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American Imperialism

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A policy in which a strong nation seeks to dominate other countries politically, economically, or socially.

a)

Social Darwinism

b)

Imperialism

c)

Annexation

d)

Geopolitics

2.

The application of Charles Darwin’s ideas about evolution and “survival of the fittest” to human societies - particularly as justification for imperialist expansion.

a)

Racism

b)

Social Darwinism

c)

Imperialism

d)

Evolution

3.

A policy of treating subject people as if they were children, providing for their needs but not giving them rights.

a)

Assimiliation

b)

Paternalism

c)

Imperialism

d)

Colonization

4.

The adding of a region to the territory of an existing political unit.

a)

Annexation

b)

Imperialism

c)

Colonisation

d)

Geopolitics

5.

Open Door Policy

a)

proposed by the US that all nations have equal trade with China

b)

China had to pay reparations, cede Hong Kong to Britain, and open new ports

c)

Panama had to give over the production of the Canal after US helped aide fight against Colombia

d)

Meeting at which representatives of European nations agreed upon how to colonize Africa

6.

What was the result of the United States aiding Panama in their fight for independence against Colombia?

a)

America got to control the Panama Canal

b)

America took over Colombia

c)

America took over Panama

d)

a war with Colombia

7.

Newspapers and magazines that stretch and sensationalize the truth about people and events are guilty of what practice?

a)

Editorialism

b)

Tabloidization

c)

Yellow Journalism

d)

Sensationalism

8.

Theodore Roosevelt’s foreign policy approach, emphasizing negotiation backed by the threat of military force.

a)

Big Stick Diplomacy

b)

Treaty of Paris

c)

Monroe Doctrine

d)

Platt Amendment

9.

What ended the Spanish American War and granted the U.S. new territories?

a)

Treaty of Paris 1914

b)

Treaty of Paris 1898

c)

The Spanish Agreement

d)

The Monroe Doctrine

10.

A U.S. policy under President Taft that aimed to use financial power to influence foreign governments.

a)

Platt Amendment

b)

Isolationism

c)

Big Stick Diplomacy

d)

Dollar Diplomacy

11.

An agreement allowing the United States to intervene in Cuba and maintain a naval base at Guantanamo Bay.

a)

Platt Amendment

b)

Protectorate

c)

Moral Diplomacy

d)

Sphere of Influence

12.

A region where a foreign nation has control over trade and other economic activities.

a)

Sphere of Influence

b)

Annexation

c)

Yellow Journalism

d)

Spanish-American War