WorksheetsAmerica Becomes World Power Quiz Review
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 2mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Building an empire by taking over other nations or founding colonies.
a)
Nationalism
b)
Isolationism
c)
Imperialism
d)
Open Door Policy
2.
Avoiding involvement with the affairs of other countries.
a)
Nationalism
b)
Spheres of Influence
c)
Isolationism
d)
Imperialism
3.
This senator arranged the purchase of Alaska from Russia in 1867. Initially, it was considered a folly.
a)
Theodore Roosevelt
b)
John J. Pershing
c)
William H. Seward
d)
William McKinley
4.
Biased or misleading information that is used to promote a cause.
a)
Yellow Journalism
b)
Expansionism
c)
Propaganda
d)
Dollar Diplomacy
5.
Showing a sense of pride, or loyalty, to a particular country.
a)
Nationalism
b)
Expansionism
c)
Propaganda
d)
Imperialism
6.
News stories in which the truth was exaggerated, or colored, in order to gain readers' attention.
a)
Socialism
b)
Expansionism
c)
Yellow Journalism
d)
Spheres of Influence
7.
This helped convince Anti-Imperialists to go to war with Spain by stating the United States had no interest in taking over Cuba.
a)
Teller Amendment
b)
Sinking of the U.S.S. Maine
c)
Anti-Imperialist League
d)
Platt Amendment
8.
This allowed the United States to make Cuba their 'puppet.' This limited Cuba's right to make treaties and permitted U.S. involvement in Cuba's affairs.
a)
Teller Amendment
b)
Sinking of the U.S.S. Maine
c)
Anti-Imperialist League
d)
Platt Amendment
9.
This person created a policy that was coined Corollary, which warned that in cases of "wrongdoing" by Latin American countries, the United States might enforce "international police power."
a)
William H. Seward
b)
Woodrow Wilson
c)
William Howard Taft
d)
Theodore Roosevelt
10.
This person introduced dollar diplomacy, the practice of influencing governments through economic, not military, intervention.
a)
Theodore Roosevelt
b)
William McKinley
c)
William Howard Taft
d)
John J. Pershing
11.
What was the name of the waterway that was built in Central America from 1903-1914? This was done to cut 8,000 off the voyage from West & East coast of US
a)
Nile River
b)
Panama Canal
c)
Suez Canal
d)
Columbian Creek
12.
What foreign policy, adopted in 1823, warned European nations not to interfere in the Western Hemisphere? ("you worry about your half of the world, we'll worry about ours")
a)
Seward's Folly
b)
Roosevelt Corollary
c)
Monroe Doctrine
d)
McKinley's Ultimatum
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