US in the Pacific
US Foreign Policy
Spanish-American War
Critical Thinking Skills
Random
100
Define imperialism.
What is a policy extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force
100
Name Roosevelt's, Taft's, and Wilson's foreign policy's
What is Big Stick Policy, Dollar Diplomacy, and Moral Diplomacy
100
List 4 causes to the Spanish-American War
What is Humanitarian Reasons, Economic Interests, Yellow Journalism, and Maine explosion
100
What is the first question you ask yourself when you see a visual?
What is "What do I see?"
100
What foreign policy did George Washington suggest in his Farewell Address? What event serves as evidence of the US breaking with this foreign policy?
What is isolationism. The Spanish-American War
200
What is John Hay's Open Door Policy?
What is speech saying that European nations should guarantee equal trading rights in and privileges to the US in China
200
Describe Teddy Roosevelt's Big Stick Policy.
What is US would intervene whenever they wanted in Latin America and the Western Hemisphere using military force if necessary to influence countries governments and economies. Powerful, Aggressive, strict, military.
200
Why was the Spanish-American War called a "Splendid Little War"?
What is the US won in less than 8 months, and acquired territory in Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guam, Philippines, and Wake Island.
200
Is yellow journalism legal? Explain Why.
What is Yes, Freedom of Speech and Freedom of Press are protected by our 1st amendment
200
What does justification mean? How did the US justify imperialism?
What is the action of showing something to be right or reasonable. Extension of Manifest Destiny, the need to spread American values, the Monroe Doctrine, expand naval bases, prevent European countries from expanding, give us access to more natural resources and raw materials, expand business and trade opportunities, international police power.
300
What is important to know about Queen Liliuokalani?
What is her goal was Restore the power of the monarchy and reduce foreign influence in Hawaii. However, American Planters, Businessmen, and marines revolted and overthrew her. Although she felt she deserved to remain queen, she gave up the throne to avoid war and dying. The US later annexed (added) Hawaii as a US territory.
300
Explain Taft's Dollar Diplomacy
What is the best way of intervening in Latin America is creating economic ties. Providing loans and investing in Latin American countries will allow us to influence their governments and economies, as they will have no choice to tell us off considering we are providing them with money and jobs.
300
How did William Randolph Hearst contribute to the Spanish-American War?
What is Yellow Journalism, exaggerating Spanish atrocities against Cuba, providing biased news, and blaming the USS Maine explosion on the Spanish to outrage Americans to support Spanish-American War
300
Why dod cartoonists and yellow journalists make political cartoons, headlines, and articles?
What is to persuade and influence public opinion to believe in their political views
300
List at least 3 reasons supporting the construction of the Panama Canal.
What is expanding trade opportunities, shorter route from NYC to San Fran, connecting Atlantic and Pacific, making transportation easier, quicker, help us establish more trade relationships, easier to expand and protect naval bases.
400
List at least 4 reasons why the US wanted to acquire territory and intervene in the Pacific
What is Coal Stations, expand and protect naval bases, raw materials, expand power, prevent European nations from becoming more powerful, expand trade and business opportunities, sell goods to these countries, and spread American culture and values.
400
What doctrine did Roosevelt use to justify his foreign policy? What did this doctrine claim? What was Roosevelt's extension called?
What is Monroe Doctrine. Intervening in territories in the Western Hemisphere was reserved for the US, not for European nations. Roosevelt's corollary.
400
List the arguments supporting Treaty of Paris and the arguments against the Treaty of Paris
What is more land, power, helping Cubans escape concentration camps, USS Maine, expand naval bases, prevent European powers becoming more powerful, trade and business opportunities. What is not wanting the risk of future wars and conflicts, violating the Constitutional right of independence from colonial rule and right to a self-government
400
Define Bias
What is prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair.
400
List 3 challenges the US faced when building the Panama Canal
What is Mosquitos, Yellow Fever, Malaria, Mountainous Area, Death, Disease, and Colombians having land in Panama.
500
How did US Imperialism in the Pacific impact our nation moving forward?
What is increase in exports and imports, establish more naval bases, acquired territory in the Samoan Islands, Hawaii, Philippines, instilled hatred from many people in these areas, US became a world power, a major turning point in US History as the US began pursuing a foreign policy of imperialism and getting involved in foreign affairs opposed to isolationism
500
Differentiate what Wilson said his foreign policy would be and what is was actually like. Then, describe what happened in Mexico.
What is Moral Diplomacy - US would spread peace, American values, democracy, and freedom to other nations rather than taking advantage of countries with our military, or with economic ties. However, Wilson used the military to intervene more than Roosevelt and Taft, and sent the military to Mexico to force Mexico to elect the leader we wanted. Then, he sent 10,000 troops to Mexico to capture Pancho Villa after 17 Americans were killed in New Mexico
500
List at least 3 long-term effects of the Spanish American War
What is What is US becoming a world power, US shifting foreign policy from isolationism to imperialism, US constructing Panama Canal, Spain no longer a world a power, More people hate the US, US involved in more wars and conflicts
500
List 3 questions you should ask yourself to determine bias.
What is 1) What is the author's purpose? 2) Who is the intended audience? 3) What do I know about the author? 4) What is the other side of this story? 5) Where is this evidence coming from? 6) Is the author presenting facts or opinions?
500
Historical context means the situation and background of a certain time period (Who, What, Where, When, Why, How). What is the historical context of the Spanish American War?
What is Cuba was a colony of Spain that wanted independence. However, they failed to overthrow Spain's rule and suffered in concentration camps as a result. The US wanted to expand their influence, power, and trade opportunities, so they were motivated to intervene in countries. Going to war was a bit of a stretch, but with the combination of sugar and rice plantations being burned and yellow journalists using the Maine explosion to outrage Americans, the US joined. The war was fought in the Philippines, Cuba, and Puerto Rico in 1898, and the US won easily demonstrating itself as a world, imperialist power opposed to the end of Spain being a world power.
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