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Seizing land and announcing control over entire groups of people goes against core American values of freedom and democracy.
Which statement would an anti-imperialist most likely agree with?
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Which of these territories were acquired by the United States following the Spanish-American War under the terms of the Treaty of Paris (1898)?
Cuba and Puerto Rico
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What was the main reason for the Spanish-American War?
The explosion of the USS Maine and support for Cuban independence.
200
business opportunities, such as sugar plantations
What was one factor that initially brought Americans to Hawaii?
200
He wanted to demonstrate that the United States had a powerful navy.
Why did President Roosevelt order the group of battleships known as the Great White Fleet to sail around the world?
200
The U.S. annexed this territory after white businessmen overthrew the monarchy and established a provisional government in its place.
Hawaii
300
What was significant about this person’s reign?
She was the last reigning monarch of Hawaii before Americans rebelled and overthrew the monarchy.
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Which action is depicted in this image?
boats passing through the Panama Canal
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This image is a representation of...
US Imperialism
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How did this image influence the start of the Spanish-American War?
Yellow journalism was used to run sensational and exaggerated stories to call for war.
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“Chronic wrongdoing, or an impotence which results in a general loosening of the ties of civilized society, may in America, as elsewhere, ultimately require intervention by some civilized nation, and in the Western Hemisphere the adherence of the United States to the Monroe Doctrine may force the United States, however reluctantly, in flagrant cases of such wrongdoing or impotence, to the exercise of an international police power. . . .”
What does President Roosevelt argue would cause the United States to intervene in another nation’s affairs?
resident Roosevelt argues that wrongdoing and deterioration of civilization could cause the United States to exercise international police power.
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Which of the following headlines best illustrates the concept of Imperialism?
"The United States Annexes Puerto Rico"
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Why did American secretary of state John Hay call the Spanish-American War a “splendid little war”?
It ended quickly.
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“Our opponents, conscious of the weakness of their cause, seek to confuse imperialism with expansion, and have even dared to claim [Thomas] Jefferson as a supporter of their policy. Jefferson spoke so freely and used language with such precision that no one can be ignorant of his views. On one occasion he declared: ‘If there be one principle more deeply rooted than any other in the mind of every American, it is that we should have nothing to do with conquest.’ And again he said: ‘Conquest is not in our principles; it is inconsistent with our government.’ The forcible annexation of territory to be governed by arbitrary power differs as much from the acquisition of territory to be built up into states as a monarchy differs from a democracy. The democratic party does not oppose expansion when expansion enlarges the area of the republic and incorporates land which can be settled by American citizens, or adds to our population people who are willing to become citizens and are capable of discharging their duties as such.”
How does Bryan counter the argument of those who support imperialism?
by suggesting that imperialism undermines the principle of self-government and contradicts values of liberty and anti-conquest
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Place the correct labels on the political cartoon. 
Teddy Roosevelt
US Imperialism