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Murphy11CH10guide
11th Grade CH10 test guide
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| President known for his "dollar diplomacy" | William Howard Taft |
| newspaper publisher whose "yellow journalism" influenced public opinion | William Randolph Hearst |
| Admiral who led attack on Spanish ships in the Philippines | George Dewey |
| "Rough Rider" who later became president | Theodore Roosevelt |
| policy under which stronger nations attempt to create empires by dominating weaker nations | imperialism |
| a grant of land in exchange for a promise to use it for a specific purpose | concession |
| to join a new territory to an existing country | annex |
| settlement of a dispute by a person chosen to listen to both sides | arbitration |
| policy giving the United States equal access to rading rights in China | Open Door Policy |
| national pride combined with a desire for an aggressive foreign policy | jingoism |
| areas of economic and political control | sphere of influence |
| required | compulsory |
| belief that differences in character or intelligence are due to one's race | racism |
| white ships of the US Navy | Great White Fleet |
| Congress paid $25 million to ____ for having illegally acquired the Canal Zone. | Colombia |
| Guerrillas on the island nation of ___ destroyed American-owned sugar mills to gain support for independence. | Cuba |
| The Spanish-American War becan in 1989 in ____ | the Philippines Islands |
| Alfred T. Mahan argued that to protect trade, the US must build up its ____. | Navy |
| Name a major economic argument for US expansion. | The US needed new markets for its goods |
| Name a result of the Spanish-American War.___ | Puerto Rico and Guam were made unincorporated US territories. |
| What was the central message of the Roosevelt Corollary? | The US would use force to prevent intervention in the affairs of neighboring countries. |
| The US acquired control of the Isthmus of Panama from Colombia by ____. | by encouraging a revolt in Panama |
| The banana republics of Central America were ___. | controlled by American business interests. |
| One reason the US wanted to build a canal across Panama to ___. | to cut travel time between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. |
| Americans sided with the Cuban rebels against Spain as a result of ___. | yellow journalism |
| In China, the US competed woth other nations for ____. | for access to Chinese consumers. |
| Why was the US concerned with events in Cuba? | Cuba is located closest to the US. US businesses had extablished plantations in Cuba, and many Cuban exiles lived in the US. |
| Why was Panama a logical choice for a Canal Zone? | It is the narrowest part of Central America. The isthnus divided the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. |
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