Imperialism Review

Question 1

US built a canal on land purchased from Panama after US helped liberate it from which country?

Accepted Answer

Colombia

Question 2

European nations had claimed exclusive "spheres of influence" here by 1900

Accepted Answer

China

Question 3

Why did white land owners in Hawaii want to be annexed to the US?

Accepted Answer

to protect their ownership of sugar and pineapple plantations

Question 4

Which of the following is NOT a reason the US wanted naval bases in Hawaii & the Caribbean?

Accepted Answer

to more conveniently launch invasions

Question 5

Ended the Spanish American War- US got Guam, Puerto Rico, bought Philippines for $25 million

Accepted Answer

Treaty of Paris

Question 6

America forced Cubans to add this to constitution, limited Cuba's rights & gave US a naval base

Accepted Answer

Platt Amendment

Question 7

Mexican rebel looking to provoke US, raided New Mexico & killed 18 Americans

Accepted Answer

Pancho Villa

Question 8

All of the following were motives for US imperialism EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

the desire for world domination

Question 9

Which of the following was NOT one of the ways Americans improved the Philippines?

Accepted Answer

allowed Filipinos to elect their own national leaders

Question 10

Pro-imperialist author of The Influence of Sea Power Upon History wanted US to build large navy

Accepted Answer

Alfred T. Mahan

Question 11

This group fought well in Cuba even though Teddy Roosevelt took most of the credit

Accepted Answer

African Americans

Question 12

Which of the following examples best demonstrates dollar diplomacy?

Accepted Answer

encouraging American bankers to lend money to Latin America

Question 13

Which of the following is NOT true about John Hay's Open Door Policy proposal?

Accepted Answer

It divided China into colonies

Question 14

Why did Emilio Aguinaldo feel the US had betrayed him?

Accepted Answer

The US bought the Philippines and made them a colony

Question 15

Puerto Ricans currently can do all of the following EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

vote in presidential elections

Question 16

Why did the de Lome letter from the Spanish ambassador upset Americans?

Accepted Answer

It insulted President McKinley

Question 17

Between which two countries did TR settle a conflict, winning him the 1906 Nobel Peace Prize?

Accepted Answer

Russia and Japan

Question 18

Monarch of Hawaii who tried to reclaim political power from American landowners, was overthrown

Accepted Answer

Liliuokulani

Question 19

This event made Teddy Roosevelt a national hero

Accepted Answer

Battle of San Juan Hill

Question 20

How did the Boxer Rebellion end?

Accepted Answer

International troops arrived and defeated the Boxers

Question 21

Exaggerated style of writing used by competing NY papers, stirred up American anger over Spanish in Cuba

Accepted Answer

yellow journalism

Question 22

Wilson exercised moral diplomacy here by refusing to recognize a military dictatorship

Accepted Answer

Mexico

Question 23

After Spanish American war, US spent millions of dollars and and lost about 5000 American lives here

Accepted Answer

Philippines

Question 24

What is the most likely explanation for the USS Maine explosion?

Accepted Answer

Poor ship design contributed to the accidental explosion

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