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Roosevelt's Imperialism

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What US President was most influential in starting the Panama Canal?
a)

William Taft

b)

John F. Kennedy

c)

Theodore Roosevelt

d)

Calvin Coolidge

2.
The Panama Canal runs through the middle of Panama connecting which two oceans?
a)

Atlantic and Indian Ocean

b)

Southern and Pacific Ocean

c)
Atlantic and Pacific Ocean
d)
Carribean Sea and Pacific Ocean
3.
Why did the U.S build the Panama Canal?
a)

Reduce shipping & transportation time

b)

Increase travel expenses

c)

Establish business of sugar

d)

Dominate the fishing industry

4.

Why is the Panama Canal important to the US?

a)
Trading and Military Purposes
b)
To have an advantage at war.
c)
To control Panama
d)
To prevent future wars
5.

Which of the following maps shows the location of the Panama Canal?

a)

b)

c)

d)

6.

Which cartoon best explains the cartoon?

a)

US Expansionism

b)

Unrestricted Submarine Warfare

c)

Isolationism

d)

Zimmerman Telegram

7.

Foreign Policy -

a)

practice of annexing new territory

b)

 actions that relate to the relationships between nations

c)

actions that relate to conditions within a nation

d)

policy to remain free from relationships with other nations

8.

actions that relate to conditions within a nation -

a)

Domestic Policy

b)

Diplomacy

c)

Expansionism

d)

Isolationism

9.

Act of taking in new territory -

a)

Diplomacy

b)

Domestic Policy

c)

Foreign Policy

d)

Annexation

10.

Yellow Journalism -

a)

Actions that relate to the relationships between nations

b)

Breaking apart of monopolies

c)

Exaggerated newspaper to make profit

d)

Reform for civil rights

11.

Ship that “blew up” causing the U.S. to declare war on Spain -

a)

USS Texas

b)

Yellow Journalism

c)

USS Arizona

d)

USS Maine

12.

Which were added territories to the US after the Spanish American War -

a)

Guam

b)

Puerto Rico

c)

Philippines

d)

Cuba

e)

Hawaii

13.

The USS Oregon traveled at high speeds of an average of 11 knots. It traveled from West Coast of the US to Florida in 60 days to reach the Spanish-American War.

What is important about the voyage of the USS Oregon?

a)

More weapons were needed aboard ships during wartime

b)

More sailors were needed during the Spanish American War

c)

The US needed a faster route to connect the Pacific & Atlantic Ocean

d)

Foreign affairs were needed with Asia

14.

European powers not to colonization Western Hemisphere, if so the United States would defend them.

a)

38th Parallel

b)

Monroe Doctrine

c)

41' 40' Proclamation Line

d)

Gulf Tonkin Resolution

15.

Roosevelt's idea of "policing" the world, and using military force to get it's way.

a)

Strategic Defense Initiative

b)

Big Stick Diplomacy

c)

Mediation Policy

d)

New Deal Era

16.

United States total control over a 5 mile strip of rainforest through the center of Panama. This is known as the -

a)

Central American Zone

b)

Colombia Canal Zone

c)

Panama Canal Zone

d)

Panamanian Zone

17.

What was the importance of Roosevelt's "Great White Fleet"?

a)

To look for foreign businesses to invest in oil

b)

To show the world the Naval power of the United States

c)

Creating alliances with Asian nations

d)

Establishing NATO and its members

18.

A canal built to shorten the passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific oceans.

a)

The Panama Canal

b)

The Suez Canal

c)

the canal behind your neighborhood

d)

The Great Canal

19.

The Monroe Doctrine stated that ______ nations should stay out of the Western Hemisphere.

a)

Asian

b)

European

c)

African

d)

American

20.

President Roosevelt's warning to European nations that it was the "responsibility" of the US to protect Latin America.

a)

North American Free Trade Agreement

b)

38th Parallel

c)

Dollar Diplomacy

d)

The Roosevelt Corollary