American Imperialism Study Guide

Wrote The Influence of Sea Power upon History which argued for making US into a world power by having a strong navy to protect its colonial interests.

Alfred Mahan

President Taft's policy of dollar diplomacy resulted in

American investments in Latin America

Which of the following best explains why the building of the Panama Canal supported United States' efforts to become a world power?

By providing a shortcut between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, it opened up new trading opportunities.

What word best describes how the American Military handled the Filipino insurgency?

Despotically

A friend of Roosevelt who was a strong supporter of imperialism

Henry Cabot Lodge

A policy by a stronger nation to attempt to create an empire by dominating weaker nations economically, politically, culturally, or militarily

Imperialism

Secretary of State John Hay's U.S. policy issued in 1899 stating that foreign nations must allow free trade in China.

Open Door Policy

The canal built by the United States through the Isthmus of Panama to connect the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.

Panama Canal

An addition to the 1900 Cuban Constitution by the American government that gave the United States the right to establish naval bases in Cuba and to intervene in Cuban affairs whenever necessary.

Platt Amendment

Which of the following is an example of a positive effect of imperialism on territories that were under the control of Western nations?

Roads

Theodore Roosevelt's 1904 extension of the Monroe Doctrine in which he asserted the right of the United States to intervene in Latin American nations.

Roosevelt Corollary

An unsuccessful rebellion in China in 1900, the objective of which was to drive out all foreigners, remove all foreign influence, and compel Chinese Christians to give up their religion.

The Boxer Rebellion

The American people looked upon Cuba in distress. Senators, journalists, and the American public began moving to war with Spain. While the previously stated individuals looked to increase American involvement in Cuba, where did individuals like McKinley and Roosevelt look to have an American presence?

The Philippine Islands

A war fought that marked the end of Spain's colonial empire and the emergence of the US as a world power. US gained Philippines, Puerto Rico, and Guam as territories.

The Spanish-American War

Which of the following would be an example of Roosevelt's "Big Stick" Diplomacy?

The US sailing ships into Japan's harbor in an attempt to open up trade

He built the Panama Canal and increased American influence overseas using the Roosevelt Corollary and Big Stick Policy.

Theodore Roosevelt

During the Spanish-American War, the U.S. Navy destroyed the Spanish fleet in Manila Bay in the Philippines. The U.S. Congress later voted for annexation of the Philippines. What was one reason for this act of U.S. imperialism?

To provide the U.S. with a valuable naval base in the Pacific

The famous American writer Mark Twain express his opinion about U.S. actions in the Philippines after the Spanish-American War with the following words: "I have seen that we do not intend to free, but to subjugate (place under control) the people of the Philippines. We have gone to conquer, not to redeem (save)...I am opposed to having the (American) eagle put its talons on any other land." -The New York Herald, October 15, 1900. This statement would be helpful in supporting the thesis that Mark Twain believed that

U.S. imperialism was wrong

An American battleship, which had been sent to the harbor of Havana "to safeguard American interest," and blew up.

U.S.S. Maine

Which presidential candidate ran on an anti-imperialist platform?

William Jennings Bryan

Sensational and dramatic news coverage, emphasizing crime and scandal.

Yellow Journalism

According to Theodore Roosevelt, "President McKinley has no more backbone than _______________." What delicious carbohydrate laced breakfast item?

a chocolate eclair

One factor that motivated the U.S. imperialism during the late 19th and early 20th centuries was the

acquisition of new markets and sources of raw materials.

The election of 1896 saw McKinley run on a Republican Party platform that included a foreign policy based on

an expansionist agenda that included enlarging the navy, annexing Hawaii, and protecting American property at all costs.

With concern for American interests in Cuba, and starving American lives, Republicans in Congress began calling for an escalation to the affairs taking place in Cuba. The calls for escalation allowed McKinley to demand Spain to end all repression in Cuba. Spain responded by

basically accepting McKinley's demands and ordering an end to the repression in Cuba, and granting Cuba autonomy.

Which of the following is not a factor in U.S. Imperialism?

competition with Japan for control of China

Which of the following was NOT a factor in U.S. imperialism?

competition with Japan for control of China

The Teller Amendment stated that the United States

could not annex Cuba

The U.S. forced the Cubans to write their own constitution of 1901, the Platt Amendment. The Cuban people

hated this document because it was written to benefit the Americans. The constitution decreed that the United States might intervene with troops in Cuba to restore order and to provide mutual protection.

What is so important about Frederick Jackson Turner's work?

his work established the intellectual framework for which the American Government would use to justify imperialist expansion

Yellow Journalism was successful because it

increased American sentiment toward the plight of the Cubans, leading to increased resentment of the Spanish, and eventually war.

William Seward, Secretary of State under Lincoln and Johnson made a purchase that would go down in history known as "Seward's Folly". What did Seward buy?

large portion of land that is considered today as Alaska

Favoring honorable diplomacy but still resorting to military intervention upon occasion would be an example of

moral diplomacy

The United States issued the Open Door policy (1899-1900) primarily to

secure equal trade opportunities in China

The importance of Mahan's work, "The Influence of Sea Power" is

that it presented a case that navy supremacy was essential for commercial supremacy.

McKinley most likely was reelected because

the economy had improved, and America won the Spanish-American War.

Which factor is most closely associated with the decision of the United States to declare war on Spain in 1898?

yellow journalism