Unit 2 Test - Imperialism

1. Under imperialism, the stronger nation attempts to

• a. dominate a weaker country.
• b. sell its products to a weaker country.
• c. create an empire.
• d. all of the above.

2. What connection was made between imperialism and the American frontier?

• a. Imperialism would help close the frontier.
• b. Closing the frontier would spur competition.
• c. Imperialism would offer Americans a new frontier.
• d. Imperialism would make the world more like the United States.

3. Admiral Alfred T. Mahan argued that to protect its trade, the United States must build up its

• a. army.
• b. navy.
• c. labor unions
• d. pioneer spirit.

4. To support their view, anti-imperialists argued that

• a. imperialism would reduce U.S. military forces.
• b. the United States should get more involved in foreign affairs.
• c. imperialism rejected the American ideal of “liberty for all.”
• d. imperialism would make the United States more admired in the world.

5. Anti-imperialists also objected to the

• a. independence of the Philippines.
• b. the Teller Amendment
• c. costs of expansion.
• d. sale of American goods abroad

6. American business leaders favored expansion in order to

• a. establish an empire throughout the world.
• b. solve the economic problem of overproduction.
• c. establish military equality with European nations.
• d. stop Russian expansion into Alaska.

7. Some anti-imperialists feared the existence of

• a. foreign markets.
• b. different races in the United States.
• c. newly independent countries
• d. a new frontier.

8. Expansionists, such as Theodore Roosevelt, argued that a quest for empire would

• a. turn into a military disaster.
• b. open Latin America to invasion
• c. restore the country’s pioneer spirit
• d. make the U.S. stronger than Britain

9. The United States annexed Hawaii because

• a. Queen Liliuokalani executed several foreign merchants.
• b. the United States needed naval stations in the Pacific. and economic opportunity

• c. Hawaiians requested American protection.
• d. the Boxers started a rebellion.

10. Which of the following demonstrated enforcement of the Monroe Doctrine?

• a. The United States convinced Japan to open trade relations.
• b. The United States allowed Hawaiians to import sugar duty free.
• c. The United States insisted that Great Britain submit a boundary dispute with Venezuela to arbitration.
• d. The United States competed against France and Britain for Asian markets.