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Becoming A World Power

Total questions: 62

Worksheet time: 41mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

1. Why did the United States get involved in the Spanish American War?

a)

To help the Spanish gain control over Cuban rebels.

b)

Reconcentration Camps

c)

to protect American sugar plantations in Cuba

d)

the explosion of the USS Maine

2.
Arrows "A" and "B" on the map, point to which two territories controlled by the United States? (5-3.5)
a)
Philippines and Japan
b)
Philippines and Hawaii
c)
Hawaii and Japan
d)
Asia and Hawaii
3.
5. Why did President Roosevelt want to build the Panama Canal (5-3.5)? *
a)
The people of Panama asked the U.S. to build it
b)
It would allow commerical and war ships to travel from Atlantic to Pacific more quickly
c)
The French insisted that it was easy
d)
It was a challenge made by the United States
4.
7. The United States began to grow as a world power as a result of the Spanish-American War because it *
a)
Increased military spending
b)
Gained new territories
c)
Signed a treaty with Mexico
d)
Built its industries
5.
8. What type of writing, that greatly exaggerates and makes something sound much worse or better than it really is, helped promote the idea that America needed to declare war on Spain? *
a)
Expose
b)
Yellow Journalism
c)
Fiction
d)
Folktale
6.

Policy of having little to do with the political affairs of other nations.

a)

Communism

b)

Expansionism

c)

Isolationism

d)

Don't Bother Me

7.

When a nation gets involved in foreign affairs.

a)

Domination

b)

Isolationism

c)

Imperialism

d)

Internationalism

8.

Powerful countries seeking to control the economic & political affairs of weaker countries.

a)

Dictatorship

b)

Imperialism

c)

Expansionism

d)

Sectionalism

9.

This was built through the isthmus of Panama.

a)

Tappan Zee Bridge

b)

Erie Canal

c)

Golden Gate Bridge

d)

Panama Canal

10.

What was one advantage of the Panama Canal?

a)

Established a safe place to swim.

b)

Increase travel time.

c)

Created new fishing spots.

d)

Reduced the cost of shipping goods.

11.

President Roosevelt claimed the U.S. had the right to intervene in Latin America to preserve law & order.

a)

NASA

b)

T.R. Intervention

c)

Roosevelt Corollary

d)

Quartering Act

12.
Which of the following territories were acquired by the United States as a result of the Spanish American War? 
a)
Philippines, Japan, and Mexico
b)
Cuba, Puerto Rico and China
c)
The Philippines, Puerto Rico and Guam
d)
Hawaii, Guam, and Mexico
13.
The Panama Canal runs through the middle of Panama connecting which two oceans?
a)
Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico
b)
Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean
c)
Atlantic and Pacific Ocean
d)
Carribean Sea and Pacific Ocean
14.
a smaller, weaker, or less developed country or territory under the protection & partial control of a larger or stronger one.
a)
state
b)
protectorate 
c)
isthmus
d)
annex
15.
The annexation of Hawaii led to the overthrow and imprisonment of Queen Lili'uokalani. 
a)
true
b)
false
16.

The U.S. issued the “Open Door Policy” with China, why?
a)
Cubans were having trouble with the Spanish - they were not treated well.
b)

It allowed the U.S. and other nations who weren’t allowed to trade with China to begin to trade with them.
c)

To protect Americans & property in cuba
d)

It exploded & Americans blamed the Spanish - Congress declared war on Spain
17.

Filipino revolutionary leader called the George Washington of the Philippines

a)

Jose Marti

b)

Emilio Aguinaldo

c)

Pancho Villa

d)

Philippe Varilla

18.

Speak Softly and Carry a Big Stick was the phrase tied to which foreign policy?

a)

Roosevelt Corollary

b)

Dollar Diplomacy

c)

Morally Diplomacy

d)

The Open Door Policy

19.
What was an area where a foreign nation controlled economic development?
a)
sphere of influence
b)
Pan-Americanism
c)
protectorate
d)
dollar diplomacy
20.
Which statement of policy called for America to exercise an "international police power?"
a)
Monroe Doctrine
b)
Moral Diplomacy
c)
Platt Amendment
d)
Roosevelt Corollary
21.
What does this map support?
a)
US fought the Spanish navy in Atlantic and Pacific
b)
Spanish-American War led to new US territories
c)
America became a colonial power in South America by surrounding it
d)
Panama Canal is critical to US trade
22.
What is being depicted in this cartoon?
a)
President Roosevelt's foreign policy
b)
President Taft's diplomacy
c)
Panama Canal policy
d)
Treaty of Paris 1898 acquisitions
23.
What prompted US government to participate in 1893 overthrow of Hawaiian monarchy?
a)
Colonization of Pacific islands near Hawaii by European nations
b)
Kidnapping of Christian missionaries by Hawaiian nationalists
c)
Queen Liliuokalani's attempt to reduce political influence of American sugar planters
d)
King Kalakaua's discussions with Japanese government to lease Pearl Harbor
24.

