US Imperialism

Where did the US decide to build a canal?

• Guatamala

• Egypt

• Colombia

• Panama

What country did the U.S. open to trade in 1854 by sending a floatilla of ships under Commodore Matthew C. Perry?

• Japan

• China

• Russia

• Panama

What territory in the Pacific did the U.S. annex in 1898 for pineapples, sugar, & a naval base?

• Alaska

• Samoa

• Guam

• Hawaii

Who was President during the Spanish-American War?

• Woodrow Wilson

• William McKinley

• William H Taft

• Teddy Roosevelt

Due to defeating the Spanish, the U.S. took on the Philippines, Guam, & what Caribbean island?

• Cuba

• Dominican Republic

• Puerto Rico

• Panama

What country did American fight 4 years to take over as a colony?

• Guam

• The Philippines

• Cuba

• Puerto Rico

What Asian country did Indiana Senator Albert Beveridge say was our natural customer for our surplus of goods?

• Hawaii

• Japan

• China

• The Philippines

What was the name of the Conference that the US invited the Latin American countries to?

• Western Hemisphere Conference

• Pan-American Conference

• Latin Conference

• European Conference

Which country did not send a representative to the Pan-American Conference?

• Dominican Republic

• Brazil

• Ecuador

• Chile

What about the United States made Latin American countries hesitate to join a customs union with the US?

• Freedom

• Imperialism

• Socialism

• Communism