Foreign Developments: Rising ideas of American Imperialism

Question 1

Name three pro-Imperialist’s in the 1890s

Answer 1

Alfred Mahan, Theodore Roosevelt, Henry Lodge

Question 2

What did Roosevelt see Imperialism as?

Answer 2

A difficult competition that America could win

Question 3

Why did Roosevelt like the idea of Imperialism in terms of the generation he was born in?

Answer 3

It would give him something for his generation to do as he was too young to fight in the civil war

Question 4

How did Pro-Imperialists look back on the Civil War?

Answer 4

They looked back on it fondly

Question 5

Why did many Pro-Imperialists look back on the Civil War fondly?

Answer 5

Because they were too young at the time to have fought in it

Question 6

How did many anti-Imperialists look back on the Civil War? Why?

Answer 6

They saw it as a terrible time in American History, likely cos many of them fought in it

Question 7

Name a Pro-Imperialist book published in 1885 and the author’s name

Answer 7

Our Country by Josiah Strong

Question 8

What was Our Country about?

Answer 8

The future of the United States

Question 9

What was the “Our Country” book similar to?

Answer 9

The Turner Thesis

Question 10

When was the Turner Thesis published?

Answer 10

1893

Question 11

What was the dominant race in the USA?

Answer 11

WASPS

Question 12

What does WASPS stand for?

Answer 12

White Anglo-Saxon Protestants

Question 13

What was the overall opinion of the American Public on Imperialism by the late 1800s?

Answer 13

They were becoming more fond of it

Question 14

Why were newspapers able to increase in popularity massively in the late 1800s?

Answer 14

Because the public was more literate

Question 15

What did many newspapers focus on?

Answer 15

International affairs with the rest of the world

Question 16

Name 3 anti-Imperialists

Answer 16

Grover Cleveland, Andrew Carnegie, Mark Twain or William Jennings Bryan

Question 17

Why were there some anti-Imperialists?

Answer 17

Because they grew up in the days where the USA acted closer to its original principles

Question 18

What was the average age of anti-Imperialists?

Answer 18

69 years old

Question 19

What did the newspapers do in 1898?

Answer 19

They started to heavily report events in Cuba

Question 20

What was the impact of newspapers reporting more about events in Cuba?

Answer 20

The USA public wanted to get involved in the war

Question 21

What did some anti-Imperialists think about fighting with Cuba? Why?

Answer 21

They thought it could be good to join in as it would be a way to exercise the Monroe Doctrine

Question 22

Why was there an aspect of racism in Anti-Imperialist beliefs in relation to Hawaii and Puerto Rico?

Answer 22

Anti-Imperialists were worried that these two nations could become states meaning more immigrants

Question 23

What would happen to WASP dominance in the USA if there were more states?

Answer 23

It would be threatened

Question 24

What book did Alfred Mahan write? When did he write it?

Answer 24

The Influence of Sea Power on History, written in 1890

Question 25

What was the significance of Mahan to Roosevelt?

Answer 25

He worked closely with Roosevelt in the 1890s

Question 26

What was the impact of Mahan on Roosevelt?

Answer 26

It made Roosevelt more inclined to build up the US Navy

Question 27

What was Roosevelt’s job in the government from 1897 to 1898?

Answer 27

Assistant Secretary in The Navy

Question 28

Was William Jennings Bryan a Pro or Anti-Imperialist?

Answer 28

Anti-Imperialist