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WorksheetsAmerican Imperialism
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 1hrs 11mins
This foreign policy idea promotes staying out of world affairs.
Imperialism
Isolationism
Globalism
Communism
“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 an international police power.”
Q: The foreign policy statement above came to be known as
Dollar diplomacy
the Open Door Policy
The Roosevelt Corollary
the Pendleton Civil Service Act
Between 1890 and 1910, the United States most strongly pursued a foreign policy promoting...
isolationism in world affairs.
a sphere of influence in Africa.
commercial involvement in both Latin America and eastern Asia.
close military alliances with Great Britain and France.
In its report for 1890, the United States Census Bureau indicated that...
industrialization was closing the gap in wealth between rich and poor.
infant mortality was no longer a serious problem.
the United States had more Catholics than Protestants.
the American frontier could no longer be distinguished from settled areas.
In the late 1800s, many Americans came to support a United States empire overseas because they...
viewed colonies as places where African Americans could be resettled.
thought that importing foreign products would stimulate the United States economy.
sought to spread Protestantism and Anglo-Saxon values.
wanted to create a more diverse society.
Many anti-imperialists opposed the annexation of the Philippines in 1898 because they believed that:
United States colonialism in the Philippines was incompatible with the American belief in self-determination.
the Philippines should be returned to Spain.
the United States would be drawn into a war with Japan over Pacific territories.
Philippine agriculture would be competing with United States agriculture.
The Open Door policy in China called for which of the following?
A consortium of nations to govern China
Reduction of foreign tariffs on Chinese goods
Recognition of Chinese territorial gains in Manchuria
Equal commercial access by all nations to the existing spheres of influence in China
Which territories were gained by the United States following victory in the Spanish-American War (select all the apply)?
Guam
Puerto Rico
Cuba
The Philippines
U.S. policy of using the nation’s economic power to exert influence over other countries.
Dollar Diplomacy
Moral Diplomacy
Big Stick Policy
Roosevelt Corollary
Why was the Philippines so important to the United States?
The US needed it for Sugar plantations
The US needed it to protect the Panama Canal
It wasn't important, the Filipinos wanted to be part of the US
The US needed it for raw materials and new markets
This refers to the foreign policy in which support and aid is given to a government only if they support a similar political or ethical position as the country giving the aid.
Moral diplomacy
Dollar Diplomacy
Monroe Doctrine
Roosevelt Corollary
