Exam 19: The Quest for Empire, 1865-1914

As a result of the Treaty of Paris in 1898, ______________________.

Which of the following statements best expresses the rationale behind the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine?

By 1890, Americans owned about what percentage of Hawai'i's wealth?

Explain the foreign policy goals and objectives of the foreign policy elite, and explain the elite's impact on American foreign policy in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

In 1895, from American soil, Jose Marti launched a revolution against which country?

From 1899 to 1902, the United States used its army to suppress a struggle for independence in ___________________.

In the early 1900s, the United Fruit Company ____________________.

Which of the following played a role in precipitating the Cuban revolution of 1895?

Who was the Nationalist leader of the Philippines who had been battling the Spanish for years?

Discuss the foreign policy goals and objectives of William H. Seward as a member of the Senate (1849−1861) and as secretary of state (1861−1869), and explain the extent to which his goals were realized by the late 1880s.

Which statement accurately characterizes the relationship between the United States and Great Britain during the late nineteenth century?

Examine the domestic sources of American expansionism and imperialism in the late nineteenth century.

Secretary of State William H. Seward successfully acquired which of the following for the United States?

Discuss the causes and consequences of the Venezuelan crisis of 1895.

The Platt Amendment:

Compare and contrast American imperialist attitudes toward Asia with that of South America, and discuss whether notions of race and masculinity were applied differently to each region.

One way to arouse patriotism and gain local support for naval expansion was to _________________.

Examine and evaluate American policy toward China in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

As a consequence of the sinking of the Maine, ______________________.

Trace the history of America's foreign relations with Great Britain between 1865 and 1914, and explain why the two nations grew increasingly to respect and trust each other.