Factors of US Imperialism
Moving Towards Empire
The Spanish-American War
Governing Our Empire
Unit 4 Review (Gilded Age)
100
This REGION's expanding imperialism into Africa and Asia worried the United States and was one factor in encouraging the US to become an imperial power.
What is European Imperialism (1880s onward)
100
In 1898, the US annexed this central Pacific Island primarily to gain access to its perfect harbor and its productive sugar cane industry.
What is Hawaii?
100
The Spanish-American War of 1898 was fought in these TWO theaters (fronts) of war.
What is the (1) Philippine Islands in the Pacific Ocean and the (2) Caribbean Sea (Cuba and Puerto Rico)?
100
This former Democratic/Populist presidential candidate said that imperialism was immoral because (1) we don't have to own people in order to trade with them and acquire naval bases and (2) imperialism contradicts biblical/Christian principles.
Who is William Jennings Bryan?
100
This president was fond of the saying, "Speak softly and carry a big stick." He used it as the basis for his foreign relations with Latin America.
Who is Teddy Roosevelt?
200
This central Pacific island (1) harbor was one of the most perfect natural harbors in the Pacific and was greatly coveted by imperial powers. The US annexed the (2) island chain in 1898.
What is Pearl Harbor, Hawaii?
200
The US was growing increasingly linked economically to Cuba by the 1890s primarily because of THIS Cuban industry.
What is the sugar industry?
200
These FOUR islands experienced drastic changes as a consequence of the Spanish-American War of 1898.
What is Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippine Islands?
200
THIS US senator said that we were right and just to govern the Filipinos against their will because they were incapable of self-government.
Who is Senator Albert Beveridge?
200
This was (1) the US proposal that China be a "free-trade zone" in which all nations could trade without restrictions, and (2) this event happened in 1900 when a society of Chinese martial artists attacked foreigners and Chinese Christian converts in an attempt to expel "foreign devils" out of China.
What is (1) the Open Door Policy and (2) the Boxer Rebellion?
300
This was the primary ECONOMIC motive for US imperial expansion overseas.
The desire to (1) import raw materials and (2) export American goods throughout the world.
300
These were the last TWO remaining colonies belonging to the Spanish Empire in the Western Hemisphere by the 1890s.
What is (1) Cuba and (2) Puerto Rico?
300
Identify THREE reasons some Americans gave for annexing the Philippine islands.
(1) Another Pacific naval base, (2) Close to China, (3) New market for American goods, (4) civilize the Filipinos.
300
Emilio Aguinaldo led THIS uprising against American imperial rule from 1899-1903. It cost the US far more blood and treasure to end this insurgency than the Spanish-American War.
What is the Philippine Insurrection?
300
This was the first major federal law that aimed to regulate the railroads by making sure they charged fair prices and treated all customers fairly.
What is the Interstate Commerce Act of 1887?
400
This belief in (1) American cultural superiority combined with the belief that it was (2) the nation's destiny to expand our borders and spread enlightened civilization.
What is (1) Anglo-Saxonism and (2) Manifest Destiny?
400
This sensationalized and exaggerated reporting had a huge influence on American attitudes on the Cuban-Spanish conflict of the late 1890s. Newspapers such as the New York Journal portrayed Spain as the Evil Empire.
What is Yellow Journalism?
400
These Americans pointed out the costs of empire, the threat to American jobs and wages posed by immigration, and that controlling other nations against their will violated American ideals and principles.
Who are anti-imperialists/anti-interventionists/opponents of annexation?
400
This Congressional Act prevented Puerto Ricans from electing their own governor and executive branch and disallowed them from becoming US citizens.
What is the Foraker Act?
400
This ruthless social philosophy hailed the doctrine of "survival of the fittest" and discouraged government or anyone else from regulating society to help the losers.
What is Social Darwinism?
500
This American admiral authored "The Influence of Sea Power Upon History" and argued that powerful nations needed a strong, modern navy and many strategic naval bases throughout the world.
Who is Alfred Thayer Mahan?
500
This was the RALLYING CRY for war memorializing the US battleship that mysteriously exploded off Havana harbor. US newspapers blamed Spain for the explosion, without conclusive evidence.
What is "Remember the Maine!"
500
This amendment guaranteed that the US would not try to annex Cuba but would respect Cuba's independence after the Spanish-American War (1898).
What is the Teller Amendment?
500
Identify the FOUR restrictions placed on Cuba in the Platt Amendment
(1) Could not make treaties with foreign nations that threatened its independence, (2) Must allow US to buy naval bases in Cuba, (3) Must keep national debt very low, (4) Must allow the US to intervene militarily for Cuba's "protection"
500
This was the first major federal law to outlaw monopolies and other business combinations that interfered with the economy.
What is the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890
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