Unit 4: Imperialism

Question 1

Annexation of Hawaii

Answer 1

became a territory after sugar farmers were forced to pay taxes on sugar; the US made Hawaii a territory and then a state in 1959

Question 2

Big Stick Diplomacy/Roosevelt Corollary

Answer 2

an extension of the Monroe Doctrine, announced by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1904, under which the United States claimed the right to protect its economic interests by means of military intervention in the affairs of Western Hemisphere nations

Question 3

Boxer Rebellion

Answer 3

a 1900 rebellion in which members of a Chinese secret society sought to free their country from Western influence.

Question 4

dollar diplomacy

Answer 4

the U.S. policy of using the nation’s economic power to exert influence over other countries

Question 5

imperialism

Answer 5

the policy of extending a nation’s authority over other countries by economic, political, or military means

Question 6

moral diplomacy

Answer 6

the system in which support is given only to countries whose moral beliefs are the same to that of the nation

Question 7

open door policy

Answer 7

proposed by the US; said that all nations would have equal opportunities to trade in China

Question 8

Panama Canal

Answer 8

an artificial waterway cut through the Isthmus of Panama to provide a shortcut between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, opened in 1914

Question 9

Spanish American War

Answer 9

began as an intervention on behalf of Cuba that ended with the US acquiring Cuba, Guam, the Philippines, and Puerto Rico

Question 10

yellow journalism

Answer 10

the use of sensationalized and exaggerated reporting by newspapers or magazines to attract readers