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QUIZIZZ: US Expansion and Imperialism

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was President during the Spanish-American War?

a)

William McKinley

b)

Theodore Roosevelt

c)

Woodrow Wilson

d)

William Howard Taft

2.

Yellow Journalism is....

a)

The Loudoun Sun Times

b)

Exaggerated News Reports

c)

Yellow Paper Reports

d)

Nonfiction News Reports

3.

This political cartoon best supports the idea that, after the Spanish American War, the United States became a...

a)

World Power

b)

"Woke" Power

c)

Head of the United Nations

d)

Conquered Nation

4.

What event was the most immediate cause of the Spanish American War?

a)

The sinking of the USS Maine

b)

The election of Francisco Franco

c)

Yellow Journalism

d)

The Cuban Revolution

5.

What 4 territories did the United States gain at the end of the Spanish American War?

a)

Puerto Rico, Cuba, Spain, Nicaragua

b)

Spain, Cuba, Guam, Hawaii

c)

Marianas Islands, Philippines, Russia, Guam

d)

Philippines, Guam, Puerto Rico, Cuba

6.

The extension of a nation's authority by territorial conquest or establishing economic and political domination of other nations.

a)

annexation

b)

imperialism

c)

nationalism

d)

isolationism

7.

What did the US propose to avoid further conflict and ensure free trade in China?

a)

Open Door Policy

b)

Manifest Destiny

c)

Federal Reserve Act

d)

Island Hopping

8.

Why was the US initially interested in Hawaii?

a)

sugar plantations were very valuable

b)

an abundance of oil was discovered

c)

to develop a military base

d)

to learn the culture of the natives

9.

Fake news is the modern term for what during the 1890s?

a)

yellow journalism

b)

red journalism

c)

investigative journalism

d)

negative journalism

10.

Which of the following foreign policies was used to acquire the land necessary to build a canal in Panama?

a)

Big Stick Policy

b)

Dollar Diplomacy

c)

Moral Diplomacy

d)

Treaty of Paris

11.

What was the name given to President William Howard Taft's approach to foreign policy?

a)

Dollar Diplomacy

b)

Big Stick

c)

Moral Diplomacy

d)

Taft Corollary

12.

After resigning his post as Assistant Secretary of the Navy, he was responsible for organizing a volunteer cavalry unit, became a national hero at the Battle of San Juan Hill and became president only 3 years later.

a)

Leonard Wood

b)

Teddy Roosevelt

c)

William Howard Taft

d)

John Pershing

13.

Which of the following was true about Roosevelt’s "Rough Riders"?

a)

They captured Cemetery Ridge and drove the Cubans back to Havana

b)

They were a unit made up of cowboys, miners, college students, native Americans, outlaws, and policemen

c)

They were an all black cavalry unit that helped win the war

d)

They were formed by Lt. General Custer but taken over by Roosevelt during the war

14.
Late nineteenth and early twentieth-century expansionists such as Theodore Roosevelt and Alfred Thayer Mahan urged the United States to:
a)
extend its influence over the Middle East and the subcontinent of India.
b)
acquire overseas territories, especially in the Pacific.
c)
seek better trade relations with Latin America. 
d)
negotiate economic and cultural exchange programs with nations in Asia. 
15.
The Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine did which of the following? 
a)
Prohibited United States intervention in the Caribbean. 
b)
Warned against European seizure of the Panama Canal.
c)
Declared the United States to be the “policeman” of the Western Hemisphere. 
d)
 Provided United States military support for democratic revolutions in Latin America.
16.
The poem, The White Man's Burden, by Rudyard Kipling, represents the belief that European culture was _______.
a)
superior to other cultures
b)
misunderstood by Americans
c)
the oldest culture in the world
d)
a replica of Ancient Greek culture
17.

The Spanish-American War (1898) marked a turning point in American foreign policy because the United States-

a)

developed a plan for peaceful coexistence

b)

emerged as a new world power with an overseas empire

c)

pledged neutrality in future European conflicts

d)

refused to become a colonial power

18.

In the late 1800s, an increased demand for raw materials and a desire for new markets contributed to the United States adopting a policy of

a)

isolationism

b)

collective security

c)

imperialism

d)

pacificism

19.

As a result of the Spanish-American War, the United States saw the need to build the Panama Canal because

a)

new colonies had been acquired in Africa

b)

Spanish opposition to the canal had ended

c)

the United States navy could then move more quickly between oceans

d)

United States railroads could not transport enough manufactured goods

20.

President Theodore Roosevelt's Big Stick Policy was closely associated with-

a)

friendly relations with China after the Boxer Rebellion

b)

the conservation of natural resources

c)

court actions to oppose business monopolies

d)

intervention in the affairs of Latin American nations

21.

Why was American Imperialism important?

a)

It allowed people to return to Great Britain and be a subject again.

b)

It opened up the West to the Native Americans again.

c)

It increased the influence of the US in world affairs.

d)

It encourage massive immigration to the US.