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WorksheetsUnit 4: Imperialism
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 11mins
Which idea completes this cause and effect graphic organizer?
America declares war on Spain
America annexes the Hawaiian Islands
America declares war on Cuba
America remains neutral and isolated
This headline could have appeared in a newspaper in 1898. The headline is an example of what tactic used by the media during the Spanish-American War?
investigative journalism
fact checking
muckraking
yellow journalism
Based on this speech, what philosophy influenced America's imperialistic policy?
The United States had the responsibility to intervene in the affairs of countries deemed to be weaker and less developed.
For its own safety, the United States should avoid interfering in countries involved in internal conflicts.
To promote economic growth, the United States should encourage trade with other industrialized nations.
The United States needed to annex nations that are unable to govern their own people effectively.
This diagram gives some conditions at the turn of the 20th century.
Reasons for American Imperialism
Conditions That Caused Progressivism
Goals of Moral Diplomacy
Purposes of Monopolies and Trusts
What was the main focus of American imperialism in the late 19th and early 20th centuries?
avoiding military conflict with European nations
acquiring new territories and increasing trade
establishing American colonies in Africa
maintaining a hands-off approach to international affairs
This 1899 poster is an advertisement for a reenactment of an event in American history.
Roosevelt was a dangerous warmonger.
Roosevelt was a brave war hero.
Roosevelt was imperialistic for wanting to annex Cuba.
Roosevelt was not prepared to go to war with Spain.
In this political cartoon, what is the motivation for the United States stretching its wing span?
to gain raw materials and additional markets for finished goods
to have territory for Americans to move to as a way to ease overcrowding in cities
to increase the cultural diversity of the American population
to obtain cheap labor to farm cotton on southern plantations
This time line shows some events related to American imperialism.
After becoming industrialized, the United States adopted a more isolationist foreign policy.
As the United States' influence grew, it acted in the best interest of nations it deemed to be weaker.
As its territory expanded, the United States confined its influence to Latin America.
After achieving internal expansion, the United States established spheres of influence in the world.
With which statement would the artist of this political cartoon most likely agree?
The United States should be the policeman of the world.
The United States is not ready to be an imperial power.
The United States should acquire more territories.
The United States needs to focus on building a better military.
What territories did the United States gain from the Spanish-American War?
Puerto Rico, The Maldives, and Costa Rica
The Philippines and the Falkland Islands
Cuba and Puerto Rico
The Philippines, Guam, and Puerto Rico
Analyze the political cartoon to answer the question. Which American foreign policy initiative is portrayed in this political cartoon?
containment
imperialism
isolationism
neutrality
This cartoon was published in 1896, 73 years after the Monroe Doctrine was announced.
Open Door Policy
Russo-Japanese War
Spanish-American War
World War I
This political cartoon was published in 1900.
to promote equal trade with China for all nations
to establish American colonies in Asia
to establish a trade alliance between the United States and China
to protect Asian nations from being exploited and mistreated
Which president is depicted claiming his third-term crown in this 1912 political cartoon?
William McKinley
Theodore Roosevelt
William Howard Taft
Woodrow Wilson
This is a list of foreign policy plans of the presidents in the early 1900s.
They expanded the power of the federal government to exert influence in other parts of the world.
They encouraged a policy of militarism to prepare the United States for future international conflicts.
They promoted a strong United States military presence in Asia.
They established strict guidelines for treatment of native people in new territories.
His 128th Birthday--"Gee, but this is an awful stretch!", 1904
What message about imperialism did this political cartoon convey?
the closer an acquired territory was, the more self-government it should be allowed to exercise
imperialism was not likely to improve access to overseas markets
it was not worth angering European powers to annex new territories
the farther imperialist expansion extended, the harder it would be for the U.S. to maintain control
The U.S. annexed this territory after white businessmen overthrew the monarchy and established a provisional government in its place.
Puerto Rico
Philippines
Alaska
Hawaii
wrongdoing . . . to the exercise of an international police power.—President Theodore Roosevelt, 1904
President Roosevelt issued this statement in response to —
Why was the US initially interested in Hawaii?
sugar plantations were very valuable
an abundance of oil was discovered
to develop a military base
to learn the culture of the natives
