Download Unit 14 ~ American Imperialism Review

American Imperialism Review
(Please use # 1 – 24 of answers)
The United States emerged as a world power at the end of the ______ century. American
businessmen believed two things would be gained from _______________ trade. First, they felt
American corporations would make huge ___________. Second, American business leaders thought
international trade would bring economic ______________ to the United States.
Until the end of the nineteenth century, the United States followed a foreign policy based on
_________________. Isolationism was the policy of avoiding involvement in ___________ affairs. In
1796 President __________ _____________ said in his Farewell Address, “It is our true policy to steer
clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world.” Washington’s speech set precedent for
the United States to follow a foreign policy of ________________.
In the early 1820’s the United States modified (slightly changed) its commitment to isolationism
when it issued the Monroe Doctrine. President James Monroe warned against new ________________
colonization in the Americas and declared the United States was the protector of the entire
_____________ hemisphere.
Nevertheless, _________________ continued to form the basis of American foreign policy until the
closing decades of the nineteenth century.
As the United States industrialized during the second half of the nineteenth century, American
businessmen and politicians looked more and more at ____________
_____________ as a potential source of American corporate profits. Historians have often called the
late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries the age of American ____________, because during this
period the United States gained control of Hawaii, the Philippines, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands.
Imperialism is the act of one nation gaining ___________ or ____________ control over other countries.
President ____________ ____________ and his Secretary of State ________ _______
announced the Open Door Policy in regard to China in 1899. In the ________
___________ Policy the United States declared that all nations should have equal trading rights in
__________. The McKinley Administration supported equal commercial opportunity for all nations dealing
with China, because they wanted to open up the ____________ market to ______________ businessmen.
During the late 1800s Great Britain, Germany, Russia, France, and Japan had carved out spheres of
influence in a politically weak China. These were areas in which each country held a monopoly over foreign
trade and investment. Thereby, these nations had excluded the _________ _________ from the China
trade. Secretary of State Hay stated America’s opposition to further foreign meddling in China, because
he hoped to create an open door to ___________ trade in this large Asian nation.
President __________ __________ _______ developed the policy of Dollar Diplomacy. Dollar
Diplomacy had two parts. First, it encouraged American banks and corporations to invest in ___________
_____________. Latin America includes both _________ and __________ America. Second, Dollar
Diplomacy promised that the United States ______________ would intervene, if local unrest threatened
____________ investments. Through both the _________ _________ Policy and __________
___________, the United States was engaging in economic imperialism.
At the end of the nineteenth and the first part of the twentieth century the United States also
followed a limited policy of political imperialism. Political imperialism was evident three times in the
American annexation of ___________, the American acquisition of the ________________ and
________ ________, and American involvement with the ____________ Canal. First, in the 1890s
United States ___________ helped American sugar planters overthrow Queen Liliuokalani. This action led
later in the decade to the _______________ of the Hawaiian Islands by the United States.
Second, in 1898 the United States and _________ fought against each other in the SpanishAmerican War. The _________ __________ won this short war, which resulted in the independence of
Cuba. Also as a result of this war, the United States gained Guam, the ______________, and
__________ _______. Furthermore, the United States declared it possessed the right of future
military intervention in the affairs of ________.
Third, President ____________ ____________ negotiated a treaty to build the Panama Canal,
after the United States had skillfully manipulated the situation so that Panama became independent from
Columbia. The ___________ __________ was important because it provided American ships a short cut
between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Since the Panama Canal greatly benefited the American
_______, it advanced the cause of American political imperialism. Because it benefited American
________, the Panama Canal also advanced American economic imperialism.
American foreign policy changed during the late nineteenth century from one based on
________________ to one with a strong component (part) of imperialism, especially ________________
imperialism. The United States looked at ___________ markets as a way to expand the American
economy and make American corporations and their stockholders ________. Self-interest or greed
appeared to be the driving force behind the foreign policy of the United States during this age of
________________.