Download Chapter 12 Review Test New York journalist who owned the New

Chapter 12 Review Test
1. New York journalist who owned the New York Journal and reported outrageous stories of the
Spanish feeding Cuban prisoners to sharks and dogs
2. A country that is technically independent but is actually under the control of another country
3. Stronger nations attempt to create empires by dominating weaker nations—economically,
politically, culturally, and militarily
4. Idea that the English speaking nations of the world were superior to others
5. U.S. senator who pushed for construction of a new navy
6. U.S. commodore who was ordered to take a naval expedition to Japan to negotiate a trade
treaty
7. Desire for an aggressive foreign policy
8. Mix of cowboys, miners, and law officers led by Teddy Roosevelt, on horseback, during the
Battle of San Juan hill
9. Sensationalized reporting that caused the U.S. to go to war with Spain
10. New York journalist who owned the New York World and described Cuba as a place with “blood
on the roadsides”
11. U.S. naval ship that exploded in Havana harbor and killed over 200 Americans
12. U.S. policy toward China in which all countries would have access to China’s consumers and
resources
13. Amendment that specified that Cuba could not make any treaty with another nation that would
weaken its independence or allow another foreign power to gain territory in Cuba
14. Ascended the Hawaiian throne in 1891 and established a new constitution that would have
reasserted her authority
15. Treaty in which Spain gives Philippines, Guam, and Puerto Rico to the U.S.
16. War fought by Americans and Cubans against Spain; a.k.a. a “splendid little war”
17. U.S. naval officer who published a book called “The Influence of Sea Power Upon History”
18. Roosevelt’s 1904 extension of the Monroe Doctrine in which he asserted the right of the U.S.
to intervene in Latin American nations
19. President Taft’s policy of encouraging American investment abroad
20. A force of U.S. Navy ships that undertook a world cruise in 1907.
ESSAY:
Discuss the rise of imperialism throughout the world and the United States.
Include in your essay: Why countries imperialize? Who led the way? Why and where did the U.S.
imperialize.