American Imperialism

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Which country was granted independence in the Treaty of Paris of 1898 at the end of the Spanish American War? Options: Guam, Cuba, Philippines, Puerto Rico

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Cuba

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What was the purpose of the Open Door Policy in China?

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Ensure trading rights with China

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Which territory did the United States NOT gain direct control of after the Spanish-American War? Options: Puerto Rico, Cuba, Philippines, Guam

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Cuba

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Alfred T. Mahan argued: to become an empire, the US needed to acquire naval bases and strengthen its naval power, the burden of the white man is to support and uplift non-whites, imperialism was not democratic and engaging in it would be hypocritical, the nation's economic needs could be satisfied from within as the US should avoid risking itself in foreign entanglements

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to become an empire, the US needed to acquire naval bases and strengthen its naval power

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Americans were concerned about the events in Cuba because: American lives were at risk there, American economic investments were being threatened, American plantations were being destroyed by rebel forces.

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all of the above

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According to the Roosevelt Corollary, what was the role of the US in the Western Hemisphere?

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international police force

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What island did Alfred Thayer Mahan think would be important in fortifying their new Imperial status? Options: Cuba, Guam, Puerto Rico, Hawaii

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Hawaii

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Who was the Secretary of the Navy that resigned his position to go fight in the Spanish-American War with a group of volunteers known as the Rough Riders?

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Theodore Roosevelt

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What is the type of sensational reporting where writers exaggerated or even invented stories? Options: muckraking, yellow journalism, journalism, paparazzi

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yellow journalism

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What was Roosevelt's policy called? Options: Dollar Diplomacy, Big Stick Diplomacy, Sphere of Influence, Pan-Americanism

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Big Stick Diplomacy