Unit 4: Foreign Policy/ U.S. Expansion - Module 23 Vocabulary

Fill in the blank: The __________ was a series of provisions that the U.S. insisted Cuba add to its new constitution after the Spanish-American War. It severely limited Cuba's treaty-making ability and granted the U.S. the right to intervene militarily to preserve order.

• Platt Amendment

• Monroe Doctrine

• Roosevelt Corollary

• Treaty of Paris

Fill in the blank: ________ is a government's strategy and plan for dealing with other nations. It includes goals, standards, and activities that determine the country's relationship with other countries, covering areas like trade, diplomacy, and defense.

• Foreign policy

• Domestic policy

• Economic policy

• Social policy

Who was the U.S. Secretary of State from 1898 to 1905, most famous for issuing the notes that established the Open Door Policy in China?

• John Hay

• William Jennings Bryan

• Elihu Root

• Charles Evans Hughes

A Polynesian island nation annexed by the U.S. in 1898. Its deep-water ports, especially Pearl Harbor, made it a vital military and economic outpost in the mid-Pacific. Fill in the blank: ____________

• Hawaii

• Fiji

• Tahiti

• Samoa

Fill in the blank: The primary economic motive for 19th-century U.S. imperialism was to seek overseas ______ for industrial goods and raw materials like sugar, coal, and oil.

• markets

• colonies

• alliances

• territories

Fill in the blank: ________ is the belief that one's own group, culture, or ethnicity is the most important and that all other groups should be measured against its standards. This attitude fueled Imperialism and Manifest Destiny, by suggesting American culture was superior.

• Ethnocentrism

• Multiculturalism

• Nationalism

• Pluralism

The causes and effects of U.S. imperialism include:

• Economic interests and territorial expansion led to increased global influence and conflicts.

• Isolationism and neutrality led to decreased global influence.

• U.S. imperialism was solely motivated by humanitarian concerns.

• U.S. imperialism resulted only in positive relationships with other nations.

Which term is defined as: A philosophy in foreign policy where the nation's actions are guided by moral principles, ethics, and the promotion of democracy, human rights, and global peace, rather than purely practical or economic concerns.

• Idealism

• Realism

• Isolationism

• Nationalism

Who was the U.S. Navy Admiral and historian who wrote The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, arguing that national prosperity and power depended on control of the sea and a large, modern fleet?

• Alfred T. Mahan

• Chester W. Nimitz

• George Dewey

• David Farragut

Who was the owner of the New York World newspaper and a major practitioner of Yellow Journalism, using sensational stories about Spanish cruelty in Cuba to sway American public opinion in favor of war?

• J. Pulitzer

• W. R. Hearst

• J. Adams

• H. Greeley