US Imperialism 2
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- Q1
The intent of the Roosevelt Corollary was to?
Amended the Monroe doctrine to give the US “international police power” to protect its economic interest in Latin America.
30s - Q2
The United States was able to annex Hawaii because
pro-American planters engineered a revolt in Hawaii to provide a port for American ships.
30s - Q3
American missionary leaders supported imperialism in this era because
they saw imperialism as an opportunity to convert the “heathens” of newly acquired territories.
30s - Q4
The American desire for imperial acquisitions in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries can best be compared to which of the following?
Manifest Destiny
30s - Q5
Many Americans believed there were too many problems at home and the US was better off taking only caring about issues at home. What was this theory called?
Isolationist Diplomacy
30s - Q6
This purchase was nicknamed "Seward's Folly" because this territory had little to no value to the US. And, the really wanted Midway Island in the deal.
The purchase of Alaska
30s - Q7
What does this cartoon represent?
The Chinese revolutionaries who were involved in the Boxer Rebellion, who tried to expel foreign influence from dividing up China.
30s - Q8
What are the reasons for US believing in imperialism
idea of cultural superiority, need for new markets, and military ambition and
30s - Q9
Which of the following occurred under Mexican Revolution
Woodrow Wilson tested his "missionary diplomacy" by sending troops to Mexico after Mexico had a new government take over.
30s - Q10
Amended the Monroe doctrine to give the US international police power to protect its economic interest in Latin America
Dollar diplomacy
30s - Q11
Hay-Pauncefote Treaty was made with Britain to build this canal after the US threatened Columbia?
Panama Canal
30s - Q12
Platt Amendment Established?
a US Naval base and the US would not interfere with Cuba’s independence as long as it stayed a stable country.
30s - Q13
What were the reasons that the US wanted the territory of the Philippines?
rubber, a port close to china, and impossing our moral right on the people
30s - Q14
This country became a territory under the Treaty of Paris and US used it as a Banana Republic for plantation crops, and to impose our moral right on the population. This territory later will get voting rights through the Foraker Act of 1900?
Puerto Rico
30s - Q15
This diplomacy allowed US banks to take over a bankrupt Nicaragua and in return the banks owned the railroads ad port fees.
Dollar Diplomacy
30s
