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U. S. History – America Claims an Empire Study Guide
Section 1
1. In 1891, ____________ becomes Hawaii’s queen and proposes a new constitution.
2. ____________ surrendered Hawaii to the United States in 1893.
3. What would an anti-imperialist be quoted as saying?
4. The rapid growth of industry in the United States helped fuel imperialism because?
5. What stimulated U.S. imperialism?
6. What countries were imperialist powers in the late 1800’s?
7. In 1890, urged by such leaders as U.S. Navy Admiral ____________, the United States constructs many
new battleships, transforming the nation into the world’s third largest naval power.
8. In 1890, ____________ causes a crisis by threatening Hawaiian sugar growers with economic disaster.
9. In 1887, U.S. military and economic leaders pressure Hawaii to allow the United States to build a naval base
at ____________.
10. In 1887, white business leaders force King ____________ to change Hawaii’s constitution to grant voting
rights only to wealthy landowners.
11. In 1893, with aid of the U.S. ambassador, white business groups overthrow the Hawaiian government and
establish a provisional government with ____________ as President.
12. In 1894, President ____________ formally recognizes the Republic of Hawaii.
13. In 1897, ____________ who favors the annexation of Hawaii takes over the presidency from Cleveland.
14. In 1898, ____________ proclaims Hawaii an American territory.
Imperialism –
Section 2
1. What Cuban poet and journalist launched a Cuban revolution in 1895?
2. Jose Marti, a Cuban poet and journalist in exile in New York, organized a guerrilla campaign to destroy
American-owned property in Cuba in order to do what?
3. What General forced Cubans to relocate to concentration camps were thousands of them died?
4. What is a sensational style of writing that exaggerates the news to lure readers?
5. Who told the artist Frederic Remington, “You furnish the pictures and I’ll furnish the war?”
6. Its criticism of the American president caused American resentment toward Spain to turn to outrage?
7. What was included in the de Lome’ letter?
8. The mysterious sinking of the ____________ fueled the movement for war with Spain.
9. “Remember the Maine!” became a rallying cry for U.S. intervention in ____________.
10. Who was the naval commander who led the American forces that steamed into Manila Bay and destroyed
the Spanish fleet?
11. Who was the volunteer cavalry unit who fought in a famous land battle near Santiago, Cuba?
12. Theodore Roosevelt was declared the hero of this, even though he and his units played only a minor role in
its capture.
13. What war ended with the Treaty of Paris of 1898?
14. What nation did the Treaty of Paris of 1898 guarantee independence from Spain?
15. After the war, the United States paid 20 million dollars to Spain for the annexation of this land?
16. What countries came under some form of U.S. control as a result of the Spanish-American War?
Yellow Journalism –
U.S.S. Maine –
Rough Riders –
Treaty of Paris (1898) –
Section 3
1. Luis Munoz Rivera was a newspaper editor and supporter of ____________ for Puerto Rico.
2. Which nation was directly affected by the Foraker Act?
3. What was the purpose of the Foraker Act?
4. Which country’s residents became citizens of the United States in 1917?
5. Which nation did the Platt Amendment make a U.S. protectorate?
6. What did the United States insist that Cuba include in its constitution?
7. The United States would not withdraw its Army from ____________ until that country adopted the Platt
Amendment.
8. For which nation’s independence did Emilio Aguinaldo fight for?
9. Which nation attempted to achieve its independence by going to war against the United States?
10. During the ____________ the United States treated Filipinos in much the same way the Spanish had treated
the Cubans.
11. In which nation did the United States use the same sort of concentration camp practices that it had
condemned Spain for using in Cuba?
12. Which nation was the focus of John Hay’s “Open Door Notes?”
13. The Open Door Policy was designed as a way for the United States to further what?
14. At the turn of the century, what nation could be described as an independent, though bullied, trading partner
of the United States?
15. What nation did the Boxer Rebellion take place?
16. The Boxer Rebellion was an attempt by Chinese revolutionaries to do what?
Foraker Act –
Platt Amendment –
Protectorate –
Open Door Notes –
Boxer Rebellion –
Section 4
1. In what conflict was the U.S. military involved?
2. What action did Theodore Roosevelt win the 1906 Nobel Peace Price?
3. The Panama Canal was built during his Presidency?
4. The United States gained control of the land it needed to build the Panama Canal by what?
5. The Panama Canal was built on land that had previously been controlled by____________.
6. Its construction ranks as one of the world’s greatest engineering feats?
7. Teddy Roosevelt’s approach to foreign policy reflected the proverb “Speak softly and carry a big stick”
because?
8. What was also known as “big stick” diplomacy, and was the official American policy stating that disorder in
Latin America could force the United States to send its military into Latin American nations to protect
American economic interests?
9. On what did the Roosevelt Corollary build?
10. What term refers to the policy of using the U.S. government to guarantee loans made to foreign countries by
American business people?
11. What term refers to the policy of denying recognition of Latin American governments that the United States
viewed as oppressive, undemocratic, or hostile to U.S. interests?
12. During his presidency, the United States and Mexico came close to war.
13. He led American forces into Mexico in pursuit of a Mexican revolutionary leader.
14. American troops were sent to Mexico to try to capture this Mexican revolutionary leader.
15. ____________ led a force of fifteen thousand soldiers in an attempt to capture ____________.
Panama Canal –
Roosevelt Corollary –
Dollar Diplomacy –