<p> Review Sheet: Unit 11- American Imperialism Know all terms and questions on term lists</p><p>1. Identify the intellectual, social, philosophical, and racial factors which helped create a new nationalistic mood more receptive to overseas expansion in the late 19c.</p><p>2. How did the new imperialism of the 19c differ from the style of older empires, including America’s Manifest Destiny?</p><p>3. What was Alfred T. Mahan's thesis concerning national power? How did America respond to Mahan's book?</p><p>4. How did U. S. economic prosperity lead it to pursue a policy of imperialism?</p><p>5. What were James G. Blaine's objectives in promoting a Pan-American cooperation? How successful were his efforts?</p><p>6. Why was the United States interested in obtaining control over such places as the Samoan Islands?</p><p>7. How did the United States respond to the Venezuelan crisis of 1895?</p><p>8. What problems did the McKinley Tariff of 1890 cause for American sugar growers in Hawaii?</p><p>AP US – Unit 11 Page 1 Due: Friday 2/10/2012 9. Why did Americans have an interest in annexing Hawaii?</p><p>10. How did the Cleveland administration handle the annexation issue? </p><p>11. Describe early American business and political interests in Cuba and the threats to these interests during Spanish rule of the island.</p><p>12. List the factors that promoted American support for Cuban independence in the late 1890s.</p><p>13. What is meant by "yellow journalism?" How was it spurred by the Spanish-American War? What was its legacy?</p><p>14. List the provisions of the Teller Amendment. Why was it added to the bill declaring war on Spain?</p><p>15. What were the US plans and preparations for the Spanish-American War? How effective were these efforts?</p><p>16. Why did the actions taken by the US Navy's Asiatic fleet change the character of the war?</p><p>17. What role did African-American troops play in the United States' war effort? </p><p>AP US – Unit 11 Page 2 Due: Friday 2/10/2012 18. What was the role of the US in Puerto Rico after the Spanish-American War? What was the Foraker Act? </p><p>19. Why was the Supreme Court decision in the Insular Cases important? How did it impact American territorial acquisitions in the future?</p><p>20. List the provisions of the Platt Amendment. How did it define the role of the US in Cuba following the Spanish-American War?</p><p>21. What was the role of the Anti-Imperialist League in the public debate over the acquisition of the Philippines? Why did the annexation of the islands prevail?</p><p>22. How did America treat the Filipino people during the Filipino-American War? How were these actions a repudiation of the ideals that had led the US to help Cuba secure its independence?</p><p>23. What were the principles of John Jay's Open Door Policy? How was it calculated to provide maximum commercial and diplomatic advantage at a minimum cost? What did the costs turn out to be in the end?</p><p>24. What were the circumstances surrounding the Boxer Rebellion? What was the US position regarding this incident?</p><p>AP US – Unit 11 Page 3 Due: Friday 2/10/2012 25. What were Teddy Roosevelt's views about America's role in the world? How did sea power fit into his vision?</p><p>26. What was the intent of the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine? What was its impact on the role of the US in the Western Hemisphere?</p><p>27. Why did the US want a canal through the Isthmus of Panama? How did the US go about gaining control of the land necessary to build the Panama Canal?</p><p>28. What effects did America’s intervention in the Panama/Columbia situation have on America’s relationships with the rest of Latin America?</p><p>29. What were the causes of the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905? Why did the Japanese decide on mediation? Why did they ask Teddy Roosevelt to be their mediator?</p><p>30. List the provisions of the Treaty of Portsmouth.</p><p>31. What was the status of the US-Japanese relationship in the early 20c?</p><p>32. Why did America become an imperialist power?</p><p>AP US – Unit 11 Page 4 Due: Friday 2/10/2012</p>