What is the definition of Imperialism?

1. As a result of improvements made in technology during the 2nd Industrial Revolution technological advances, countries started to expand their territories.  The United States wanting to compete with other advanced nations began to follow this practice of              (                            ).  A strong country taking over a weaker country. 

 Imperialism is often identified with the 3Gs which stands for 

• ___________________, represents the RESOURCES from territories they would take over.

• ,__________represents NATIONAL PRIDE and the increase in the nations standing as a WORLD POWER.

• ______________, the RELIGOUS and CULTURAL BELIEF that their way of life was better than that of their imperial subjects.

American foreign expansion however began with the purchase of

(                                      )   from Russia in 1866.

 When the United States began the process of annexing(                      ) because of its strategic location in the Pacific Ocean the kingdom’s  last monarch,              

  (                            ), did everything she could to oppose it and fight for the                     (                     ) of her people.

During the (               ) many of the(                         )  the all black military unit that rose to fame during Westward  Expansion were discriminated against because of their         (                          ).

After the defeat of Spain in the (                      ), they SIGNED a (                    ) to mark the end of the war the rise of the United States as a world power.

Before the United States became an imperial power it was an (             ) country for a long period of time. George Washington from the very beginning of the birth of our country felt that by not getting involved in the affairs it would give us the opportunity to build ourselves up and become a strong nation.  .Once the United States developed economically and industrially during the Industrial Revolution they changed their              (                     )    because they wanted to get more involved in world affairs that meant interactions with other nations. and an end to isolation. 

In a (                      ), every citizen should have the right to vote.

After the conflict ended and the treaty was signed, there was finally (                  ) between the U.S. and Spain.

In 1898 a POEM titled the (                                     ) was used as a tool to justify American Imperialism. This poem inspired many political cartoons.

What country did the U.S. purchase Alaska from?

The Purchase of Alaska was often referred to as "Seward's Folly or Andrew Johnson's Polar Bear Garden" Which of the following choices best reflects why some critics labled the purchase with these terms?

The USA purchased Alaska from Russia in 1867. How much did the American government pay for the territory?

What were TWO beneficial ECONOMIC resources the U.S.gained after purchasing Alaska?

Annex means

The U.S. wanted control of Hawaii for which of the two following reasons/

Hawaii’s leader during the U.S. annexation was a ___________.

Liliuokalani encouraged the people of Hawaii to fight back against the United States?

Alaska and Hawaii were U.S. territories before they became states.

What was one of the main crop the United States was interested in from Hawaii?

The following politcal cartoon reflects the overall meaning behind the White Man's Burden a poem that was written in 1898 following the defeat of Spain and the rise of the Untied States as a world power after the Spanish American war. Which of the following choices below best reflects the message the poem is conveying about imperialism?

The following politcal cartoon reflects the OPPOSITE VIEW OF THE White Man's Burden a poem that was written in 1898. Which of the following choices below best reflects how the politcal cartoon opposes the message of the poem ?