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| Which individual emphasized the need to create a strong, modern navy? | Alfred Mahan |
| Which literary work is an example of support for Social Darwinism? | White Man's Burden |
| Who is associated with promoting the superiority of "Anglo-Saxon" culture to justify imperialism? | Josiah Strong |
| Which social theory was used to support American expansion in the late 1800s? | Social Darwinism |
| What was the aggressive foreign policy that advocated the use of military power called? | jingoism |
| What goals were reasons for American expansion as a world power in the late 1800s? | naval bases, new markets, jingoism, superiority of Anglo-Saxon culture |
| Which territorial acquisition was referred to as "Seward's Folly"? | Alaska |
| What president supported the annexation of Hawaii? | William McKinley |
| What cause of the Spanish-American war were newspaper editors Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst associated with? | yellow journalism |
| Which event led to the Spanish-American War? | explosion of the U.S.S. Maine |
| Which territory did the U.S. acquire as a result of Commodore George Dewey's naval victory in the Spanish-American War? | Phillippines |
| Which individual gained fame for leading the "Rough Riders" to victory in Cuba during the Spanish-American War? | Theodore Roosevelt |
| Which legislation resulted in Cuban independence after the Spanish-American War? | Teller amendment |
| Which legislation gave the U.S. the right to intervene in Cuban affairs after the Spanish-American War? | Platt amendment |
| What was President Theodore Roosevelt's aggressive use of power in Latin America called? | "Big stick" diplomacy |
| What is the best example of Theodore Roosevelt's "Big stick" diplomacy? | the Panama canal |
| What was the goal of Secretary of State John Hay's "Open Door" policy? | equal and open trade in China |
| Which event is an example of Chinese opposition to foreign influence? | Boxer Rebellion |
| What role did the U.S. take in Latin America as a result of the Roosevelt Corollary? | international police power |
| Which policy was used by President William Howard Taft to support U.S. business interests in Latin America? | dollar diplomacy |
| Which policy was used by President Woodrow Wilson to support democracy in Latin America? | missionary diplomacy |
| What event resulted in President Woodrow Wilson decision to send U.S. troops into Mexico? | Pancho Villa raids |
| What territories did the U.S. acquire as a result of the Spanish-American War? | Phillippines, Guam, and Puerto Rico |
| The Treaty of Paris (1898) resulted in the U.S. acquisition of which territories from Spain? | Phillippines, Guam, and Puerto Rico |
| Who was the Sec of State that authored the Open Door Policy? | John Hay |
| What historian wrote that imperialism of the late 1890's was the 2nd period of Manifest Destiny? | Frederick Jackson Turner |
| What was Historian Turner's thesis concerning imperialism? | the Frontier thesis |
| Who was sent to open American trade with Japan? | Commodore Matthew Perry |
| What Spanish communication insulted Pres McKinley and pushed him to intervene in the Cuba Revolution? | the de Lome letter |
| Which political party most supported imperialism? | Republicans |
| What Supreme Court ruling stated the Constitution did not automatically follow the flag concerning colonies? | the Insular cases |
| What country was taken over by American landowners and later annexed in 1898? | Hawaii |
| What President negotiated the return of the Panama Canal to Panama? | Jimmy Carter |
| What Army general was sent into Mexico and then sent to France with US troops in 1916-17? | John J. Pershing |
