American Imperialism

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Which country was granted independence in the Treaty of Paris of 1898 at the end of the Spanish American War? Options: Guam, Cuba, Philippines , Puerto Rico

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Cuba

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What was the purpose of the Open Door Policy in China?

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Ensure trading rights with China

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Which territory did the United States NOT gain direct control of after the Spanish-American War? Options: Puerto Rico, Cuba, Philippines, Guam

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Cuba

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The passing of what piece of United States legislation sparked the Boxer Rebellion? Options: the Platt Amendment, the Monroe Doctrine, the Open Door Policy, the Chinese Exclusion Act

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the Open Door Policy

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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

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to become an empire, the US needed to acquire naval bases and strengthen its naval power

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Americans were concerned about the events in Cuba because:

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American lives were at risk there, American economic investments were being threatened, American plantations were being destroyed by rebel forces.

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What ensured that Cuba would remain tied to the United States? Options: Roosevelt Corollary, Foraker Act, Anglo-Saxonism, Platt Amendment

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Platt Amendment

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What idea or belief states that Americans have a God-given right to expand west?

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Manifest Destiny

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What policy gave the United States justification for helping Cuba? Options: Big Stick Diplomacy, Declaration of Human Rights, Monroe Doctrine, Dollar Diplomacy

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Monroe Doctrine

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According to the Roosevelt Corollary, what was the role of the US in the Western Hemisphere?

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international police force