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WorksheetsImperialism Test
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 6hrs 15mins
What is the term used to describe the idea that the idea that the US must occupy land from the Atlantic to the Pacific?
Manifest Destiny
Social Darwinism
Freeport Doctrine
Roosevelt Corollary
Early in the 20th century,
Presidents William Taft and
Woodrow Wilson used the
concept of dollar diplomacy to
help European nations avoid
war
expand United States
influence in China
protect United States
investments in Latin America
A sphere of influence is
An area in China in which one country would hold economic power
An area of law in which a Congressman knows best.
An area in which corrupt businessman could influence government members
The reason for foreign policy in Latin American under the Monroe Doctrine.
During the 1890s, Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst used yellow journalism to generate public support for the
Election of Populist Party candidates
Presidential candidacy of William McKinley
Goals of workers in the Pullman strike
Spanish-American War
Which 1890s headline is the best example of yellow journalism?
President Supports Child Labor Legislation
Spanish Authorities Butcher Innocent Cubans
McKinley Asks Congress to Annex Hawaii
One Major result of the Spanish-American War was that the US
Established many foreign-aid programs
Obtained overseas colonies
Abandoned the principles of the Monroe Doctrine
Settled Disputes by relying on international peace organizations
The US entered the Spanish-American War because the Spanish were allegedly committing atrocities in which colony?
Cuba
Newfoundland
Canary Islands
Which of the following causes of the Spanish-American War was most important to the public?
The sinking of the Maine
Jose Marti's revolutionary doctrine
The Zimmerman Telegram
Which island group did the US gain from Spain in the Spanish-American War?
Indonesia
Hawaii
The Philippines
The biggest loss of life in the Spanish-American War was due to
San Juan Hill
Disease
Naval Casualties
Which US foreign policy action resulted from the close geographic relationship between the US and Latin America?
Monroe Doctrine
Truman Doctrine
Open Door Poicy
During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the intervention of the US in Latin America was mainly to
Reduce the influence of Communism
Promote European Colonization
Protect growing US investments in Latin America
The Big Stick Policy and Dollar Diplomacy were attempts to
Increase US power in Latin America
Contain the spread of Communism
Protect free trade on the Asian continent
"I have always been fond of the...proverb: 'Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.' " Theodore Roosevelt
This philosophy was used by Presidential Roosevelt primarily to
Deal with problems of racial segregation
Conduct his foreign policy in Latin America
Expand the Western frontier
To carry out the foreign policy referred to in the in the cartoon, President Theodore Roosevelt added a corollary to the
Monroe Doctrine
Open Door Policy
Good Neighbor Policy
The principle that the US has the right to act as the policeman of the Western Hemisphere and intervene in the internal affairs of Latin American nations was established by the
Marshall Plan
Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine
Open Door Policy
The chief reason the US built the Panama Canal was to
Prevent the spread of communism
Reduce travel time for commercial and military shipping
Promote an isolationist foreign policy
Dollar diplomacy is most closely associated with which president?
William Howard Taft
Abraham Lincoln
William McKinley
Many people died during the construction of the Panama Canal because of
Disease
Attacks from Panamanian rebels
English opposition
The United States' right to police power in Latin American is most closely associated with the
Roosevelt Corollary
Truman Doctrine
Treaty of Paris
The primary goal of Manifest Destiny was the
Expansion of the US
Abolition of slavery
Removal of European influence in South America
Which nation did the US go to war against at the end of the 20th century in which most of the fighting took place in Cuba?
Spain
France
Russia
In the late 1800s, the United Stated became an imperialist nation when it
Acquired overseas territories
Formed military alliances
Declared neutrality
Involvement in the Spanish-
American War, acquisition of
Hawaii, and introduction of the
Open Door policy in China were
actions taken by the United States
Government to
establish military alliances
with other nations
gain overseas markets and
sources of raw materials
The Monroe Doctrine declared
that the United States would
help colonies in North and
South America adopt a
democratic form of
government
view European interference in
the Americas as a threat to
the national interest of the
United States
