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Chapter 10 Study Guide
1. _______________________ is the policy in which a stronger nation
extends economic, political and/or military control over a weaker
nation.
2. What were some arguments in favor of American Imperialism?
3. Admiral Alfred Mahan argued that all powerful countries
________________________________________________.
4. Which argument in favor of imperialism is best described as “survival
of the fittest” __________________________.
5. The ____________________________ was the belief that the US had
the responsibility to help the worlds “inferior” people become civilized
like us.
6. What are some arguments against imperialism?
7. Why was it hypocritical if the US followed a policy of imperialism?
8. Why did American sugar planters in Hawaii want the US to annex the
islands?
9. The ___________________________ has a connection to the
successful revolution against Queen Liliuokalani in Hawaii.
10. Who was the first and only president of the Republic of Hawaii?
11. Which president favored the annexation of Hawaii?
12. The Spanish-American War is also known as the
_______________________.
13. The Spanish-American War began and ended in ________.
14. During the Cubans’ second war for independence against Spain, what
did the Cubans do, led by Jose Marti, to try to get the US involved?
15. What were some of the causes of the Spanish-American War?
16. Who was the general, nicknamed “the butcher” who forced Cubans to
relocate to concentration camps where thousands of them died?
17. ______________________________ is exaggerated and sometimes
fake news reporting.
18. ______________________________ practiced yellow journalism to
get the US in the war so they could sell more newspapers.
19. Although Hearst was a successful newsman, his dream of becoming
what failed?
20. In his intercepted letter, Enrique deLome, the Spanish minister to the
United States, wrote what about______________________________.
21. Immediately after the destruction of the ___________________, most
Americans favored war with Spain despite Spanish concessions.
22. In the _______________________________ the US promised it
would not annex Cuba.
23. What were the three main areas of fighting in the Spanish-American
War?
24. Who defeated the Spanish fleet at Manila Bay in the Philippines?
25. Why did Emilio Aguinaldo, the leader of the Filipino rebels, help U.S.
forces in the Philippines against Spain?
26. The U.S. Army in Cuba consisted of ____________________and
_____________________soldiers.
27. ________________________founded by Teddy Roosevelt, fought in
the famous charges of Kettle and San Juan Hill in Cuba during the
Spanish-American War.
28. In the Battle of San Juan Hill, why was Teddy Roosevelt angry with
his troops at first?
29. What group really deserves most of the credit for the battle of San
Juan Hill during the Spanish-American War?
30. Which Spanish possession offered little resistance when American
troops invaded it during the Spanish-American war?
31. Cuba gained its independence was a provision of the
___________________________ of 1898?
32. After winning the____________________________________, the
United States was for the first time considered to be a world power.
33. How did Teddy Roosevelt demonstrate America’s power to the rest of
the world when he was President?
34. Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe warned Europeans to have “handsoff” _________________________ or the United States would
intervene.
35. The Roosevelt Corollary said that the United States would what?
36. Which American President was responsible for the construction of the
Panama Canal?
37. The Panama Canal is significant because it saves ___ miles of travel
on the water route from New York to San Francisco.