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U.S. History, Imperialism Era, Vocabulary Pre-Test

Total questions: 37

Worksheet time: 28mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Period during the late 19th and early 20th centuries when the United States joined the rest of the world annexing other areas - ______

a)

intervention

b)

Age of Imperialism

c)

Progressive Era

d)

expansionism

2.

The action of stronger countries dominating weaker ones mostly to the benefit of the stronger nations; military force is used when necessary - _______

a)

isolationism

b)

interventionism

c)

imperialism

d)

domination

3.

The imperialistic idea that the United States should expand into the Caribbean and the Pacific - ________

a)

dictatorship

b)

expansionism

c)

imperialism

d)

annexation

4.

A policy of interfering in the affairs of other countries for political or economic benefit - _______

a)

imperialism

b)

progressive

c)

interventionism

d)

annexation

5.

A policy of avoiding foreign alliances or involvement in the affairs of other nations - _______

a)

joint resolutin

b)

expansionism

c)

social gospel

d)

isolationism

6.

U.S. policy that warned Europe not to extend their influence in the Western Hemisphere - _______-

a)

Monroe Doctrine, 1823

b)

Manifest Destiny

c)

Second Organic Act

d)

The Expansion Act

7.

A movement within the Protestant Christian church to solve social problems - ______

a)

imperialism

b)

Open Door Policy

c)

Christianism

d)

Social Gospel

8.

The act of an existing country adding a territory that had been outside its control - ________

a)

annexation

b)

territorial claim

c)

protectorate

d)

interventionism

9.

A string of islands - _______

a)

land mass

b)

archipelago

c)

imperialism

d)

annexation

10.

Legislation passed by both houses of Congress by a simple majority in each house - _______

a)

expansionism

b)

interventionism

c)

joint resolution

d)

archipelago

11.

A geographic area belonging to or under the rule of a government - ________

a)

territory

b)

annexation

c)

protectorate

d)

Open Door Policy

12.

Legislation that promised not to annex Cuba - ______

a)

Imperial Act

b)

Teller Amendment

c)

Annexation Act

d)

yellow journalism

13.

The treaty between the United States and Spain to end the Spanish-American War - _____

a)

Rough Rider Treaty

b)

Treaty of Paris, 1898

c)

The Imperial Treaty

d)

Treaty of Spanish-American

14.

War with Spain in 1898 over the treatment of the Cuban people - ________

a)

Spanish-American War (War of 1898)

b)

Cuban-American War

c)

Guerilla Warfare

d)

Sino-Japanese War

15.

An American warship that blew up in Havana Harbor; the Spanish in Cuba were blamed -_______

a)

U.S.S. Maine

b)

Titanic

c)

U.S.S. Roosevelt

d)

Mahan Ship

16.

Sensational reporting to achieve an emotional response rather than report facts - ______

a)

WDAM news

b)

yellow journalism (yellow news)

c)

Teller Amendment

d)

yellow reporting

17.

A group who did not want the United States involved in territorial expansion - _______

a)

Guerilla warfare

b)

protectorate

c)

Anti-Imperialist League

d)

Boxer Rebellion

18.

A law that established a limited local government in Puerto Rico - _________

a)

Platt Amendment

b)

Local Act

c)

Guerilla Warfare

d)

Foraker Act, 1900

19.

A fighting tactic where small groups of fighters (such as local civilians) engage in ambushes, sabotage, and surprise attacks to engage a superior force - ______

a)

Guerilla Warfare

b)

Open-Door Policy

c)

Boxer Rebellion

d)

Spheres of Influence

20.

Supreme Court decision in 1901 that gave Congress the power to decide how to govern newly-acquired territories - _______

a)

Platt Amendment

b)

protectorate

c)

Foraker Act, 1900

d)

insular cases

21.

Law that expanded local government in Puerto Rico and granted Puerto Ricans U.S. citizenship - _____

a)

Jones-Shafroth Act, 1917

b)

Philippines Insurrection

c)

Puerto Rican Act

d)

Foraker Act, 1900

22.

An armed Filipino rebellion against U.S. rule in the Philippines - _______

a)

Anti-Imperialist League

b)

Philippine Insurrection

c)

guerilla warfare

d)

protectorate

23.

Conditions the United States demanded of Cuba in order to withdraw American troops and to allow the Cubans to govern themselves- ______

a)

Foraker Act, 1900

b)

Platt Amendment

c)

protectorate

d)

archipelago

24.

A territory that is protected and partly controlled by a stronger country - ____

a)

guerilla warfar

b)

protectorate

c)

Open Door Policy

d)

joint resolution

25.

Uprising against foreign influence in China that resulted in the murder of foreign diplomats, missionaries, and Chinese converts to Christianity by the rebels - _____

a)

spheres of influence

b)

isolationism

c)

social gospel

d)

Boxer Rebellion

26.

Compromise with the government of Japan to limit Japanese immigration to the United States rather than to outright ban it - ______

a)

Gentleman's Agreement

b)

Monroe Doctrine, 1823

c)

annexation

d)

spheres of influence

27.

Proposal by the United States that all nations be allowed to trade with China in spite of the spheres of influence - _______

a)

Boxer Rebellion

b)

spheres of influence

c)

Open Door Policy

d)

Gentleman's Agreement

28.

War between Russia and Japan over control of Manchuria ______

a)

Spanish-American War

b)

Manchuria War

c)

Russo-Japanese War

d)

None of these are correct

29.

War between China and Japan over the control of Korea - ______

a)

Sino-Japanese War

b)

Russo-Japanese War

c)

Korean War

d)

The China Wars

30.

Areas of China where foreign nations controlled trading rights and influences on local governments - ______

a)

Trade lands

b)

spheres of influence

c)

Open Door Policy

d)

Panama Canal

31.

The South American nations of Argentina, Brazil, and Chile who mediated a settlement between the United States and Mexico in 1917 - ______

a)

Big Stick Diplomacy

b)

Dollar Diplomacy

c)

The South American Settlement

d)

ABC Powers

32.

President Roosevelt's foreign policy that used force, if necessary, to get nations to do what the United States wanted - ______

a)

Big Stick Diplomacy

b)

Dollar Diplomacy

c)

Dollar Diplomacy

d)

Moral Diplomacy

33.

President Taft's foreign policy that encouraged U.S. business investments in countries to stabilize them instead of using force - _____

a)

The Taft Diplomacy

b)

Dollar Diplomacy

c)

Big Stick Diplomacy

d)

Missionary Diplomacy

34.

Generally, the countries south of the United States (including Mexico, Central and South America, and the Caribbean) where Spanish, Portuguese, or French is spoken - _____

a)

Latin America

b)

Panama Canal

c)

South America

d)

Philippines

35.

President Wilson's foreign policy that attempted to reward countries who did what we wanted but to punish those who didn't - _______

a)

Big Stick Diplomacy

b)

Moral or Missionary Diplomacy

c)

Dollar Diplomacy

d)

Wilson's Diplomacy

36.

The canal built across Panama and controlled by the United States - _______

a)

The U.S. Canal

b)

Latin America Canal

c)

Panama Canal

d)

U.S.S. Maine

37.

The expansion of the Monroe Doctrine in 1904 that extended America's role as a policeman to Latin American countries to protect them from European aggression or internal unrest - _____

a)

Roosevelt Corollary

b)

Boxer Rebellion

c)

ABC Powers

d)

Rough Riders