Unit 3 Study Packet
Unit 3: Imperialism & WWI Quiz Questions
Some or all of the following questions may be asked during quiz days. All of the
answers to the questions come from the notes and lectures but may also be found in the
textbook.
The New Imperialism
How did most advocates of an American expansionist policy hope to achieve their ends?
Advocates and Reasons for Imperialism
Describe two factors that helped to ignite nationalism within the United States.
What role did the “white man’s burden” play in U.S. expansion?
Industrialization and imperialism are often linked. Provide two examples that help to
explain this.
What influence did Alfred Thayer Mahan’s book have on American imperialism?
Changing from Isolation to Involvement
Why did involvement in the Venezuela Crisis of 1895 mark the U.S. as a world power?
Spanish-American War
List two of the three factors that provided justification for U.S. intervention in Cuba.
Describe three events that caused the war.
The Philippine question brought the issue of imperialism to a new height in the United
States. What were two arguments the anti-imperialists provided? What were two
arguments the pro-imperialists provided?
How are the Teller Amendment and the Platt Amendment linked?
Describe how the Spanish-American War helps to explain another example of American
imperialism during the late 1890s or early 1900s.
Unit 3: Imperialism & WWI Multiple-Choice Study Guide
Lecture Questions
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Advocates of expansionism; achieving their goals
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International Darwinism; factor in nationalism … examples
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Popular press; role in American nationalism
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Nationalism; definition
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“White man’s burden”; role in imperialism … people involved
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Economics; role in expansion
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Reasons for imperialism; examples
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Alfred Thayer Mahan; viewpoint
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Politicians and business leaders; role in imperialism
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Coaling stations; reason for
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Movement from isolation to involvement; example
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Monroe Doctrine; purpose
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Cuba; U.S. interest in
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General Weyler; actions
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Yellow Journalism; example and people involved
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Hearst, Pulitzer
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U.S.S. Maine; results
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Teller Amendment; purpose
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Theodore Roosevelt; role
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Anti-imperialists; examples
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Insular Cases; example
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Platt Amendment; justification
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Annexation of Hawaii
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Open Door Notes; geographic region
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Panama Canal; purpose
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Roosevelt Corollary; viewpoint
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“Dollar Diplomacy”; viewpoint
Text Questions
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International crises; U.S. involvement in, p. 609
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Venezuelan boundary dispute; U.S. justification in, p. 610
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Liliuokalani; forced from power, p. 611
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President Cleveland; Hawaii annexation, p. 611
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President McKinley; reason to declare war on Spain, p. 613
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U.S. Army’s performance in Cuba, p. 615-616
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Philippines; relation to Hawaii, p. 614
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Spanish-American War end; controversy, p. 617
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Philippines; reasons for acquisition, p. 617
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War in the Philippines, p. 623
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Boxer Rebellion; impact on U.S. policy, p. 626
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President Roosevelt; role in Panimanian revolt, p. 628
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U.S. intervention in Latin America; long-term impact, p. 630
WWI
Text Questions
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U.S. trade with Britain versus Germany, p. 671
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World War One; early American opinion, p. 671
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German submarines; reason, p. 672
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Sinking of the Lusitania; impact, p. 674
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Sussex pledge; proviso p. 674
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President Wilson and diplomatic relations with Germany, p. 678
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Zimmerman Note; definition, p. 678
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U.S. declaration of War versus Germany; reason, p. 678
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President Wilson; persuading the American people, p. 679
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President Wilson; reason to enter WWI, p. 679
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U.S. entry into WWI; preparation, p. 681-682
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Civil liberties during WWI, p. 681
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Espionage and Sedition Acts; Supreme Court rulings, p. 681
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Groups that suffered from lack of civil liberties, p. 681
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Women’s participation in the war effort; reward, p. 684
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Strike of 1919; impact of, p. 683
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Movement of Southern blacks; impact of, p. 683
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Efforts to pay for the war; examples, p. 686
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Draft; reason for, p. 687
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Russia’s withdrawal; impact on war, p. 687
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U.S. main contribution during the war, p. 691
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President Wilson’s peace goal, p. 693
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Treaty of Versailles; views on Wilson, p. 694
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Opposition to the League of Nations, p. 696
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Election of 1920; impact on League of Nations, p. 697
Unit 3: Imperialism & WWI
Complete Cornell Notes for the following chapter sections. Notes will be due the day of
the Unit 3 multiple-choice exam.
Ch. 27 Empire and Expansion, 1890-1909
Pg. 608 America Turns Outward
Pg. 610 Spurning the Hawaiian Pear
Pg. 621 New Horizons in Two Hemispheres
Pg. 622 "Little Brown Brothers" in the Philippines
Pg. 626 Imperialism or Bryanism in 1900?
Pg. 627 Building the Panama Canal
Pg. 629 TR's Perversion of Monroe's Doctrine
Ch. 29 Wilsonian Progressivism at Home and Abroad, 1912-1916
Pg. 667 New Directions in Foreign Policy
Pg. 668 Moralistic Diplomacy in Mexico
Ch. 30 The War to End War
Pg. 679 Wilsonian Idealism Enthroned
Pg. 679 Wilson's Fourteen Potent Points
Pg. 680 Creel Manipulates Minds
Pg. 681 The Nation's Factories Go to War
Pg. 685 Forging a War Economy
Pg. 691 The Fourteen Points Disarm Germany
Pg. 692 An Idealist Amid the Imperialists
Pg. 693 Hammering Out the Treaty
Pg. 694 The Peace Treaty That Bred a New War
Pg. 694 The Domestic Parade of Prejudice
Pg. 696 The "Solemn Referendum" of 1920
Pg. 697 The Betrayal of Great Expectations