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The American Nation
Chapter 23
Answer the questions below on a separate sheet of lined paper. Be sure to answer in complete
sentences using proper paragraph form when needed. Pay attention to spelling, capitalization, and
punctuation. Explain your answers as fully as possible. Provide supporting details and information.
1)
What foreign policy did American presidents follow in the early years of our nation’s
history? Why?
2)
What was important about Commodore Matthew Perry’s visits to Japan in 1853 and
1854?
3)
How did Alaska become part of the United States?
4)
What is imperialism?
5)
What are three reasons Americans became interested in other parts of the world in the late
1800’s?
6)
How did Hawaii become part of the United States?
7)
What is yellow journalism? How did yellow journalism contribute to our going to war
with Spain in 1898?
8)
What were the terms of the Treaty of Paris, 1898, that ended the Spanish-American War?
9)
Why did the U.S. want to build a canal across Panama? How did the U.S. win the right to build
the Panama Canal?
10) How did the Roosevelt Corollary expand American power in the Western Hemisphere?
11) How did the policy of “dollar diplomacy” expand American influence in Latin America?
12) In the late 1800’s and early 1900’s, Americans were divided over imperialism and
expansion. Some argued that our actions in Asia, the Pacific, and Latin America were in
conflict with the ideals set forth in our own Declaration of Independence and the goals of our
own war for independence. Others argued that those actions were necessary for the U.S to
remain strong and continue to grow. What do you think?