American Imperialism

The Hawaiian queen who was forced out of power by a revolution started by American business interests

• Queen Liliuokalani

• Queen Kapiʻolani

• King Kalākaua

The practice of stronger countries extending economic, political, and military control over weaker countries

• Capitalism

• imperialism

Fighting unit led by Theodore Roosevelt in Cuba

• The Rough Riders

• The Flying Tigers

The treaty that ended the Spanish-American War

• Treaty of Paris

• Treaty of Ghent

The United States acquired Alaska from 

• Great Britain
• Russia

Which territory was annexed by the US because of the economic value of its sugarcane plantations?

• Alaska
• Hawaii

What was the event that ignited the Spanish-American War?

• Sinking of the USS Maine
• Sinking of the Lusitania

Choose all territories gained by US as a result of the Spanish American War...

• Puerto Rico

• Guam

• Philippines

• Hawaii

Why was the Panama Canal so essential to the growing strength of the United States?

• It made the slave trade move more easily from It made the slave trade move more easily from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean.

• It allowed the United States to transport navy and merchant ships between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans much quicker.

The Monroe Doctrine increased the power of the United States in North and South America

• True

• False