Unit 5 America Imperealism

Question 1

How did the westward movement impact American Indians?

Answer 1

They lost land, independence, and culture

Question 2

What were the primary motivations (consider economic, political, and social reasons) for America’s territorial expansion during the late 19th and early 20th century?

Answer 2

Economic: Sugar plantations in Hawaii, trade control in the Panama Canal, and trade with China.
Military: Pearl Harbor Naval Base in Hawaii
Political: Stability in Latin America, power and control over the Western Hemisphere

Question 3

What is the Homestead Act?

Answer 3

everyone could buy Native American’s land

Question 4

What is the Dawes Act

Answer 4

the president had to break up reservation land

Question 5

What was the Reservation System?

Answer 5

where natives could reserve some land to be able to be independent and govern themselves. but the land was very small compared to where they used to live

Question 6

What happened at the Indian Residential Schools?

Answer 6

Native children were being taken away by force, or parents “willingly” gave them away to boarding schools where they were taught English and converted to Christianity. They were also given American names and haircuts.

Question 7

What happened in the Plains Wars?

Answer 7

It was a series of conflicts between native tribes and white settlers because the white settlers kept moving west

Question 8

What was the Battle of Little Bighorn?

Answer 8

The native tribe was given a deadline by the U.S. government to move off the land and into reservations, and the native tribes who weren’t out before the deadline was being moved by the Army, but later they defeated General Custer and his army

Question 9

What was The Wounded Knee Massacre

Answer 9

Native Americans did a Ghost Dance to attempt to resist westward expansion and in turn, the U.S. army arrested Lakots tribe leader Sitting Bull, then this huge fight broke out and hundreds of Native Americans were massacred.

Question 10

Why was the U.S. interested in Hawaii?

Answer 10

They wanted their sugar plantations so they could make more money and also established the Pearl Harbor U.S. Naval Base.

Question 11

Who were Yellow Journalists?

Answer 11

They were journalists who exaggerated or sensationalized stories like the terrible conditions in Cuba

Question 12

What is Jingoism?

Answer 12

extreme nationalism or superiority of your country

Question 13

What happened in the Philipphine-American War?

Answer 13

America wanted to take control of this country so that others wouldn’t. It was a four-year-long war. Once the war was over, America changed their culture entirely and converted them to Christianity, had English become the primary language, and shipped American teachers to the Philippines.

Question 14

What was the Treaty of Paris 1898?

Answer 14

The U.S. gained the Spanish territories of Guam, the Philippines, and Puerto Rico.

Question 15

What is the Plat Amendment?

Answer 15

The U.S. wanted to maintain influence and control in Cuba because they wanted fruit, sugar, and tobacco.

Question 16

How did the Spanish-American War impact the U.S?

Answer 16

They got increased possesions and political power

Question 17

What was Manifest Destiny?

Answer 17

The strong belief that America had a mission from God to expand westward brought the American culture of democracy and capitalism to the American continent.

Question 18

What was the Big Stick Policy?

Answer 18

This was from president Roosevelt saying that we should speak softly but use the military as a threat

Question 19

What was the Dollar Diplomacy?

Answer 19

This was from Taft saying to replace European loans with U.S. loans

Question 20

What was the Open Door Policy?

Answer 20

It allowed all countries to trade with different parts of China, but the U.S. established this policy to be able to still trade with China

Question 21

What did the Monroe Document State?

Answer 21

That the United States will not strike unless they are being attacked and that if they must have to take action, these actions will be with other countries

Question 22

What is the sphere of influence?

Answer 22

A country that has economic effects on another country

Question 23

What is annexation?

Answer 23

When a country takes possession of a piece of land or country with force and without permission

Question 24

The Roosevelt Corollary

Answer 24

States that the United States had the responsibility to preserve order and protect life and property in those countries.

Question 25

In what ways did American expansionism change America? (answer in two parts) ACE Paragraph
A) analyze the benefits of America’s aggressive expansion efforts during the late 19th and early 20th century
B) analyze the drawbacks of America’s aggressive expansion decisions during this time period. In what ways did it create challenges and negative repercussions?

Answer 25

One benefit was gaining access to Hawaii, which was good for them because they were able to get more military benefits since Hawaii is in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.
One benefit of imperialism was control in Cuba. This was beneficial because America could get tobacco, sugar, and fruit exports.
One drawback of expansionism was
the Philliphine-American War because 4,300 Americans died.

Question 26

Who was Quee Lilioukiwani?

Answer 26

She was forcefully dethroned from the Americans.

Question 27

How did supporters of expansion in the U.S. justify their expansionist motives?

Answer 27

Manifest Destiny
Social Darwinism

Question 28

Explain the impact of America’s expansion on native populations.

Answer 28

They were losing their land, independence, freedom, and culture