hostile act towards the US?

• Monroe Doctrine

• Big Stick Diplomacy

• Imperialism

• Yellow Journalism

Who is associated with the quote "Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far"?

• James Monroe

• Theodore Roosevelt

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson