USH Unit 4-American Imperialism & WW I Voc. Quiz (1-25)

Question 1

It allowed unilateral U.S. involvement in Cuban affairs in 1901.

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Platt Amendment

Question 2

His concept of "sea power" was based on the idea that countries needed greater naval power.

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Alfred Thayer Mahan

Question 3

The policy, practice, or advocacy of extending the power and dominion of a nation over a region

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imperialism

Question 4

The 27th President of the United States (1909–1913) and later the tenth Chief Justice of the United States (1921–1930).

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William H. Taft

Question 5

It was "the first great war of the 20th century" fought between Russia & Japan (8 February 1904 – 5 September 1905).

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Russo-Japanese War of 1905

Question 6

To incorporate (territory) into an existing political unit such as a country or community.

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annexation

Question 7

Effort of the US, under Taft, to further aims in Latin America & East Asia using economic power

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Dollar Diplomacy

Question 8

The feelings & beliefs of people who think that their country is always right (very patriotic).

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jingoism

Question 9

26th President of the United States; hero of the Spanish-American War; (Panama Canal built).

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Theodore Roosevelt

Question 10

Treaty ending the Spanish-American War in 1898 (U.S. gets Puerto Rico, Guam, & the Philippines)

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Treaty of Paris

Question 11

Its sinking by an explosion on 15 February 1898 precipitated the onset of Spanish-American War.

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U.S.S. Maine

Question 12

The US will intervene in conflicts between Europe & Latin America to enforce legitimate claims.

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Roosevelt Corollary

Question 13

A ship canal, about 51 miles long, crossing the Isthmus of Panama; completed in 1914 by the US.

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Panama Canal

Question 14

A conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, over Cuban independence.

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Spanish-American War

Question 15

25th President of the United States; was assassinated by an anarchist (Spanish-American War).

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William McKinley

Question 16

The 28th President of the United States, in office from 1913 to 1921.

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Woodrow Wilson

Question 17

The first territorial governor 1900–03 of Hawaii. He led the effort to annex Hawaii.

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Sanford B. Dole

Question 18

The struggle of the First Philippine Republic to secure independence from the US (1899-1902).

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Philippine Insurrection

Question 19

Best known for his victory at the Battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish-American War.

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Commodore George Dewey

Question 20

The U.S. promised not annex Cuba but only leave "control of the island to its people" in 1898.

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Teller Amendment

Question 21

The name bestowed on the 1st US Volunteer Cavalry raised in 1898 for the Spanish-American War.

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Rough Riders

Question 22

Samuel Langhorne Clemens, author of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and an anti-imperialist

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Mark Twain

Question 23

A concept in foreign affairs that granting multiple countries with equal access to China (1899)

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Open Door Policy

Question 24

A national policy of abstaining from political or economic relations with other countries.

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isolationism

Question 25

It was a global war centered in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918.

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World War I

USH Unit 4-American Imperialism & WW I Voc. Quiz (1-25)

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USH Unit 4-American Imperialism & WW I Voc. Quiz (1-25)

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