Quiz alaska and hawaii spanish american war

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What was the reason for american imperialism

Culture, economic, military, political motivations.

Which term best describes the policy of extending a nation's authority by acquiring territory or gaining economic and political control over other areas?

Imperialism

The U.S. desire for new markets to sell surplus goods and acquire raw materials primarily aligns with which motivation for imperialism?

Economic

Why did they annex hawaii

Their resources and to make them a stop for naval bases

Who was the last monarch of hawaii

Queen Liliuokalani

A key strategic motivation for the U.S. acquisition of Hawaii was the establishment of a naval base at:

Pearl Harbor

How did america gain alaska

Russia sold it to America

Why did they want alaska

More land in the pacific, later found abundace of resources(gold and oil)

The U.S. acquisition of Alaska in 1867 was initially criticized by the American public and nicknamed:

Seward’s Folly

Based on the definition of imperialism as 'gaining control over another area,' which acquisition best demonstrates the forceful and non-consensual elements of imperialism?

Hawaii

What was yellow journalism

An exaggeration from journalists

What was the uss maine

a US ship that blew up and caused the war on spain

Who won the spanish american war and what did they do?

The us won adn freed both cuba and the philippines.

The filipino war

began in 1899 to gain independence from the US lasted 3 years

The panama canal was built in

1914

The USA became a __ after the spanish american war

new world power

Why did they build the panama canal?

They built it because they needed a faster way to trade through the oceans

What was the monroe doctrine

The US would worry about the americans and leave the western hemisphere alone.