WorksheetsCH. 5 and 6 - Imperialism and Progressivism
Total questions: 34
Worksheet time: 25mins
Which of the following was NOT a factor that fueled American Imperialism
The desire for greater military strength
The thirst to acquire new markets
Belief in cultural superiority
The desire for a stronger democracy
The belief that it is God’s will that America expands beyond the oceans across the world
Big Stick Diplomacy
Social Darwinism
Classical Republicanism
Manifest Destiny
in 1898, President McKinley sent the American battleship USS Maine to Havana, Cuba to do what?
Put down a Cuban rebellion
Put down riots by Spanish loyalists
Evacuate Americans if necessary
Americans believed that because of "survival of the fittest"(a.k.a._________________________), we were among the world's top civilized nation and it was our duty to civilize inferior cultures.
Progressivism
Manifest Destiny
Racial Superiority
Social Darwinism
The U.S. annexed this territory after white businessmen overthrew the monarchy and established a provisional government in its place, because they wanted sugar resources.
Puerto Rico
Philippines
Alaska
Hawaii
This man led a group of "Rough Riders" during the Spanish-American war, winning a key victory at the Battle of San Juan Hill and becoming the revered hero of the war.
Theodore Roosevelt
Franklin Roosevelt
Emilio Aguinaldo
Alfred T. Mahan
Journalists and other writers who exposed corruption in politics and business in the early 20th century were known as...
Mugwumps
Muckrakers
Stalwarts
The Yellow Kid
This man won the election of 1912, also a Progressive President and the President during WW1
William Jennings Bryan
Teddy Roosevelt
William Taft
Woodrow Wilson
A religious movement that called for social reforms such as the abolition of child labor and better working conditions.
Progressive Movement
National Park Service
Social Gospel Movement
19th Amendment
Which of the following defines Yellow Journalism?
A type of exaggerated journalism that presents little or no legitimate research
Why did pro-imperialism Americans want to expand our territories?
To spread freedom and democracy.
To spread Christianity.
To scare other nations into doing what we wanted.
To gain raw materials and a market for our products.
The U.S gained possession of these places in the late 1800's early 1900's as a result of Imperialism and the Spanish American War:
Guantanamo Bay, the Philippines, Puerto Rico, Guam, and Hawaii.
Alaska and Hawaii
Cuba, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Guam
What the U.S. did to Hawaii in 1898
Annex
Commonwealth
Manifest Destiny
How did the Panama Canal help strengthen the U.S. military presence in the world?
U.S. battleships no longer had to stop to refuel.
U.S. battleships could quickly reach either side of the world.
Workers on the Panama Canal were later forced into military service.
Money from the Panama Canal was used to build new U.S. battleships.
The US wanted to help Cuba gain independence from Spain
The US wanted to keep access to natural resources in Cuba
All of these
Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food and Drug Act were created in part because
of the book, The Jungle.
suffragist were protesting the meat packing industry.
the 18th Amendment
Civil Service Act.
Progressives strongly believed that changes in society were badly needed and that government was the proper agency for correcting social and economic problems
John Fiske argued that English-speaking nations had superior character, ideas, and systems of government. His ideas convinced Americans...
that the United States needed to build a large, modern navy.
that the United States should be the dominant power in the Western Hemisphere.
To support the expansion of American Civilization.
When the USS Maine exploded, who did many Americans hold responsible?
Cuba
The United States negotiated with who for the right to build the Panama canal?
Spain
Mexico
Nicaragua
Colombia
On April 11, 1898, President McKinley asked congress to authorize use of force to end the conflict in...
Mexico
Cuba
Colombia
Who took a naval expedition to Japan in order to negotiate a trade treaty and expand access to resources?
Matthew C. Perry
Millard Filmore
John Fiske
Anglo-Saxonism means....
that English speaking nations were superior to other nations.
Imperialism means....
All countries would be allowed to trade with China
success in world wide warfare
the economic and political domination of a strong nation over weaker nations, mainly for resources and power.
What did progressives think needed to play a more active role in solving society's problems?
the church
big business
the government
the Keating-Owen act was passed in order to regulate...
Child Labor Laws
Farm Loans
One of Theodore Roosevelt's greatest accomplishments was...
Establishing 5 national parks and 51 wildlife reservations.
Theodore Roosevelt became president after which president was assassinated?
Taft
McDonald
McKinley
Wilson
