1. The political cartoon above
a. expresses the view that US colonies such as Cuba were angered by US expansion in the early 1800s.
b. indicates that
... [Show More] President McKinley was more than willing to engage in territorial expansion.
c. is an attempt to provide justification for US imperialism following World War I.
d. shows President McKinley’s displeasure in establishing a US international empire.
2. Individuals opposed to the concept in the cartoon would have most likely agreed with which of the following
perspectives?
a. America should avoid imperialist expansion
b. America was morally obligated to spread Christianity
c. America should maintain a position as a global interventionist
d. American industry must expand to compete against Europe
3. Which of the following was an immediate cause of increased American influence in the Caribbean and Pacific Islands?
a. American victory in World War I
b. The closing of the American frontier
c. The efforts of muckrakers to expose the ills of society
d. American victory in the Spanish-American War
The following questions focus on the quotation below.
“Whether they will or no, Americans must now begin to look outward. The growing production of the country demands it. An
increasing volume of public sentiment demands it. The position of the United States, between the two great oceans, will soon be
strengthened by the growth of the European colonies in the Pacific, by the advancing civilization of Japan, and by the rapid peopling
of our Pacific States with men who have all the aggressive spirit of the advanced line of national progress.”
Alfred T. Mahan, “The United States Looking Outward,” 1890
4. Which of the following people would most likely support Mahan’s ideas?
a. Someone favoring U.S. annexation of island territories following the Spanish-American War
b. Someone favoring the Great Migration
c. Someone favoring protective tariffs
d. Someone favoring war with Mexico
5. The excerpt was most likely a reaction to which of the following developments? [Show Less]