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WorksheetsSpanish American War Quiz
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 33mins
The opposition to the idea of one country ruling or having a lot of power or influence over another country is called...
Imperialism
Anti-imperialism
yellow journalism
Dollar Diplomacy
The sensationalist reporting in which writers often exaggerate or make up stories to attract readers is called...
Yellow journalism
Anti-Imperialism
Imperialism
Dollar Diplomacy
The practice of spreading a nation’s power and might using economic, political, and military power is called...
Anti-Imperialism
Imperialism
Dollar Diplomacy.
None of the Above
Taft’s foreign policy that American businesses could increase their trade and profits, and countries in Latin America could then rise out of poverty and social disorder is called...
Who's Taft?
Yellow Journalism
Dollar Diplomacy
Imperialism
The act of using someone unfairly for your own advantage is called...
Imperialism
Anti-Imperialism
Exploit
I Don't Know :)
What did anti-imperialists mean when they said that “imperialism is hostile to liberty?”
They meant that it's bad.
They meant that Imperialism can be hurtful to the Americans.
Seizing overseas foreign territories and ruling over the peoples who live there goes against the core American values of freedom and democracy.
I don't know.
Which raw materials can be harvested in Cuba?
Bananas
Sugarcane
Pineapples
Watermelons
Which Raw materials can be harvested in Hawaii? (Select 2)
Pineapple
Coconuts
Bananas
Watermelons
What are the THREE main beliefs of Imperialists?
Superiority over American culture.
That Cuba needs to surrender.
The american economy needs overseas markets.
The Us needs a large navy for security bases overseas.
I don't know.
What are the main reasons that the US wants to gain control of Hawaii?
The U.S. government passed a sugar tariff which affected Cuban sugar exports to the U.S.
True
False
Cuban rebels hoped that the destruction of American businesses would lead to American intervention in the war.
True
False
Why did Spain declare war on the United States?
What were the TWO areas of the world that the Spanish-American War was fought?
Spain
Cuba
America
Phillipines
Which territories did the United States gain control of in the Treaty of Paris 1898? (Select 3)
Guam
Puerto Rico
Paris
Philippines
Spain
W. Jennings- Bryan was a...
Democrat
Imperialist.
Critical of the Open Door Policy with China.
Anti-Imperialist
Republican
W. McKinley did...
Choose T. Roosevelt as VP.
Support the Open Door Policy
Campaign on increasing prosperity (because of imperialism and Open door.)
Did not Choose T. Roosevelt as VP.
What are Roosevelt’s foreign policy beliefs?
Favored increasing American power on the world stage.
Supported open door policy with China
Did not support the Open door policy with China.
Believed in strong global military presence- “big stick politics”.
Which country is in charge of Panama when the United States decides to build
a canal in Central America?
Panama
America
Colombia
Spain
How do Panamanians react when they refuse the US offer for the right to build the Panama Canal?
I don't know
They stage an uprising
They were happy
Who does the US eventually sign a treaty with to begin construction of the Panama Canal?
Panama
Paris
Colombia
Spain
Why did Americans support the idea of annexing the Philippines?
Because they had more weapons to attack.
Close to Asia (China) and Americans wanted access to markets and raw materials.
Because they threatened America.
What are the “Open Door Notes?”
How does intervention in the Boxer Rebellion affect the global status of the United States?
Increased U.S. involvement in Pacific.
Decreased U.S involvement in Pacific
decreased Eastern Asian markets and Economy.
Increased Eastern Asian markets and Economy.
