WorksheetsAmerican Imperialism
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
True/False: Theodore Roosevelt set aside land for a national park system.
Verdadero/Falso: Theodore Roosevelt reservó tierras para un sistema de parques nacionales.
True
False
True/False: Theodore Roosevelt wrote the Monroe Doctrine.
Verdadero/Falso: Theodore Roosevelt escribió la Doctrina Monroe.
True
False
True/False: Theodore Roosevelt vetoed the Monroe Doctrine.
Verdadero/Falso: Theodore Roosevelt vetó la Doctrina Monroe.
True
False
True/False: Theodore Roosevelt based policies on the ideas of the Monroe Doctrine.
Verdadero/Falso: Theodore Roosevelt basó sus políticas en las ideas de la Doctrina Monroe.
True
False
True/False: Theodore Roosevelt established a policy that made the United States the “police” of the Western Hemisphere.
Verdadero/Falso: Theodore Roosevelt estableció una política que convirtió a Estados Unidos en la “policía” del Hemisferio Occidental.
True
False
True/False: Theodore Roosevelt supported corporate monopolies because they were good for the U.S. economy.
Verdadero/Falso: Theodore Roosevelt apoyó los monopolios corporativos porque eran buenos para la economía estadounidense.
True
False
True/False: Theodore Roosevelt opposed corporate monopolies and was known as a “Trust Buster.”
Verdadero/Falso: Theodore Roosevelt se opuso a los monopolios corporativos y era conocido como un “destructor de la confianza”.
True
False
A muckraker was a(n) -
Un muckraker era un (n) -
unskilled immigrant who worked “raking muck” at the farms of wealthy landowners.
Investigative reporter whose work “rakes up” the corruption and inequalities of society.
steamboat traveling the shallow Mississippi River, where “muck” got caught in the paddle wheel.
Chinese immigrant working in a textile factory.
Roosevelt's Big Stick Policy was...
La política del gran garrote de Roosevelt fue...
An addition to the Monroe Doctrine that made the U.S. the “police force” of the Western Hemisphere.
Policy of investing in Latin America so that the region would become a market and solid ally for the United States.
Policy of working with other countries using the threat of a powerful military to back up words with action.
Policy of only supporting nations whose ethical beliefs were similar to those of the United States.
What was the Square Deal?
¿Qué fue el Trato Cuadrado?
Woodrow Wilson’s promise that all Americans would have three “square” meals a day.
Teddy Roosevelt’s agenda as president which included trust-busting and giving all Americans a “square” (fair) deal.
William Taft’s promise to European allies that we would stand with them during war, looking the enemy “square” in the face.
None of the above.
"We have become great because of the lavish use of our resources. But the time has come to inquire seriously what will happen when our forests are gone, when the coal, the iron, the oil, and the gas are exhausted, when the soils have still further impoverished and washed into the streams, polluting the rivers, denuding the fields and obstructing navigation." - Theodore Roosevelt
President Theodore Roosevelt’s statement above shows that he was a/n—
La declaración anterior del presidente Theodore Roosevelt muestra que él era un/n—
Conservationist
Socialist
Industrialist
Pacifist
Imperialism is...
El imperialismo es...
The practice of a larger country or government growing stronger by taking over poorer or weaker countries that have important resources.
Policy of remaining apart from the affairs or interests of other groups, especially the political affairs of other countries.
the policy of protecting the interests of native-born or established inhabitants against those of immigrants.
None of the Above.
The map above shows a major achievement of which president?
El mapa de arriba muestra un logro importante de qué presidente?
William McKinley
William H. Taft
Theodore Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Who was the leader of the Cuban Revolution against Spain?
¿Quién fue el líder de la Revolución Cubana contra España?
Jose Martí
Simón Bolivar
Fidel Castro
Bartolomé de las Casas
"I, Liliuokalani of Hawaii, named heir apparent on the 10th day of April, 1877, and proclaimed Queen of the Hawaiian Islands on the 29th day of January, 1891, do hereby earnestly and respectfully protest against the assertion of ownership by the United States of America of the so-called Hawaiian Crown Islands amounting to about one million acres and which are my property, and I especially protest against such assertion of ownership as a taking of property without due process of law and without just or other compensation." - Queen Liliuokalani
Above, Queen Liliuokalani was writing about her experience with—
Arriba, la reina Liliuokalani estaba escribiendo sobre su experiencia con—
Isolationism
Interventionism
Imperialism
Nativism
Which of the following was NEVER a Spanish colony?
¿Cuál de las siguientes NUNCA fue colonia española?
Guam
Puerto Rico
The Philippines
Malaysia
Why did the United States government support Cuban revolutionaries?
¿Por qué el gobierno de los Estados Unidos apoyó a los revolucionarios cubanos?
It was a U.S. foreign policy goal to get all European powers out of the Western Hemisphere.
Cuba’s governor Valeriano Wyler was considered a “butcher” by American politicians.
Cuban revolutionary leader Jose Marti spent time in America building support for the Cuban people.
All are correct.
What was “Yellow Journalism?”
¿Qué era el “Periodismo Amarillo”?
Reporting of events using sensational, and sometimes false, headlines.
The very best journalism in the United States, considered the gold (or “yellow”) standard.
Muckraking
None are correct
What was the significance of the U.S.S. Maine?
¿Cuál fue la importancia del U.S.S. ¿Maine?
It exploded in the harbor of Havana, Cuba in February 1898.
Its destruction caused yellow journalists to immediately blame Spain.
“Remember the Maine” became the rallying cry of pro-war Americans.
All of the statements are true.
Emilio Aguinaldo was—
Emilio Aguinaldo fue—
A Cuban revolutionary who guided the Rough Riders from Guantanamo Bay to Havana at the start of the Spanish-American War.
The Spanish governor of Puerto Rico.
A Filipino revolutionary who allied with the US against Spain.
The native king of Guam who was allied with the Spanish.
True/False: Outcomes of the Spanish-American War: The U.S. gained the territory of Puerto Rico from Spain.
Verdadero/Falso: Resultados de la Guerra Hispanoamericana: Estados Unidos ganó el territorio de Puerto Rico de manos de España.
True
False
True/False: Outcomes of the Spanish-American War: The U.S. paid Spain $20 million dollars for the Philippines.
Verdadero/Falso: Resultados de la Guerra Hispanoamericana: Estados Unidos pagó a España $20 millones de dólares por Filipinas.
True
False
True/False: Outcomes of the Spanish-American War: The U.S. became an imperial power.
Verdadero/Falso: Resultados de la Guerra Hispanoamericana: Estados Unidos se convirtió en una potencia imperial.
True
False
True/False: Outcomes of the Spanish-American War: Spanish forces left Cuba.
Verdadero/Falso: Resultados de la Guerra Hispanoamericana: Las fuerzas españolas abandonaron Cuba.
True
False
True/False: Outcomes of the Spanish-American War: Guam came under the control of Spain.
Verdadero/Falso: Resultados de la Guerra Hispanoamericana: Guam quedó bajo el control de España.
True
False
