5. Quiz on Imperialism





Imperialism and the Manifest Destiny?


  1. Why did Hearst and Pulitzer want the US to go to war with Spain?
     Neither of them liked the King of Spain.
     They wanted to buy vacation land in Cuba, but Spain wouldn't let them.
     Hearst had a relative who died when the USS Maine exploded and demanded revenge.
     They were competing to sell papers and the sensationalism of the sinking of a US battleship was excellent fodder.
  2. United States businesses had millions of dollars invested in Cuba prior to the war with Spain.


  3. Spain was a close ally of the United States and had treated the Cuban people with dignity and respect for centuries.


  4. Choose the best definition of imperialism.
     The governing of one nation over a dependent country, territory, or people.
     The policy of extending the influence or authority of an empire or nation over foreign countries.
     Share and share alike.
     The belief that the US was a chosen land that had been allotted the entire North American continent by God.
  5. Prominent politicians in the late 1800s and early 1900s openly talked about creating an empire for the United States.




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