U.S. History - Imperialism

In the late 1800s, some Americans supported expansion because it would provide

• new sources of raw materials

• new markets for manufactured goods

• opportunities for American planters

• all of the above

Queen Liliuokalani of Hawaii had to give up her throne after

• a revolt by Hawaiian workers

• the United States sent in marines

• the United States annexed Hawaii

• a revolt by American sugar planters

The United States proposed the Open Door Policy to protect

• its own trading interests in China

• Latin America from European intervention

• its investment in the Panama Canal

• American sailors who were shipwrecked

All of the following were causes of the Spanish-American War EXCEPT

• newspaper stories about Spanish cruelty to Cubans

• the destruction of the battleship Maine

• the Boxer Rebellion

• concern about American investment in Cuba

As a result of the Spanish-American War, the United States gained

• Guam

• Puerto Rico

• The Philippines

• All of the above

Building the Panama Canal was difficult because of

• a lack of workers

• a lack of equipment

• disease-carrying mosquitoes

• all of the above

The Roosevelt Corollary was an addition to the Monroe Doctrine by claiming that the United States had the right to

• invest money in Latin America

• annex Alaska and Hawaii

• establish spheres of influence in China

• use international police power in Latin America

The Spheres of influences were

• supporters of overseas expansion

• warships that protected trade in China

• revolts against foreign rule

• areas where nations had special trading privileges

"Remember the Maine" was used to rally American support for the war against

• Spain

• Cuba

• China

• France

A major problem in building the Panama Canal was

• lack of water

• French interference

• lack of money

• disease