B. unit 3 Overseas Expansion Q.1

Question 1

established American foreign policy for the Western Hemisphere

Answer 1

Monroe

Question 2

the Alaskan Purchase

Answer 2

Seward

Question 3

led American naval forces in the Philippines

Answer 3

Dewey

Question 4

Japanese-American treaty

Answer 4

Dewey

Question 5

originator of a trading policy with China

Answer 5

Hay

Question 6

President who involved America in world affairs

Answer 6

Roosevelt

Question 7

President who was slandered by a Spanish ambassador

Answer 7

McKinley

Question 8

a Mexican revolutionary who murdered Americans

Answer 8

Villa

Question 9

fought yellow fever in Panama

Answer 9

Gorgas

Question 10

American admiral who won naval battle near Santiago

Answer 10

Sampson

Question 10

“Seward’s Folly” was America’s purchase of Alaska from

Answer 10

Russia

Question 10

builder of the Panama Canal

Answer 10

Goethals

Question 11

In 1887, how did non-native businessmen gain control of the Hawaiian government?

Answer 11

They forced the king to sign a new constitution.

Question 11

commanded United States army in Puerto Rico

Answer 11

Miles

Question 12

The right to intervene in Cuban affairs for the protection of United States

Answer 12

platt Amendment.

Question 12

sinking of the Maine contributed to America’s declaration of what war?

Answer 12

Spanish-American War

Question 13

president’s policy of enforcing the Monroe Doctrine in the Caribbean

Answer 13

Theodore Roosevelt

Question 14

After the Spanish-American War, the United States acquired Cuba as a ________

Answer 14

protectorate

Question 15

Which influential American led a charged up San Juan Hill in Cuba?

Answer 15

Theodore Roosevelt

Question 16

Roosevelt’s plan that offered equal treatment for the common man

Answer 16

square deal

Question 17

Why did the Alaskan Purchase end up being profitable for the United States?

Answer 17

gold and oil were found there

Question 18

American public’s feelings toward Cuba’s fight for independence?

Answer 18

reminded US of their battle for independence.

Question 18

Before the Panama Canal coult be built, the problem of __________ had to be addressed.

Answer 18

disease

Question 18

In 1854, Commodore Perry forced which Asian nation to begin trading with America?

Answer 18

Japan

Question 19

Why did the United States become involved in the affairs of Santo Domingo and Haiti?

Answer 19

threatened with invasion from European nations

Question 20

The Monroe Doctrine was established for

Answer 20

give the US exclusive right to colonize in the Caribbean

Question 20

___________ did not contribute to increasing United States involvement in world affairs?

Answer 20

the Square Deal

Question 21

________ & ________ contributed to the Latin American bitterness and fear of the U.S.

Answer 21

Intervention in Mexico the Platt Amendment

Question 21

United States involvement in Cuban independence

Answer 21

Spain's willingness to negotiate

Question 22

results of the Spanish-American War?

Answer 22

Cuba became independent of Spain The United States became a world power