04.10 QUIZIZZ: The Age of Empire (Khan)

George Washington's Farewell Address of 1796 explained that the United States should avoid entangling foreign alliances. The U.S. followed this suggestion and pursued a policy of ________. (Introduction to the Age of Empire)

• Progressivism

• Imperialism

• Isolationism

• Mercantilism

• Colonialism

Some believe that the main reason the United States changed their ways from isolationism to imperialism is:

(Introduction to the Age of Empire)

• Greed

• Boredom

• Culture

• Peer Pressure

System where an imperial power benefits at the expense of the colony it rules. (Introduction to the Age of Empire)

• Progressivism

• Imperialism

• Isolationism

• Mercantilism

• Colonialism

System where a colony sends raw materials to their host country, only to be forced to buy the finished goods from that host country in return. (Introduction to the Age of Empire)

• Progressivism

• Imperialism

• Isolationism

• Mercantilism

• Colonialism

The belief that God intended the United States to occupy the North American continent from Atlantic to Pacific. (Introduction to the Age of Empire)

• Manifest Destiny

• White Man's Burden

System where a country or group of people rule over another country or group of people. (Introduction to the Age of Empire)

• Progressivism

• Imperialism

• Isolationism

• Mercantilism

• Colonialism

The belief that Anglo-Saxon's were superior and it was their responsibility to govern and somehow uplift the people of Latin America and the Pacific—whether they wanted it or not (Introduction to the Age of Empire)

• Manifest Destiny

• White Man's Burden

Select the reasons that the United States fought the Spanish American War. (The Spanish American War)

• To help the Cuban Revolutionaries.

• The sinking of the USS Maine

• Bombing of Pearl Harbor

• The Panama Canal

Name the two groups responsible for American victories in Cuba during the Spanish American War. (The Spanish American War)

• Green Berets

• Buffalo Soldiers

• Army Rangers

• Rough Riders

The Treaty of Paris freed Cuba, gave Guam and Puerto Rico to the U.S., and allowed the U.S. to purchase the Philippines from Spain for $20million. What document gave the U.S. "advisory control" of Cuba? (The Spanish American War)

• The U.S. Constitution

• The Roosevelt Corollary

• The Platt Amendment

• The Monroe Doctrine