Imperialism test

Question 1

what is the definition of imperialism

Answer 1

a policy of extending a country’s power and influence through diplomacy or military force.

Question 2

four reasons for American imperialism

Answer 2

Acquiring natural resources, Acquiring market for manufactured goods, Spreading a Countrys influence or way of life and protecting a Countrys self intrest

Question 3

what period of time was the height of American imperialism

Answer 3

the late 19th century

Question 4

why did the industrial revolution of the late 1800s lead to an increase in imperialistic policies throughout Europe and America

Answer 4

Because the Industrial Revolution increased the production capacity of Western states astronomically, there was an enormous hunger for raw materials to satisfy demands.

Question 5

what land was purchased from France by Thomas Jefferson that added 828,000 square miles to the united states in 1803

Answer 5

The Louisiana purchase

Question 6

remember to study the other vocab test

Answer 6

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Question 7

Manifest destiny

Answer 7

Manifest Destiny was the idea that white Americans were divinely ordained to settle the entire continent of North America.

Question 8

The open door policy

Answer 8

It called for protection of equal privileges for all countries trading with China and for the support of Chinese territorial and administrative integrity.

Question 9

The Monroe doctrine

Answer 9

It stated that further efforts by european nations to colonize land or interfere with states in north or south america would be viewed as acts of aggression, requiring U.S intervention

Question 10

The Roosevelt corollary

Answer 10

the united states had the right to intervene with any country that did anything harmful to the US

Question 11

Dollar diplomacy

Answer 11

Americas financial investment in other countries would insure stability and good relations between America and nations abroad

Question 12

The good neighbor policy

Answer 12

encouraged interaction between the united states and Latin America as equals

Question 13

Explain the Indian removal act, Why it occurred and its purpose. What happened to the Native Americans as a result? What policy gave America the excuse to become involved?

Answer 13

The Indian Removal Act was signed into law by President Andrew Jackson on May 28, 1830, authorizing the president to grant unsettled lands west of the Mississippi in exchange for Indian lands within existing state borders. Relocation of nearly 50,000 eastern Indians to the Indian Territory. The policy was Manifest Destiny.

Question 14

Explain the Mexican-American war, How it occurred and its purpose, What policy gave America the excuse to become involved?

Answer 14

The Mexican–American War, also known in the United States as the Mexican War, was an invasion of Mexico by the United States Army from 1846 to 1848. It happened because the Americans wanted the land that the mexicans had. The policy was manifest destiny

Question 15

Explain the Spanish American war, How it occurred and its purpose, How did this conflict benefit the United States. And what policy gave America the excuse to become involved?

Answer 15

The Spanish had control over Cuba. They made promises they couldn’t keep, so the Cubans revolted. no one in America cared, until the Cuban rebels started to destroy American property. It benefited the united states because if they won the fight, it gave America the right to take Spanish land. The policy was imperialism

Question 16

Explain the annexation of Hawaii, How it occurred and what were the primary purposes of its imperialism?

Answer 16

The Americans would buy sugar from Hawaii, it was one of the last non imperialized zones. The government passed the Mckinley tariff raising sugar taxes putting Hawaii into a economic depression.

Question 17

Explain the annexation of the Panama Canal zone, what happened, why it occurred and its purpose. And what policy gave America the excuse to become involved?

Answer 17

president Roosevelt wanted to build a bridge to link the pacific and Atlantic oceans for strategic and economic benefits. But a French building company was already doing it in Panama. The Americans bought the right to build it but it went against the Columbians (which owned the island) so the Columbians revolted and became its own country. Which then gave the Americans the right to build the canal. The policy was the monroe doctrine

Question 18

What was the main reason why the Anti-Imperialist League was against American expansionism? What were the basic moral beliefs that the country was founded on did they say imperialism violated?

Answer 18

imperialism violated the fundamental principle that just republican government must derive from “consent of the governed.”

Question 19

What was the purpose of manifest destiny in its effort to expand the country from coast to coast? Who did Americans say supported this policy in order to give this action credibility?

Answer 19

the belief that it was our duty to settle the continent, conquer and prosper and that god supported it

Question 20

How did Social Darwinism and ethnocentrism help individuals justify imperialism?

Answer 20

it was the duty of white Americans to bring civilization to “backwards” peoples.

Question 21

How did Rudyard Kipling’s White Mans Burden attempt to justify the need for imperialism?

Answer 21

the white race must take up in order to help the non-white races develop civilization.