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WorksheetsSpanish American War
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 16mins
Which of the following terms best describes the pride and commitment to one’s nation?
Socialism
Social Darwinism
Nationalism
Jingoism
The belief that the United States was destined to control the continent from the Atlantic to the Pacific is best described as _________________.
Protestant Reformation
Gilded Age
Manifest Destiny
The Crusades
Why was Cuba considered the most logical imperialist choice for America?
Cuba was the closest island to the U.S. not already controlled
The Cuban people had already been in a rebellion against Spanish rule
The Cuban Missile Crisis had Americans wanting a war with Cuba
None of these
Hostility towards Spain increased as Americans were persuaded by _____________, which is a style of newspaper reporting that emphasizes sensational news.
Muckraking
Yellow Fever
Yellow Journalism
Wall Street Journal
Prior to the Spanish-American War, William R. Hearst published a letter known as the _______________ written by the Spanish minister to the U.S. which was insulting to President McKinley.
McKinley Letter
De Lome letter
Hearst Letter
Pulitzer Memoirs
Leading up to the Spanish-American War, the sudden explosion of the _____________ off of the coast of Cuba led Americans to believe that _______________ was to blame, despite there being no concrete evidence.
U.S.S. Maine; Cuba
U.S.S. Alabama; Spain
U.S.S. Maine; Spain
U.S.S. Maryland; France
The most well-known battle of the Spanish-American War took place in Cuba at _____________.
San Juan Hill
The Alamo
Gettysburg
Havana Harbor
The _______________ was a volunteer regiment that served during the Spanish-American War and was organized by future president ______________ .
Rough Riders; Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Tuskegee Airmen; Theodore Roosevelt
Progressive Party; William Taft
Rough Riders; Theodore Roosevelt
The ___________________ was signed in 1898, ending the Spanish-American War and rewarding the United States with the islands of Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines.
Treaty of Paris
Treaty of Versailles
Treaty of Velasco
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
In 1901, the __________________ made Cuba a legal protectorate of the United States.
20th Amendment
16th Amendment
Platt Amendment
Elastic Clause
Which of the following presidents was considered an anti-imperialist and a non interventionist, meaning that he opposed U.S. expansion into foreign nations?
Theodore Roosevelt
William Taft
William McKinley
Woodrow Wilson
An explosion in 1898 on the ___________ killed 258 officers & crew members; American news blamed the Spanish; “Remember the Maine” became the U.S. rallying cry for revenge.
U.S.S. Maine
U.S.S. Vermont
U.S.S. New Hampshire
U.S.S. Ya Tu Sabe
Americans were enraged by the explosion of the __________ in Havana harbor in Cuba.
USS Maine
USS Enterprise
USS California
USS Roosevelt
As a result of the Spanish American War, the United States gained the additional lands of:
Central America
Spain
Puerto Rico
Cuba
During the Spanish-American war, the United States attacked which nation first?
Cuba
Spain
Philippines
Mexico
The Panama Canal provided a shorter route between...
the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
the Mediterranean and Caribbean Seas.
Lake Michigan and Lake Superior.
Argued that a nation needed a large navy to protect trade ships & defend the right to trade.
Charles Darwin
Alfred T. Mahan
Woodrow Wilson
Commodore Matthew Perry
Yellow journalism contributed most directly to...
hostility toward Spain's brutality in Cuba
exposing the truth about what happened to the USS Maine
reminding Americans they were once a British colony
the decline of newspaper profits
What is being built in this cartoon?
The Suez Canal
The American Canal
The Colombian Cana
The Panama Canal
Imperialism is ...
when a powerful nation uses its resources to help a weaker nation.
when a weaker nation invites a powerful nation to help it industrialize.
when a powerful nation takes control of the economy and government of a weaker nation.
when weak nations join together to fight a strong nation.
The domination of one country socially, culturally, and economically by another stronger country is BEST described as:
Imperialism
Capitalism
Democratization
Appeasement
Why did pro-imperialism Americans want to expand our territories?
To spread freedom and democracy.
To spread Christianity.
To scare other nations into doing what we wanted.
To gain raw materials and a market for our products.
What US document threatened war against any European nations that tried to create new colonies in the Western Hemisphere?
The Monroe Doctrine
The US Constitution
The Declaration of the Rights of Man
The Treaty of Kanagawa