The 19th-century belief that the expansion of the US throughout the American continents was both justified and inevitable.

a)

Due Process

b)

Manifest Destiny

c)

American Progress

d)

Mercantilism

25.
This act forced Native American tribes to give up their ancestral land holdings and move to reservation lands elsewhere. 
a)
Homestead Act 
b)
Morrill Act 
c)
Dawes Act 
d)
Fort Laramie Treaty, 1868
26.
What gave settlers 160 acres of land in exchange for the settlers "improving" their new land?
a)
Homestead Act
b)
Dawes Act
c)
Morril Act
d)
Reconstruction Act
27.

In 1887 the Americans sent many Indian children in boarding schools away from their mothers in order to ...

a)

teach them English

b)

make them Christians

c)

cut them off their customs and language

d)

all of the above

28.

What was the true purpose of the Indian Boarding Schools?

a)

The teach Native Americans how to farm and work in a factory

b)

To "civilize" Native Americans

c)

To give willing Native Americans a chance to learn English

d)

To teach Native Americans how to preserve their cultural heritage

29.
As Americans took over more and more land, what happened to Native Americans?
a)
They agreed to give up their land.
b)
They were given their choice of where to live.
c)
They were forced to live in reservations.
d)
They voluntarily moved to Canada and Mexico.
30.
What is Manifest Destiny?
a)
The belief that it was America's destiny to control and civilize all of North America
b)
The belief that their destiny was to manifest
c)
A religious term used to explain how to be saved
31.

Who led the rebellion against the U.S in the Philippines and was seen as the George Washington of that nation?

a)

Emilio Aguinaldo

b)

Vladimir Putin

c)

George Washington

d)

Theodore Roosevelt

32.

FIRST Policy telling Europe to stay out of the western hemisphere

a)

Monroe Doctrine

b)

Roosevelt Corollary

c)

Domestic Policy

d)

Imperialism

33.

SECOND policy that made America the world's policeman especially in Latin America.

a)

Monroe Doctrine

b)

Roosevelt Corollary

c)

Domestic Policy

d)

Imperialism

34.

All of the following were reasons for US annexation of Hawaii EXCEPT

a)

We had sugar plantations in Hawaii

b)

It was strategically located between the US and Asia

c)

As a vacation spot

d)

To allow trade and military ships a place to refuel.

35.
Threatening use of force in Latin America if need be
a)
Dollar Diplomacy
b)
Moral Diplomacy
c)
Big Stick Diplomacy
d)
Shuttle Diplomacy
36.

Action taken by the Hawaii League to avoid paying tariffs.

a)

The Open Door Note

b)

The Bayonet Constitution

c)

The Teller Amendment

d)

The Mexican Revolution

37.
US business wanted the US to annex Hawaii to eliminate
a)
tariffs
b)
Hawaiians
c)
slavery
d)
yellow journalism
38.

Agreement made after the Spanish American War that gave the US the right to intervene in Cuba

a)

Platt Amendment

b)

Teller Amendment

c)

Dollar Diplomacy

d)

The Paris Peace Treaty

39.

What country controlled Panama before the US built the canal?

a)

Spain

b)

Nicaragua

c)

France

d)

Colombia

40.

Newspaper headlines such as those above most directly contributed to which of the following?

a)

The capture of the terrorists by American authorities.

b)

The selection of Theodore Roosevelt as a vice-presidential candidate.

c)

The declaration of war against Spain by the U.S. Congress.

d)

The attack by the U.S. Navy on Manila Bay.

41.

"We hold that the policy known as imperialism is hostile to liberty and tends toward militarism, an evil from which it has been our glory to be free. We regret that it has become necessary in the land of Washington and Lincoln to reaffirm that all men, of whatever race or color, are entitled to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness .... "We earnestly condemn the policy of the present national administration in the Philippines. It seeks to extinguish the spirit of 1776 in those islands .... We denounce the slaughter of the Filipinos as a needless horror. We protest against the extension of American sovereignty by Spanish methods. We demand the immediate cessation of the war against liberty, begun by Spain and continued by us. We urge that Congress be promptly convened to announce to the Filipinos our purpose to concede to them the independence for which they have so long fought and which of right is theirs."

-Platform of the American Anti-Imperialist League, October 17, 1899.


With which of the following would supporters of this excerpt most likely agree?

a)

The peoples of Asia had a right to govern themselves without outside interference.

b)

The United States had a duty to bring a new civilization and religion to the former Spanish colonies.

c)

The people of the Philippines were unprepared and unfit to govern themselves.

d)

The United States should control weak countries that might fall to other great powers.

42.

