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The American Yawp
Chapter 19 – American Imperialism Garry R. Nielsen 1. When did the United States begin trading with China?
a. 1784
b. 1831
c. 1854
d. 1911
[A] page 83, Section II, paragraph 2, American ships have been traveling to and from China for foreign trade, only in a small percentage. 2. What was the Open Door Policy?
a. A commitment to free trade throughout the Pacific Rim
b. A demand for the abolition of all tariffs
c. The use of gunboat diplomacy in establishing trade with Japan
d. A call for all western powers to have equal access to Chinese markets
[D] page 83, Section II, paragraph 2, To have the American economic interest at the forefront, John Hays pushed to have this policy established. 3. How did the United States respond to the Boxer Rebellion in China?
a. President McKinley sent the U.S. Army into China without consulting congress
b. American troops fought alongside British troops in a western coalition designed to
bring peace
c. The Americans sent diplomats to protect missionaries and businesses
d. The United States did not respond formally to the rebellion due to isolationist
commitments
[A] page 83, Section II, paragraph 2, in the year of 1900, the president sent troops to intervene against the Boxer Rebellion who wanted to prevent trade from China in the name of American interest. 4. All of the following statements regarding the Guano Islands Act of 1856 are true EXCEPT
a. Guano was a popular fertilizer that was integral to industrial farming
b. This legislation put Guano Islands on a path to statehood that later was rejected
c. This legislation authorized and encouraged Americans to venture into the seas and
claim islands with guano deposits for the United States
d. These acquisitions were the first insular, unincorporated territories of the United
States
[B] page 84, paragraph 1, Although this was America’s first claimed territory and set the foundation for further territories, it was never set up to become an official statehood or had no plans on becoming established.
5. What economic activity most united Brazil and the United States in the early nineteenth
century?
a. Sugar trade
b. America textile manufacturing
c. Slave trade
d. Mahogany trade
[A] page 84, paragraph 2, Through the popularity of sugar plantations in the Hawaii islands, white American missionaries began to look the southern countries for expansion of their businesses. 6. Why did President Wilson authorize the invasion of Veracruz, Mexico?
a. Victoriano Huerta executed democratically elected president, Francisco Madero
b. Americans with financial investments in Mexico asked for intervention
c. Mexican forces mistakenly arrested American sailors
d. All of the above
[D] pages 84-85, paragraphs 4 and 1, through each event listed above President Wilson saw an opportunity to invade the port city.
7. During the nineteenth century, American interests in the Middle East revolved around all of
the following EXCEPT
a. Religion
b. Oil
c. Education
d. Access to trading routes
[B] page 19, paragraph 1, most of American interest came in the forms of church, schools, and little trade. At that point oil was not an interest for America in the middle east. 8. All of the following statements regarding the Philippine-American War are true EXCEPT
a. The United States received the territory of the Philippines after the Spanish-
American War
b. The Filipinos were fighting in attempt to earn independence
c. The war began with the assassination of Emilio Aguinaldo, president of the First
Philippine Republic
d. The beginning of the Philippine-American War was marked with confusion
[C] page 90, paragraph 3, experienced leader Emilio Aguinaldo fought Spain for independence and later America in a bloodier war than the Spanish-American war.
9. As President Theodore Roosevelt transformed the American navy by emphasizing which of
the following strategies?
a. Targeted commercial raiding
b. Revamped coastal defense
c. The construction of small, fast “brown water” ships
d. Creating battleships and a “blue water” navy that would win battles against rival
fleets
[D] page 93, paragraph 2, inspired by Mahan’s theories, opposed to commercial raiding, brown water sips and revamped costal defense, Roosevelt found grew the American naval power by larger and more powerful fleets.
10. How did the Roosevelt Corollary modify the Monroe Doctrine?
a. By creating the Great White Fleet to project American Power in the Pacific Ocean
and around the world
b. Declaring that the U.S. had the right to preemptive action through intervention in
any Latin American nation to correct administrative and fiscal deficiencies
c. By encouraging the independence movement in the Philippines
d. Through an aggressive avoidance of dollar diplomacy and gunboat diplomacy
[B] page 94, paragraph 3, Roosevelt was able to expand the policy and keep a grasp on American interest in Cuba, and Puerto Rico through military presence.
11. Women participated in the global influence of the United States in many ways, including as
all of the following EXCEPT
a. Missionaries
b. Teachers
c. Diplomats
d. Medical professionals
[C] page 98, paragraph 1, Although woman served as representatives to many American businesses, the were still gender divides in place at that time. 12. Which ethnic group faces the most rigid immigration restrictions?
a. Chinese
b. Italians
c. Irish
d. Jews
[A] page 101, paragraph 2, due the passing of the page act, Chinese immigration restriction focused on convicted criminals, involuntarily workers, and woman meant for prostitution. After the passing of the Chinese exclusion act Chinese were denied access to American immigration based off their race.
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13. At the turn of the century, the percentage of immigrants from which region decreased in
relation to other regions?
a. Southern Europe
b. Eastern Europe
c. East Asia
d. Western Europe
[C] page 103, paragraph 1, Due to a gentleman’s agreement reached by Japan and American stopping issuing of Japanese passports also passing of the Chinese exclusion act, that kept Chinese immigrants from coming to America based off of their race. 14. Which ethnic group was most numerous among the Catholic bishops in the United States?
a. Polish
b. Italians
c. Irish
d. Germans
[C] page 103, paragraph 4, Many catholic immigrants were flooding into America, and often questioned the Iris dominance in America catholic hierarchy.
15. Catholic clergymen who took up the name “Americanists” believed in all of the following
EXCEPT
a. Catholic immigrants should try to assimilate into the English-speaking mainstream
b. Public schools were a danger to the Catholic faith
c. The Church should close “ethic parishes”
d. The separation of church and state would benefit Catholicism
[D] page 104, paragraph 1, more conservative clergymen believed that the American mainstream protestant ways of separation of church and state created a treat to the catholic religion. Was the acquisition of Puerto Rico, the Philippines and Guam an act of imperial conquest for the United States? After agreeing to cease-fire terms with Spain, America acquired Puerto Rico, Philippines, and Guam (page 88, paragraph 3). While acquiring these islands, America often used military force to police and persuade the governments of the islands to maintain American interest. With Roosevelt creating policies to gain control of their governments to dictate outcomes, and later establishing the dollar diplomacy created a constant hand in the American interest (page 95, paragraph 2). I believe that the gaining of these territories following the Spanish-American war was an act of imperial conquest.
When the United States declared independence from an empire, it based its founding in democratic ideals. Is the era of American Empire in support and agreement with the founding principles? Why or why not?
Although America was founded on ideas that a country should be its own independent nation, however, during the American Empire era they did exactly the opposite to the countries
they had acquired through war. Not only did the United States instill fear and control through military force, they also played a key role in the government politics of the territories. By gaining control of countries outside of our own borders we became the very power that we fought against for independence. (page 82, paragraph 1).