Expansion Review

Which of the following is an economic effect of the Spanish American War?

• The Clayton Antitrust Act was created to regulate monopolies

• The US emerged as a world/imperial power in 1898 with territories and overseas markets

• The Open Door policy was created to trade with China

• The Suez canal was created as a means of faster trade

Who helped overthrow the queen of Hawaii and became its leader?

• Henry Cabot Lodge

• Alfred Thayer Mahan

• William McKinley

• Sanford Dole

Why is Alfred Thayer Mahan a significant historical figure?

• he helped the US acquire Puerto Rico

• he fought against high tariffs

• he gained the US new markets to sell factory goods to

• he encouraged the US to control the seas and have a big navy

As a result of the Spanish American War, why did the US see the need to build the Panama Canal?

• because the US navy need to move more quickly between oceans

• because new colonies had been acquired in Africa

• because Spanish opposition to the canal ended

• because railroads couldn't transport enough

Which of the following describes this statement: the US needed raw materials, markets, and naval bases?

• Yellow Journalism

• Reasons to declare war on Spain

• Explanations for overseas expansion

• Theodore Roosevelt's political platform

What was the Open-Door policy?

• it led to equal trade opportunities in China

• it brought democracy to China

• it forced China to change its immigration policies

• it explained social Darwinism

Yellow journalists created support for the Spanish American War by writing articles about what?

• political popularity of William Jennings Bryan

• destruction of US sugar plantations by Hawaiians

• efforts of the US to control Mexico

• the harsh treatment of Cubans by Spain

Involvement in the Spanish American war, acquisition of Hawaii, and the Open Door policy led to what?

• support for isolationism

• more markets and raw materials for the US

• military alliances with other nations

• the treaty of Versailles

Which statement about the causes of the Spanish American War is true?

• There was public outcry against the construction of the Panama Canal

• Economic boycotts were issued against Cuba

• Spain was blamed for the sinking of the USS Maine

• The US backed the decision of Germany to destroy the Lusitania

Why did President Theodore Roosevelt add the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine?

• to stop the threat of European intervention in Latin America

• to halt the construction of the canal in Panama

• to suppress Cuban efforts of a rebellion

• to please the public regarding war between Russian and Japan