"Chronic wrongdoing, or an impotence which results in a general loosening of the ties of civilized society, may in America, as elsewhere, ultimately require intervention by some civilized nation, and in the Western Hemisphere the

adherence of the United States to the Monroe Doctrine may force the United States, however reluctantly, in flagrant cases of such wrongdoing or impotence,

to the exercise of international police power ... "We would interfere with them only in the last resort, and then only if

it became evident that their inability or unwillingness to do justice at home and abroad had violated the rights of the United States or has invited foreign aggression to the detriment of the entire body of American nations."

-Theodore Roosevelt, Speech to Congress, Dec. 6, 1904.


This excerpt most directly reflects the continuation of the policy that

a)

the United States should remain neutral and impartial in European conflicts.

b)

the United States should exercise international police power.

c)

the independent nations of the Americas should remain free from European intervention.

d)

the United States should civilize and educate other nations in the Americas.

43.

What did President Roosevelt do when Colombia wouldn't let him build a canal in its northern province?

a)

overthrew the government

b)

backed a revolution and helped create Panama

c)

backed a revolution and helped create Honduras

d)

built it somewhere else

44.

The Open Door Policy was the principle that all countries would be allowed to trade with what country?

a)

Japan

b)

Puerto Rico

c)

Cuba

d)

China

45.

Remember the ________ was the rallying cry demanding a declaration of war on Spain in 1898.

a)

Michigan

b)

Pearl Harbor

c)

Maine

d)

New York

46.

All of the following were reasons for U.S. imperialism in the late 1800s to early 1900s except

a)

desire for new markets.

b)

feeling of superiority.

c)

taking over the British Empire.

d)

building a modern navy.

47.

All of the following were results of the Treaty of Paris (which ended the Spanish-American War) except

a)

U.S. acquired the Philippines from Spain.

b)

Puerto Rico became an independent nation.

c)

U.S. acquired Puerto Rico and Guam.

d)

Cuba became an independent nation.

48.
What does this image represent?
a)
White Man's Burden
b)
Imperialism
c)
Big Stick Diplomacy
d)
Dollar Diplomacy
49.

Mark all of the following answer choices that represent the impact of westward expansion on native americans.

a)

Forced relocation from traditional lands to reservations

b)

reduced buffalo population through warfare and disease

c)

Made transportation easier with the creation of the transcontinental railroad

d)

opposition by Native Americans

e)

assimilation and lifestyle changes

50.
What animal impacted the building of the railroads, and was also essential to the Native Americans way of life?
a)
Snakes
b)
Mountain lions
c)
Bison
d)
Locusts
51.

This was joint resolution of the United States Congress, enacted on April 19, 1898, in reply to President William McKinley's war message. It placed a condition of the United States military in Cuba. According to the clause, the U.S. could not annex Cuba but only leave, "control of the island to its people." It remained enforced until 1899, when the Platt Amendment was passed.

a)

Teller Amendment

b)

Roosevelt Corollary

c)

Monroe Doctrine

d)

Cuban Crisis Amendment

52.

He was the 26th President of the United States; hero of the Spanish-American War; Panama Canal was built during this administration; he said, "Speak softly and carry a big stick," (1858-1899); He was considered by many to be the nation's first conservation president.

a)

Theodore Roosvelt

b)

William McKinley

c)

Warren G. Harding

d)

Grover Cleveland

53.

The adding of a region to the territory of an existing political unit.

a)

Imperialism

b)

Annex

c)

Moral Diplomacy

d)

Dollar Diplomacy

54.

Hawaii was taken over by business men lead by...

a)

Sandford B. Dole

b)

Theodore Roosevelt

c)

Grover Cleveland

d)

the Queen of Hawaii

55.

Which territory was promised independence after the Spanish American War but was actually denied independence?

a)

Guam

b)

Philippines

c)

Cuba

d)

Puerto Rico

56.

A burden is a...

a)

power

b)

responsability

c)

problem

d)

solution

57.

MORE THAN ONE ANSWER: According to the poem, "The White Man's Burden", the author believes that the natives are...

a)

lazy and dangerous

b)

smart and hard working

c)

uneducated

d)

special

58.

When Mr. Kiplings says, "half devil, half child", in the poem, The White Man's Burden, he means that...

a)

the White Man is evil and infintile

b)

The natives are crazy and uneducated

c)

The natives are children of the devil and small

59.

The use of sensationalized and exaggerated reporting by newspapers or magazines to attract readers

a)

Nationalism

b)

Imperialism

c)

Yellow Journalism

d)

Expansionism

60.

An artificial waterway built to provide a shortcut between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, opened in in 1914

a)

Roosevelt Corollary

b)

Panama Canal

c)

Yellow Journalism

d)

Open Door Policy

61.
China was divided into___________________________ by foreign powers 
a)
Colonies 
b)
Protectorates 
c)
Spheres of Influence
d)
Empires
62.

To say that foreign countries seized “spheres of influence” in China means that they...

a)

had secret agreements with the Chinese government.

b)

created a new territorial government to prevent the U.S. from entering the trade market.

c)

gained control of trade and resources in specific areas of China.

d)

established a circular discussion forum.