Imperialism Final Quiz 2025

The Panama Canal connected these two bodies of water, creating a trade & military shortcut

• Gulf of Mexico & Atlantic Ocean

• Atlantic & Pacific Oceans

• Adriatic Sea & the Gulf of Mexico 

• South China Sea & the Caribbean Sea

Which foreign policy is: The United Nations sat down to discuss how to protect human rights for global peace.

• Isolationism

• Collective Security

• Internationalism

• Imperialism

Yellow Journalism is

• a book written about a character called "Yellow"

• printing exaggerated reports of the news in order to sell newspapers

• the introduction of new, yellow-tinted paper for newsprint

• reporting and drawing political cartoons that help uncover the truth in society

This country sold the territory of Alaska to the United States for $7.2 million.

• Russia

• England

• Canada

• China

This territory, a producer of sugarcane, was annexed by the U.S. in 1898.

• Alaska

• Hawaii

• California

• Arizona

 The United States became a world power after the Spanish-American War because

• the United States followed a policy of isolationism

• the United States desired to avoid war with other nations

• the United States now had territories around the world

• American businessmen invested in sugar plantations in China

Which foreign policy is: The United States denied the Philippines its independence, crushing their rebellion.

• Isolationism

• Collective Security

• Internationalism

• Imperialism

Why would America want to expand its boundaries during the early 1900s?

• They were looking to increase the number of vacation spots available to American citizens

• They wanted to increase their natural resources while gaining more power internationally

• They did not want to make enemies with other countries

• They were hoping to decrease the number of immigrants coming into the country

This piece of propaganda is persuasive in all of the following ways EXCEPT:

• It is trying to make people feel badly with the image of starving children

• It appeals to the audience's patriotism with the image of Uncle Sam 

• It uses memorable language of "remember the Maine!"

• It makes Cuba look evil 

Which parts of the world came under control of the United States as a result of the Spanish American War?

• Puerto Rico, Guam, the Philippines

• Alaska and Hawaii

• Columbia and Venezuela

• the Panama Canal Zone