WorksheetsAmerica Overseas
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 9mins
Yellow journalism impacted the opinions of many American citizens in the months leading up to the Spanish-American War.
Which words best describe yellow journalism reporting?
Exaggerated and misleading
Fair and balanced
Private and confidential
Positive and encouraging
This type of foreign policy encourages stronger nations to extend their influence over weaker ones.
Imperialism
Isolationism
Globalism
Communism
Why did Secretary of State William Seward buy the territory of Alaska?
He saw England in North America as a strategic threat.
He saw France in North America as a strategic threat.
He saw Russia in North America as a strategic threat.
He saw Germany in North America as a strategic threat.
Why was the purchase of Alaska criticized at the time?
It was too expensive.
It was too far away.
It was seen as worthless.
It was seen as too cold.
Why was the queen of Hawaii overthrown in 1893?
She was not liked by her subjects
She tried to limit the influence of foreigners
She tried to make the monarch too powerful
She tried to give better treatment to native Hawaiians
Spain wanted to turn Cuba into a sugar cane colony
What group did not benefit from Seward's purchase?
the Russian government
native tribes in the purchased territory
the US
Russians living in the purchased territory
Which territory was promised independence after the Spanish American War but was actually denied independence?
Guam
Philippines
Cuba
Puerto Rico
What would be the most appropriate title for this chart?
Early Edo Period of Japan
Governmental Structure of Japan
New Ideas Brought by the Western World into Japan
Which of the following was NOT part of the new Mexican constitution?
Minimum wage laws
Eight hour workdays
Women getting the right to vote
Non-religious education for everyone
"But today we are raising more [crops] than we can consume. Today we are making more than we can use... Therefore, we must find new markets for our produce, new occupation for our capital, new work for our labor...."
- Senator Albert J. Beveridge, 1898
Which group would best support American Imperialist policy?
Businesses
Filipinos
Native Americans
American government
