Imperialism Test 2025

What is the term used to describe the idea that the U.S. must occupy land from the Atlantic to the Pacific?

• A) Manifest Destiny
• B) Social Darwinism
• C) Freeport Doctrine
• D) Roosevelt Corollary

“Seward’s Folly” referred to

• A) William Seward’s decision to press for Congressional Reconstruction.
• B) William Seward’s decision to push Maximillian out of Mexico
• C) William Seward’s purchase of Alaska.
• D) William Seward’s support of Andrew Johnson.

Commodore Matthew Perry succeeded in opening which country to American commerce?

• A) China
• B) India
• C) Japan
• D) Russia

In the late 19th century, Hawaii was controlled by American members of what industry?

• A) cotton
• B) sugar
• C) oil
• D) jewelry

Which concept is expressed in this cartoon

• A) support for new military alliances
• B) support for United States imperialism
• C) opposition to the League of Nations
• D) opposition to new immigration laws

A “sphere of influence” is

• A) an area in China in which one country would hold economic power.
• B) an area of law in which a Congressmen knows best.
• C) an area in which corrupt businessmen could influence government members.
• D) the reason for foreign policy in Latin American under the Monroe Doctrine.

The 19th-century term "White Man's Burden" reflects the idea that

• A) Asians and Africans were equal to Europeans
• B) Asians and Africans would be grateful for European help
• C) imperialism was opposed by most Europeans
• D) Imperialists had a responsibility to improve the lives of their colonial peoples

"It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world." —George Washington, Farewell Address In the 1920's and 1930's, some Americans used this statement to justify a policy of

• A) isolationism
• B) collective security
• C) mercantilism
• D) imperialism

“But today we are raising more than we can consume. Today we are making more than we can use. Today our industrial society is congested; there are more workers than there is work; there is more capital than there is investment. We do not need more money—we need more circulation, more employment. Therefore, we must find new markets for our produce, new occupation for our capital, new work for our labor. . . .” — Senator Albert J. Beveridge, 1898 This statement provides a reason why political leaders of the late 1800s adopted the policy of

• A) imperialism
• B) isolationism
• C) protectionism
• D) collective security

What was the purpose behind the Boxer Rebellion?

• A) to push out foreigners from China
• B) to keep the Japanese for falling behind in technology
• C) to make sure neither the Americans nor the Spanish keep the Philippines
• D) to win over the French in Vietnam