Chapter 17 Flashcards
T/F
Social Darwinists justified expanding American power overseas by suggesting that nations competed with each other, and only the strongest would survive.
True
T/F
Before Commodore Perry arrived in Yedo Bay, the Japanese had never before seen streamships.
True
T/F
In the Spanish-American Way, both sides knew that the outcome ultimately would be decided at sea.
True
T/F
American settlers in Hawaii discovered that the climate and soil of the island were suitable for growing sugarcane.
True
T/F
Josiah Strong, a popular American minister in the late 1800s, liked Anglo-Saxonism to Christian missionary ideas.
True
T/F
President Cleveland, who strongly favored imperialism, annexed Hawaii in 1898.
False
T/F
Puerto Rico is now an independent country.
False
President Franklin Pierce sent a naval expedition to Japan to:
a) conquer the islands around Japan
b) force Japan to become an American protectorate
c) force Japan to trade with the US
d) bring Western civilization to Japan
C - force Japan to trade with the US
In the late 1800s, support grew in the U.S. for building a large modern navy to:
a) protect the US from invasion
b) conquer Latin American countries
c) conquer islands in the Pacific
d) avoid being shut out of foreign markets
D - avoid being shut out of foreign markets
According to the treaty that ended the Spanish-American War, the U.S. would -
a) annex Guam, Puerto Rico, and Cuba
b) free Cuba, and annex Guam and Puerto Rico
c) free Guam and Cuba, and annex Puerto Rico
d) free Guam, Puerto Rico, and Cuba
B - free Cuba and annex Guam and Puerto Rico
The Philippines are now -
a) an American protectorate
b) an American commonwealth
c) an unincorporated U.S. territory
d) an independent country
D - an independent country
As a result of a war between Japan and China in 1894, Japan acquired -
a) territory in Manchuria
b) Korea
c) a leasehold in China
d) an exclusive right to trade with Chaine
A - territory in Manchuria
When the U.S. assumed the responsibility for collecting customs tariffs in the Dominican Republic, using the Marines as agents, it was applying -
a) the Open Door Policy
b) the Roosevelt Corollary
c) dollar diplomacy
d) the Platt Amendment
B - the Roosevelt Corollary
The Hawaiian monarchy was overthrown by -
a) a group of Hawaiian peasants, upset over the islands’ economic troubles
b) an invasion by the United States military
c) a group of planters supported by the United States Marines
d) a group of Hawaiian peasants supported by the US Marines
C - a group of planters supported by the US Marines
American support for the rebels in Cuba was fueled by -
a) the desire to protect American sugar interests on the island
b) popular interest in starting an American empire by taking control of Cuba
c) sensational stories published by rival newspapers
d) the fear of having a Spanish colony so close to the US
C - sensational stories published by rival newspapers
In 1898, President McKinley sent the battleship Maine to Havana to -
a) evacuate Americans if necessary
b) put down riots by Spanish loyalists
c) put down the Cuban rebellion
d) negotiate peace with Spain
A - evacuate Americans if necessary
The ____ gave the U.S. the right to intervene in Cuban affairs -
a) Platt Amendment
b) Foraker Act
c) Treaty of Paris
d) Hay-Pauncefote Treaty
A - Platt Amendment
The _____ gave the U.S. the right to build a canal across Central America -
a) Platt Amendment
b) Foraker Act
c) Treaty of Paris
d) Hay-Pauncefote Treaty
D - Hay Pauncefote Treaty
Theodore Roosevelt became president -
a) by defeating William Jennings Bryan
b) by defeating William McKinley
c) when McKinley died of pneumonia
d) when McKinley was assassinated
D - when McKinley was assassinated
The purpose of the Open Door policy in China was to -
a) end the Boxer Rebellion
b) gain leaseholds
c) establish spheres of influence
d) ensure trading rights for all nations
D - ensure trading rights for all nations
Theodore Roosevelt won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1906 for negotiating peace -
a) between Russia and Japan
b) between China and Japan
c) among Russia and European powers
d) among factions in Korea
A - between Russia and Japan
When a trade treaty that exempted Hawaiian sugar from tariffs came up for renewal, the Senate insisted that the Hawaiians grant the US rights to -
a) establish missions
b) govern the islands
c) increase tourism
d) a naval base at Pearl Harbor
D - a naval base at Pearl Harbor
Shortly after midnight on May 1, 1898, Commodore George Dewey led his squadron into Manila Bay in -
a) Cuba
b) Hawaii
c) the Philippines
d) Spain
C - the Philippines
__________is the economic and political domination of a strong nation over other weaker nations.
imperialism