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Imperialism Review

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 6mins

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Class
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1.

The Open Door policy was a statement of principles initiated by the United States in 1899 and 1900. It called for protection of equal privileges for all countries trading with this country.

a)

Hawaii

b)

Japan

c)

Cuba

d)

China

2.

Which statement best describes President Taft's Dollar Diplomacy?

a)

Taft's Dollar Diplomacy was an effort to use economic might to increase U.S. influence abroad.

b)

Taft's Dollar Diplomacy used political power to force foreign nations to allow U.S. investment in them.

c)

Taft's Dollar Diplomacy utilized a strengthened U.S. military to threaten force to achieve imperialist goals.

d)

Taft's Dollar Diplomacy called on foreign nations to help a struggling U.S. economy.

3.

As a result of the Spanish- American War, the US became a political power in

a)

The Hawaiian Islands

b)

Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines

c)

Samoa

d)

Panama

4.

He was part of the Rough Riders during the Spanish American war. He was also the assistant Secretary of the Navy and a president during the progressive era. 

a)

Grover Cleveland

b)

Theodore Roosevelt

c)

William McKinley

d)

Alfred Thayer Mahan

5.

Alfred Thayer Mahan supported moving the US into a position of power by 

a)

increasing funding for the US Air Force 

b)

improving relations with US allies 

c)

strengthening US naval capacity 

d)

bolstering US industrial output 

6.

Reasons for the Spanish American War? (pick three)

a)

Yellow Journalism

b)

Failure of the U.S. government

c)

Sinking of the U.S.S Maine.

d)

To protect businesses interests in Cuba

7.

What ship was sunk in Havana Harbor prior to the war?

a)

Lusitania

b)

Titanic

c)

U.S.S Maine

d)

Dona Paz

8.

What is Yellow Journalism

a)

Exaggerated way of journaling

b)

Paper that was printed yellow

c)

Poorly published newspaper articles

d)

None of the above

9.

Which U.S. President is associated with "Big Stick Diplomacy"?

a)

Grover Cleveland

b)

William McKinley

c)

Teddy Roosevelt

d)

Woodrow Wilson

10.

Which early 1900s policy increased the role of the United States from the monitor, to self-appointed "policeman" of the Western Hemisphere?

a)

Taft's Dollar Diplomacy

b)

Wilson's Moral Diplomacy

c)

The Monroe Doctrine

d)

The Roosevelt Corollary

11.

The main reason President Theodore Roosevelt supported a Panamanian rebellion against Columbia in 1903 was to...

a)

Increase the number of democratic nations in Latin America

b)

Gain the right to complete a canal linking the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans

c)

Reduce European colonialism in the Western Hemisphere

d)

Prevent a foreign power from seizing land in Central America