Imperialism

What was NOT a reason for Imperialism?

• Resources and trade

• Spreading christianity, expanding US power

• Help other countries to become more modern

What does Rudyard Kipling's poem mean?

Excerpt from The White Man’s Burden

“Take up the white man’s burden

Send forth the best ye breed”

“Your new-caught sullen peoples,

Half devil and half child.

• It is our duty to help foreigners because they aren't christian and they are unable to govern themselves.

• We should educate the poor and uneducated to make them like us.

• We should leave people alone

Which country did the United States take over the Philippines from?

• Great Britain

• France

• Spain

• Cuba

Social Darwinism was the idea that

• all peoples should be equal no matter what their race.

• Some people are naturally more superior than others and they should dominate others who are weaker or less advanced.

• The strongest people will make the weaker people their slaves.

Which event was a cause of the Spanish-American War?

• Cubans rebelled against Spanish rule.

• The United States annexed Cuba.

• The explosion of the navy ship the U.S.S. Maine in Havana Harbor.

Which was one result of the Spanish-American War?

• Cuba became a Spanish colony.

• Puerto Rico was made U.S. territory.

• The Philippines won complete independence from foreign rule.

Teddy Roosevelt went to Cuba to fight against the Spanish with a group of cavalry that he recruited from the cowboys he met when he was a rancher; those cavalry members were known as the

• Ranger Riders

• Cowboy Rangers

• Rough Riders

The countries the U.S. gained from winning the Spanish American War were

• Spain, Panama, Puerto Rico and Hawaii.

• Philippines, Guam, Puerto Rico and Cuba

• Panama, Columbia, Hawaii and Cuba

When the United States took over the Philippines, the Filipinos were hoping that

• The U.S. would give them their independence

• The U.S. would take them over to give them lots of money

• The U.S. would allow the Filipinos to become American citizens

The term yellow journalism refers to

• the introduction of a new, yellow-tinted paper for newsprint.

• printing sensational stories designed to sell newspapers even if the facts were untrue.

• a strict code of journalistic ethics that prevents stories from being exaggerated.