Benchmark 2 Review

foreign policy in which powerful countries influence and/or control weak countries

• Assimilation

• Isolationism

• Imperialism

• Protectionism

Some countries are naturally superior and therefore have the right or responsibility to influence or control inferior countries

• Manifest Destiny

• Social Darwinism

• Imperialism

• Disenfranchisement

This cause allowed the U.S. to benefit by increasing the number of military bases, military size, and our military presence

• Increase Military Strength

• Increase Economic Power

• Spread Culture and Progress

• Increase Government Power

This cause allowed the U.S. to benefit by spreading Christianity and democracy in imperial territories

• Spread Culture and Progress

• Increase Military Strength

• Increase Economic Power

• Increase Government Power

This cause allowed the U.S. to benefit by gaining access to natural resources, agricultural products, new markets, and areas to establish businesses

• Spread Culture and Progress

• Increase Economic Strength

• Increase Military Strength

• Increase Government Power

Identify two outcomes of the Spanish American War

• America becomes an imperial power

• The Spanish Surrenders

• America becomes an imperial territory

• Cuba becomes an imperial power

• America gains Puerto Rico, China, and the Philippines

The U.S. acquired this territory as a result of the Planter Revolution. American business owners overthrew the queen and the U.S. annexed this territory. The U.S. gained agriculture products such as pineapples, sugar,

and coffee.

• Cuba

• Philippines

• Hawaii

• Puerto Rico

Although the U.S. won this territory by defeating Spain in the Spanish American War, they rebelled against the U.S. because they wanted self-determination. The U.S. benefited by building naval bases and increasing our presence in Asia and the Pacific.

• Cuba

• Puerto Rico

• Phillipines

• Guam

Introduced by President Theodore Roosevelt and states that the U.S. will Intervene, with military force if necessary, if Latin American countries do not pay debts to other imperial powers

• Manifest Destiny

• Monroe Doctrine

• Roosevelt Corollary

• Big Stick Diplomacy

Spark that ignited the powder keg of Europe / immediate cause of the Great War

• Zimmerman Note

• USS Maine Sinking

• Assignation of Archduke

• De Lome Letter