Robideaux - Ss 10 - Test

Front 1

In the late 1800s, yellow journalists William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulizer were responsible for what...

Back 1

They were responsible for increasing public sympathy for Cuban rebels

Front 2

How would you characterize the following statement, "the desire to protect the free world.."

Back 2

is an example of an ideological reason for imperialism

Front 3

Anti-imperialists were responsible for what type of statements?

Back 3

1) expansion costs too much 2) imperialism will increase migration and cause more social problems

Front 4

Is this an imperialist or anti-imperialist statement, "people that believed it was too expensive to expand in other countries."

Back 4

anti-imperialist

Front 5

Is this an imperialist or anti-imperialist statement, "believed people in territories should be entitled to the guarantees in the U.S. Constitution."

Back 5

anti-imperialist

Front 6

Is this an imperialist or anti-imperialist statement, "business leaders that invested directly in the economies of other countries."

Back 6

imperialist

Front 7

Why did the U.S. follow a policy of expansionism in the late 1800s?

Back 7

The nation needed more markets for its goods.

Front 8

Manifest destiny and the Monroe Doctrine were the basis for what?

Back 8

American expansionism

Front 9

Is this an imperialist or anti-imperialist statement, "supports of a strong U.S. navy."

Back 9

imperialist

Front 10

Why did the U.S. annex Hawaii?

Back 10

The U.S. needed naval bases in the Pacific

Front 11

Ms. Robideaux Social Studies 10

Chapter 9 Imperialism--Becoming a World Power

Back 11

Cut apart and Study

Front 12

U.S. policy towards Latin America in the early 1900s, was that the U.S. used troops because...

Back 12

when it was necessary to pursue its goals there

Front 13

Why did most Americans favor expansionism?

Back 13

Primarily because they wanted favorable trade relations

Front 14

Why did Joseph Pulizer and William Randolph Hearst used yellow journalism in the 1890s?

Back 14

to generate public support for the Spanish-American war

Front 15

Besides frontier ideals what did Theodore Roosevelt believe in?

Back 15

Anglo-Saxon superiority

Front 16

How would you characterize the anti-imperialist organizers?

Back 16

they were mostly upper middle class professionals

Front 17

What principle did the anti-imperialists argue that expansionism rejected?

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it rejected the principle of "liberty for all."

Front 18

Many anti-imperialists worried that expansion would lead to what...

Back 18

it would lead to excessive costs and job losses

Front 19

Why was the building of the Panama Canal important?

Back 19

it facilitated trade between the Atlantic and Pacific ports

Front 20

Which event led to the Spanish American war?

Back 20

the Cuban rebels blew up the U.S.S. Maine

Front 21

Why was the Open Door Policy important to the U.S.?

Back 21

It gave the U.S. millions of Chinese consumers

Front 22

European and American imperialism grew as a result of what?

Back 22

the need for foreign markets

Front 23

Under imperialism, the stronger nation attempts to...

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1) create an empire 2) sell its products to a weaker country 3) dominate a weaker country

Front 24

What did opponents of American expansion fear?

Back 24

a weakened economy

Front 25

Why did Americans side with Cuban rebels against Spain?

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it was the result of yellow journalism

Front 26

What happened as a result of a global impact of imperialism in the late 19th and early 20th centuries?

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the modernization of technologically undeveloped countries, such as Japan

Front 27

In China, why did the U.S. compete with other nations?

Back 27

for equal access to Chinese consumers

Front 28

What term refers to the addition of a new territory to an existing country?

Back 28

annexation

Front 29

What is the name of Taft's economic policy of keeping order and stability in countries abroad by investing in economies?

Back 29

dollar diplomacy

Front 30

What is another term for imperialism?

Back 30

expansionism

Front 31

What is the name of the type of newspaper coverage that sensationalizes stories to increase circulation?

Back 31

yellow journalism

Front 32

What is the name of the policy in which the U.S. wants to have equal access to trade with Chinese consumers?

Back 32

the Open Door Policy

Front 33

What is the name of the policy in which the U.S. wants the same access to trade with China as any other nation?

Back 33

"most favored nation" status

Front 34

Name the practice by which stronger nations attempt to create empires by dominating weaker nations?

Back 34

imperialism

Front 35

The Americans blame the Spanish for blowing up this U.S. ship and then call for war?

Back 35

the U.S.S. Maine

Front 36

After which war, does Cuba become an independent country and the U.S. gains territory in Guam, the Philippines, and Puerto Rico?

Back 36

it was the Spanish American war

Front 37

What is the name of the route that linked the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean?

Back 37

the Panama Canal

Front 38

What was the chief reason the U.S. built the Panama Canal?

Back 38

to reduce travel time for commercial and military shipping

Front 39

Name 3 reasons why the U.S. wanted to engage in the practice of imperialism?

Back 39

1) to spread Christianity 2) access to new markets 3) social darwinsism

Front 40

Name 2 or 3 reasons for yellow journalism?

Back 40

1) an attempt to sway public opinion 2) create more competition/and more readers 3) to encourage trade with other nations

Front 41

Give at least 3 reasons why the anti-imperalists were against expansionism?

Back 41

1) too expensive 2) loss of American jobs 3) didn't want immigrants to enter the U.S.