2. Use the map to help you answer the question: Why did the United States want * Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines?
The United States Expands in the Pacific
KEY United States and its possessions (1857) Date of acquisition
RUSSIA
JAPAN
CHINA
Philippine 15. (1898)
Guam (1898)
Wake L (1899)
Howland I. Baker I. (1857)
Alaska (1867)
CANADA
PACIFIC OCEAN
Midway Is. (1867)
Johnston L (1858)
Hawaiian Is (1898)
Palmyra Atoll (1898)
UNITED STATES
Gulf of
Mexico
CENTRAL AMERICA
Jarvis I. (1858)
AUSTRALIA
American Samoa (1899)
MEXICO
W
2,000 mi
2,000 km Miller Cylindrical Projection
The U.S. needed new naval bases in the Pacific and new territory for business.
The U.S. needed to spread communism.
The U.S. should be the first Western country to build a colonial empire.
The U.S. wanted more options for Americans to go on vacation.
The U.S. wanted Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines to gain new naval bases in the Pacific and new territory for business purposes.
3. How was Japan different from other powerful nations before 1854? *
It mainly kept to itself, not getting involved with other countries
It supported an Open Door Policy with many European countries
It was an advanced industrial society
It had the largest navy in the world.
Japan mainly kept to itself, not getting involved with other countries before 1854.
4. Use the image below to help you answer the question: What newspaper headlines (the article titles) below could be described as yellow journalism? How might these headlines have played a part in the U.S. joining The Spanish American War?
Use these sentence starters to help you:
(Insert newspaper headline) could be described as yellow journalism because... This led the U.S. to join the Spanish American War because...
$50,000 REWARD. WHO DESTROYED THE MAINE?-$50,000 REWARD.
EDITION FOR GREATER NEW YORK
NEW YORK JOURNAL
AND ADVERTISER.
NEW YORK, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1895-16 PAGES.
PRICE ONE CONT
DESTRUCTION OF THE WAR SHIP MAINE WAS THE WORK OF AN ENEMY
$50,000!
$50,000 REWARD! For the Detection of the Perpetrator of the Maine Outrage!
ACCOMPLICES
THE
OUTRAGE HAD
Assistant Secretary Roosevelt Convinced the Explosion of the War Ship Was Not an Accident.
$50,000!
$50,000 REWARD! For the Detection of the Perpetrator of the Maine Outrage!
eo GAS
TOR OF THIS OUTRAGED
*
The Journal Offers $50.000 Reward for the Conviction of the Criminals Who Sent 258 American Sailors to Their Death. Naval Officers Unanimous That the Ship Was Destroyed on Purpose
The newspaper headlines "Destruction of the War Ship Maine was the Work of an Enemy" and "Naval Officers Unanimous that the Ship Was Destroyed on Purpose" could be described as yellow journalism because they presented sensational, exaggerated claims without reliable evidence to support them. These headlines might have played a part in the U.S. joining the Spanish American War because they provoked intense patriotic and anti-Spanish sentiment in the American public, leading to demands for war with Spain.
5. Which event helped the U.S. win a quick victory in the Spanish-American War? *
The U.S. got help from Mexico
The Rough Riders and Buffalo Soldiers won the Battle of San Juan Hill
The U.S. Navy took control of the Manila harbor in the Philippines
Britain also declared war on Spain, so the Spanish government signed a peace treaty with the US so they could focus on fighting Britain.
The Rough Riders and Buffalo Soldiers winning the Battle of San Juan Hill helped the U.S. win a quick victory in the Spanish-American War.
6. Use the map below to answer the question: How did the Panama Canal help American trade?
San Francisco
United States
New York City
North Atlantic Ocean
PANAMA CANAL
5,200 Miles 8,370 Km
Equator
South America
South Pacific Ocean
13,000 Miles 20,900 Km
It made it faster and cheaper to ship goods
It allowed the U.S. to dominate global trade
It improved relations with European countries
It encouraged American businesses to treat Latin American countries more fairly
The Panama Canal helped American trade by making it faster and cheaper to ship goods.
7. Use the timeline below to answer the question: Which of the following best completes the flowchart of the events that led up to WWI?
Buildup to World War I
European nations compete for new colonies and better navies
Germany forms the Triple Alliance, and France forms the Triple Entente.
Alliances declare war. World War I begins.
Archduke Franz Ferdinand is assassinated
European countries try to form alliances with the United States
The U.S. joins the war
A German U-Boat torpedoed and sank the passenger liner Lusitania