The New Frontier

27 September 2023
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What was one way industrialization led to rising imperialism in the 1800s?
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Countries needed cheap raw materials for their growing industries.
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The Roosevelt Corollary said the US government was willing to take action in
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Latin America.
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"In bringing order to the Philippines, our soldiers added a new page to the honor-roll of American history, and they incalculably benefited the islanders themselves. Under the wise administration of Governor Taft the islands now enjoy a peace and liberty of which they have hitherto never even dreamed." —President Theodore Roosevelt, 1901 "...I have seen that we do not intend to free, but to subjugate the people of the Philippines. We have gone there to conquer, not to redeem." —Mark Twain, 1900 The main difference between the comments made by Roosevelt and Twain is
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how the US takeover affects the Filipino people.
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In the 1800s, what new technology helped nations build and maintain their empires?
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machine gun
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In the 1800s, what new technology helped imperial nations communicate quickly with their colonies in other parts of the world?
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telegraph
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Which of the following best explains the arguments for US imperialism in the late 1800s?
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The United States wanted to assume its place as a world power.
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The position of the United States toward Latin America in the 1800s was specifically based on
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the Monroe Doctrine.
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The position of the United States toward Latin America in the 1800s can be characterized as
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defensive
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Which of the following is the best example of imperialism?
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In 1902, Britain wins the South African War and takes over the Transvaal.
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What is the most important reason the United States expanded its territory in Asia in the late 1800s?
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to protect and expand its Asian trade
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Which of the following best explains the goal of imperialism?
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to extend a country's power and influence
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In the late 1800s, Western nations generally believed the peoples of Africa and Asia
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were less civilized.
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A country that expands its power and influence by taking over other countries using diplomacy or military force practices
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imperialism
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A key factor of the empires the United States and European countries built in the late 1800s was:
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nationalism.
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Anti-imperialist efforts in the late 1800s led the US to focus its foreign policy on
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economic expansion.