Mcgraw-Imperialism

Imperialism was a time period from late 1700s (18th century) to WWI (1914) when European nations and America attempted to create empires by

dominating weaker nations

The blowing up of the American ship ____ began the Spanish-American War.

U.S.S Maine

The US nickname of the Spanish-American War given by John Hay was

Splendid Little War

The Spanish-American War was fought primarily where?

Cuba and the Philippines

The US bought Alaska from ______ in 1867.

Russia

The act of strong nations taking over weak nations is commonly known as

Imperialism

Which of these would best describe the “Scramble for Africa”?

European nations taking over African colonies

The construction of the ______ showed the rest of the world that America was ready to be a strong imperialist power as it sailed around the world.

Great White Fleet

When a US business took over a small country by investing a lot of money in the country’s economy (buying land, etc.), the small country was known as

Banana Republic

The last queen of Hawaii was

Liliuokalani

The term indigenous means

native to an area

What is the style of journalism that sensationalizes the news in order to sell more papers?  It was used to promote the Spanish-American War.

Yellow Journalism

Taking a country’s raw materials without making anything or replacing them is known as

exploiting

During Imperialism, Industrialized nations needed coal, timber, and iron to make goods. Many poor countries had these goods. Industrialized nations had a choice to make.  

What did countries often do?

Industrialists took over the colonies instead of buying the goods

What is Nationalism?

Imperialist countries think they are better than other countries

What is Cultural Superiority?

The belief that you are racially superior

President T. Roosevelt read the book (written by Alfred Mahan) and decided the USA needed a strong navy. What was the title of that book?

The Influence of Sea Power Upon History

By 1898, the US had sent troops to Hawaii, taken it over, and declared it a US territory.  What is one military reason for this?

Pearl Harbor

The U.S. had plans to finish a canal project through Panama.  The country that had previously tried and failed to build the canal was

France

The foreign policy developed by Teddy Roosevelt during US imperialism was called what?

Speak Softly but Carry a Big Stick

Which is NOT a reason a nation would become imperialistic

To build friendly relationships with foreign powers

As part of Industrialized nations imperialism, nations took over islands as refueling stations for ships.  During the 1800s Imperialism, ships were powered by what?

Coal

During Imperialism, Industrialized nations want to take over countries to show how powerful they are.  When a rival country would take over another country, its rival would feel like it had to do the same.  The best example was the

Scramble for Africa

During the Spanish American War, the rallying cry, used by newspapers, for the US, was what?

“Remember the Maine, to hell with Spain”

With Imperialism, Factories could produce more goods than people at home wanted

Factory owners and politicians decided that taking over other countries created new people who could buy goods. Is this a true statement?

Yes

Annex means what?

To take over

Future US President that became famous during the Spanish American War

Hint: (Fought on horseback with The Roughriders)?

Teddy Roosevelt

Which one is NOT an impact of Imperialism on Indigenous people?

When imperialistic powers eventually left, the nations got a chance to govern themselves and usually prospered in doing so

Reasons nations decided to become imperialistic: To get more

resources to make products

Reasons nations decided to become imperialistic: To open

new markets to sell products

Reasons nations decided to become imperialistic: To compete with rival nations in size(called..

Nationalism

Reasons nations decided to become imperialistic: To acquire land

to build bases and refueling stations

Industrialized nations needed ________ to make goods

coal, timber, and iron

Imperialists forced their religious beliefs on the colonies. Often ______ would arrive with the colonial rulers.

Christian missionaries

Before America became an imperialistic nation, European nations such as ______ had annexed most of Africa, the Middle Eat, and SE Asia

England, France, and Spain

Cuba was granted independence, and the US was given the _______ as territories.

Philippines, Puerto Rico, and Guam

Local culture was replaced or changed by ____.

Western Culture