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WorksheetsImperialism
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Which country was the subject of the Open Door policy?
Japan
Cuba
China
Philippines
Which of these is NOT a factor in the growth of imperialism in the late 1800s?
Military
Economic
Humanitarian
Cultural
Which 1823 policy discouraged European intervention in the Western Hemisphere?
Monroe Doctrine
Roosevelt Corollary
Social Darwinism
Teller Amendment
Under which category of imperialism factors does Social Darwinism belong?
Economic
Humanitarian
Nationalistic
Military
Which of these is a famous "yellow journalism" publisher?
Alfred Mahan
Teddy Roosevelt
Joseph Pulitzer
John Hay
Which of these declared that the U.S. had no desire to annex Cuba after the Spanish-American War?
Platt Amendment
Roosevelt Corollary
Foraker Act
Teller Amendment
Which of these policies favored free trade among all imperial competitors in China?
Open Door
Monroe Doctrine
Platt Amendment
Roosevelt Corollary
Where did the U.S. sponsor a revolution in hopes of building a canal?
Puerto Rico
Cuba
Panama
Philippines
In which land did the natives fight a prolonged guerrilla war against the U.S.?
China
Puerto Rico
Cuba
Philippines
In which territory did the Foraker Act provide for a civil government?
Cuba
Puerto Rico
Philippines
Guam
What's the term for areas of economic and political control that are foreign to one's country?
Open Door policy
Social Darwinism
Big Stick diplomacy
Spheres of influence
Which President most desired the building of the Panama Canal?
Teddy Roosevelt
William McKinley
Woodrow Wilson
William Taft
Which of these is a reason the U.S. wanted to annex Hawaii?
For its cotton exports
Getting Spain out of the hemisphere
A refueling station for naval ships
To Christianize the population
Which country would not sell land to the U.S. to build the Panama Canal?
Venezuela
Colombia
Cuba
Spain
Manifest Destiny is MOST closely associated with which factors for building an empire?
Economic
Militaristic
Nationalistic
Humanitarian
Which country involved with imperialism was home of the Boxer Rebellion?
Philippines
China
Cuba
Puerto Rico
Which of these is NOT a motivation for the U.S. to declare war with Spain in 1898?
de Lome Letter
Yellow Press
Teller Amendment
Sinking of the USS Maine
Which of these is NOT a reason why Hawaii became a state and not just a territory?
Imperial rivalry with Japan
A naval base at Pearl Harbor
Extensive sugar and pineapple plantations
Entrenched white business interests
Why was the Platt Amendment added to the Cuban constitution?
To grant Cuba a fast track to eventual U.S. statehood
To give the U.S. the right to intervene in Cuban affairs
To allow the U.S. to establish a naval base at Guantanamo Bay
To give the U.S. rights to all sugar produced in Cuba
Who was the biggest advocate for a strong U.S. navy in the 1890s?
John Hay
William Randolph Hearst
Teddy Roosevelt
Alfred T. Mahan
