Imperialism Review

Roosevelt Corollary and The Monroe Doctrine; what do they have in common?

• protecting our interests in the Caribbean Sea and Latin America

• created to take over the Hawaiian Islands.

Match the following

• Guam, Puerto Rico, Philippines

• Captain Alfred Thayer Mahan

• Hawaii

• Territory needed to build a canal

• intervene in Latin America

• Territories gained by the Spanish American War

• Panama

• Territory that was gained after the overthrow of a Monarch

• Overseas Expansion

• Dollar Diplomacy

What is imperialism?

• When a stronger nation attack other strong nations

• When a stronger nation takes over weaker territories

• When weaker territories demand their independence from strong nations

• When weaker territories take over other weak territories

Which of the following territories did NOT fall under US control during the era of imperialism?

• Guam

• The Philippines

• Japan

• Alaska

Which of the following is NOT a reason that the US became imperialistic?

• economic

• militaristic

• democratic

• nationalistic

One ECONOMIC reason that drove the US to become imperialistic was

• to gain access to more natural resources

• to gain access to better naval bases

• to spread American culture overseas

• to prove the US was a world power

William Seward played a major role in the US acquiring which territory?

• Hawaii

• Guam

• Puerto Rico

• Alaska

Which of the following is NOT true about the US acquisition of Hawaii?

• The US set up a naval base at Pearl Harbor

• US planters wanted control of the sugar cane crop

• The discovery of oil was very valuable

• Queen Liliuokalani took the thrown after her brother died

TRUE or FALSE - Yellow journalism was a major cause of the Spanish American War.

• True

• False

Who led the cavalry known as the Rough Riders to victory during the Spanish American War?

• Teddy Roosevelt

• William McKinley

• William Seward

• Matthew Perry