Name: ____________________________________ Date: ___/____/___ Period: _____
Chapter 27: Empire and Expansion
Directions: Define the following vocabulary and terms:
1. Proviso: __________________________________________________________________________________
2. Americanization: __________________________________________________________________________
3. Blue Blood: ______________________________________________________________________________
4. Bellicose: ________________________________________________________________________________
5. Corollary: ________________________________________________________________________________
6. Indemnity: _______________________________________________________________________________
7. Annexation: ______________________________________________________________________________
8. Insular: __________________________________________________________________________________
9. Insurgent: ________________________________________________________________________________
10. Imperialism: ______________________________________________________________________________
11. Reconcentration: __________________________________________________________________________
Directions: Identify and state the historical significance of the following people:
12. Rough Riders: _____________________________________________________________________________
13. Joseph Glidden: ____________________________________________________________________________
14. William Jennings Bryan: _____________________________________________________________________
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Directions: Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
15. Pan-American Conference: ___________________________________________________________________
16. Teller Amendment: _________________________________________________________________________
17. Foraker Act: _______________________________________________________________________________
18. Platt Amendment: __________________________________________________________________________
19. Boxer Rebellion: ___________________________________________________________________________
20. Roosevelt Corrollary:________________________________________________________________________
21. Open Door Policy: __________________________________________________________________________
22. Sphere of Influence: _________________________________________________________________________
23. Scorched-earth Policy: _______________________________________________________________________
Directions: Put the following events in correct order by numbering them from 1 to 5.
24. _______ American rebels in Hawaii seek annexation by the United States, but the American president
turns them down.
25. _______ A battleship explosion aroused fury in America and leads the nation into a war with Spain.
26. _______ A South American boundary dispute leads to aggressive American assertion of the Monroe
Doctrine against Britain.
27. _______ Questionable Roosevelt actions in Central America help create a new republic and pave the
way for a U.S.-built canal.
28. _______ A San Francisco School Board dispute leads to intervention by President Roosevelt and a
Gentlemen’s Agreement to prohibit further Japanese immigration to the United States.
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Name: ____________________________________ Date: ___/____/___ Period: _____
Directions: Match the person with the proper description, inserting the correct capital letter (in
capital form) on the blank line.
A. Imperialist advocate, aggressive assistant navy secretary, Rough Rider, vice president, and president.
B. Harvard philosopher and a leading anti-imperialists opposing U.S. acquisition of the Philippines.
C. Spanish general whose brutal tactics against Cuban rebels outraged American public opinion.
D. Native Hawaiian ruler overthrown in a revolution led by white planters and aided by U.S. troops.
E. Naval commander whose victories in 1898 opened the doors to American imperialism in Asia.
F. Promoter of sensationalist anti-Spanish propaganda and eager advocate of imperialistic war.
G. American military engineer who built the Panama Canal.
H. Filipino leader of a guerrilla war against American rule from 1899 to 1901.
I. Democratic party nominee who campaigned and lost on a platform of opposing imperialism in 1900.
J. American secretary of state who attempted to preserve Chinese independence and protect American
interests in China.
K. American naval officer who wrote influential books emphasizing sea power and advocating a big navy.
29. _______ Alfred Mahan
30. _______ Emilio Aguinaldo
31. _______ Queen Liliuokalani
32. _______ William Randolph Hearst
33. _______ George Dewey
34. _______ John Hay
35. _______ Theodore Roosevelt
36. _______ William James
37. _______ William Jennings Bryan
38. _______ George Washington Goethals
39. _______ “Butcher” Weyler
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Directions: Study the map on page 673 in the textbook and then answer the following question.
40. Which new American acquisition was located the furthest south in the Pacific Ocean? _____________
Directions: Study the map on page 678 in the textbook and then answer the following question.
41. Which of the two battles fought by Rough Riders occurred nearer to Santiago Harbor?
__________________
Directions: Read each description and supply the correct identification in the blank.
42. __________ The principle of American foreign policy invoked by Secretary of State Olney to justify
American intervention in the Venezuelan boundary dispute.
43. __________ Term for the sensationalist and pro-war journalism practiced by William Randolph
Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer.
44. __________ American battleship sent on a friendly visit to Cuba that ended in disaster and war.
45. __________ Site of the dramatic American naval victory that led to the U.S. acquisition of rich,
Spanish-owned Pacific islands.
46. __________ Anti-foreign Chinese revolt of 1900 that brought military intervention by Western
troops, including Americans.
47. __________ Questionable extension of a traditional American policy; declared an American right to
intervene in Latin American nations under certain circumstances.
48. __________ Diplomatic understanding of 1907-1908 that ended a Japanese-American crisis over
treatment of Japanese immigrants to the U.S.
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Chapter 27 Learning Objectives
1. Explain why the U.S. suddenly abandoned its isolationism and turned outward at the end of the
19th C.
2. Describe the forces pushing for American overseas expansion and the causes of the SpanishAmerican War.
3. Describe and explain the unintended results of the Spanish-American War, especially the
conquest of Puerto Rico and the Philippines.
4. Explain McKinley’s decision to keep the Philippines, and the list the opposing arguments in the
debate about imperialism.
5. Analyze the consequences of the Spanish-American War, including the Filipino rebellion
against U.S. rule and the war to suppress it.
6. Explain the growing U.S. involvement in East Asia, and summarize America’s Open Door
policy toward China.
7. Discuss the significance of the pro-imperialist Republican victory in 1900 and the rise of
Theodore Roosevelt as a strong advocate in American power in international affairs.
8. Describe Roosevelt’s assertive policies in Panama and elsewhere in Latin America, and explain
why his corollary to the Monroe Doctrine aroused such controversy.
9. Discuss Roosevelt’s foreign policies and diplomatic achievements, especially regarding Japan.
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