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American Imperialism

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which country was imperializing Cuba before the US took it over?
a)
France
b)
Spain
c)
Colombia
d)
Mexico
2.

Which of the following defines Yellow Journalism?

a)

Writing about bad stuff to cause change

b)

Exaggerating events to sell newspapers

c)

Investigative journalism

d)

Reporting only the truth

3.

Theodore Roosevelt commanded a cavalry unit in Cuba known as the

a)

Rough Rollers

b)

Rough Riders

c)

Rough Company

d)

Rough Racers

4.

US annexed the following territory due to its strategic location and sugar plantations

a)

Hawaii

b)

Japan

c)

Philippines

d)

Alaska

5.

Declared Latin America as the US' sphere of influence

a)

Monroe Doctrine

b)

Open Door Policy

c)

Hawaiian Annexation

d)

extractive economy

6.

Teddy Roosevelt' s foreign policy of showing military might is called-

a)

Dollar Diplomacy

b)

Moral Diplomacy

c)

Armed Diplomacy

d)

Big Stick Diplomacy

7.

The Open Door Policy-

a)

allowed for open trade with China

b)

restricted trade with China

c)

opened trade with Japan

d)

restricted trade with Japan

8.

One effect of the Spanish American War was-

a)

the US becoming an imperial power

b)

Spain defeated the United States

c)

the US annexed Hawaii

9.

What territory did the United States NOT end up getting as a territory?

a)

Taiwan

b)

Philippines

c)

Puerto Rico

d)

Samoa

10.
What is the Panama Canal?
a)
a northwest passage through Canada
b)
a waterway through northern Egypt
c)
A waterway connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans through Panama
d)
A river that runs through Panama
11.

Created by President Taft, it used investment in foreign countries to advance American foreign policy.

a)

Open Door Policy

b)

Colonization

c)

Dollar Diplomacy

12.
Moral/Missionary Diplomacy
a)
Woodrow Wilson
b)
William Taft
c)
Theodore Roosevelt
d)
William McKinley