APUSH 20

Which country was imperializing Cuba before the US took it over?

• France
• Spain
• Colombia
• Mexico

Emilio Aguinaldo fought for independence in which country that America imperialized?

• Hawaii

• Philippines

• Cuba

• Puerto Rico

This type of foreign policy encourages stronger nations to extend their influence over weaker ones.

• Imperialism

• Isolationism

• Globalism

• Communism

President William McKinley's belief that Cuba deserved to be free and independent from Spain led to which event?

• France sold Cuba to the United States
• The construction of the Panama Canal began.
• The United States issued a boycott of trade with Spain
• The Spanish American War began.

The USS Main exploded while it was in Havana, _____. This was a leading cause to the start of the Spanish American War.

• Cuba
• Guam
• Mexico
• Panama

How did the U.S. acquire the Philippines and Guam?

• They were acquired through a joint resolution of Congress.

• The indigenous residents of the islands petitioned for annexation.

• They were ceded by Spain after the War of 1898.

• They were acquired after a U.S.-engineered coup deposed the Filipino monarch.

Which of the following was a contributing factor to U.S expansion in the Pacific?

• the belief that Americans had much to learn from the indigenous cultures of the Pacific islands

• the idea that the U.S. had an obligation to increase the material standard of living in undeveloped areas

• the goal to subjugate all of Asia and establish a U.S.-controlled global empire

• the idea that the U.S. had a mission to foster democracy and Protestant Christian civilization

Alfred Thayer Mahan suggested that the key to U.S. prosperity is

• to rectify problems at home before venturing abroad..

• to interfere with the internal affairs of other countries.

• to engage in international warfare.

• to seek overseas markets for its domestic products

Which of the following was a direct effect of American expansion into the Pacific?

• the passage of the Chinese Exclusion Act and an increase in anti-Asian prejudice

• the conflict with Russia over the purchase of Alaska

• the acquisition of territories—not future states—with inhabitants who were not U.S. citizens, but “subjects”

• the initiation of “yellow journalism” and the rise of mass-circulation newspapers

Which of the following statements BEST defines the Open Door Policy?

• The US would encourage greater immigration from Europe and Asia.

• The US would seek spheres of influence in China.

• Japan would not be permitted to trade in China.

• All nations should have equal trading right in China.

• All nations should have equal trading rights world-wide.