Imperialism and America

Bonus Question: Cornerstone of American foreign policy that told European powers to stay out of the affairs of the Western Hemisphere. 

• Roosevelt Corollary
• Adams Doctrine
• Truman Doctrine
• Monroe Doctrine 

Imperialism is __________.

• when a powerful nation uses its resources to help a weaker nation
• when a weaker nation invites a powerful nation to help it industrialize
• when a powerful nation takes control of the economy and government of a weaker nation
• when weak nations join together to fight a strong nation

Why did United States BUSINESS interests favor overseas expansion in the late 1800's? 

• to establish a commonwealth of colonies 
• to establish military bases around the world
• to acquire new markets and sources of raw materials 
• to spread democratic ideals to other areas of the world

Wrote the book The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, argued that a nation needed a large navy to protect trade ships & defend the right to trade. 

• Alfred T. Mahan
• John Fiske
• Charles Darwin
• Marco Polo

Economic and military competition from ______ helped convince many Americans that the U.S. should become a world power

• Canada
• Europe
• Latin America
• China

The United States government supported the overthrow of a government in this independent, self governing country: 

• Cuba
• Puerto Rico
• Hawaii
• Congo

Why did Americans in Hawaii want to be annexed by the United States?  

• Queen Liluokalani was persecuting American sugar growers. 
• Annexation had trade advantages for the American sugar growers in Hawaii. 
• Laws forced Americans to return land to the Hawaiian government. 
•  All are true.

Headed Hawaiian government after the queen was overthrown and pushed for the annexation of Hawaii by the U.S.

• Theodore Roosevelt

• Alfred Thayer Mahan

• Sanford Dole

• Henry Cabot Lodge

ECONOMIC motives for imperialism include _________.

• a desire to spread Christianity
• a need for military bases around the world
• a need for raw materials to be used in factories
• a desire to gain glory

What is Social Darwinism?

• Survival of the fittest in society

• The idea that some races are better than others

• The idea that you need to "civilize" other cultures

• all of these options