Imperialism Scavenger Hunt

The purpose of this exercise is to explore and review past terms for the Unit 5: Imperialism unit test.  Read each of the websites provided for the correct answers . Answers should be in depth and be in complete sentences. 

1) Imperialism is defined as a “domination by a powerful nation over the political, economic, and cultural affairs of another nation or region.”
Explain why and how Africa fell to Imperialism and which countries were involved?

https://www.theclassroom.com/were-causes-european-imperialism-africa-6607.html



2) Describe the Sepoy Rebellion that took place in India in 1857..

https://www.thoughtco.com/sepoy-mutiny-of-1857-1774014



3) Why was India known as the “Crown Jewel of the British Empire?”

https://bigsiteofhistory.com/india-the-crown-jewel-of-empire-1815-1915-modern-empires-and-imperialism/

4) Describe the Open Door Policy and its effects.
https://history.state.gov/milestones/1899-1913/hay-and-china


5) Discuss the anti-imperialistic Boxer Rebellion that took place in China between 1899-1901.
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/boxer-rebellion-begins-in-china


6) Identify how Japan didn’t fall to imperialism during the Russo-Japanese War 1904-05.
https://www.historynet.com/russo-japanese-war-japans-first-big-surprise.htm

7) What was America's longstanding foreign policy? and Why did America want this policy?
https://www.thoughtco.com/the-evolution-of-american-isolationism-4123832

8) Name the causes of the Spanish American War?
https://www.history.com/topics/early-20th-century-us/spanish-american-war

9) Describe what Yellow Journalism is and why it was considered the “Fake News” of the 19th Century. Why do you think Yellow Journalism is dangerous and wrong or do you think its ok? Explain why!
https://publicdomainreview.org/collections/yellow-journalism-the-fake-news-of-the-19th-century/


10) Who got blamed for the Sinking of the USS Maine and what probably really happened?
http://www.sparknotes.com/history/american/spanishamerican/section3/



11) What were the results of the Spanish American War (Treaty of Paris 1898)?

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/treaty-of-paris-ends-spanish-american-war

12) Why did President McKinley have a tough time deciding “What to do with the Philippines?”

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/disp_textbook.cfm?smtID=3&psid=1257

13) How did the cartoonist depict Uncle Sam and why do you think it’s titled “Declined with thanks”?
https://www.csub.edu/~gsantos/img0083.html


14) Why did Theodore Roosevelt send the new Great White Fleet around the world?
https://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h942.html


15) Why did the United States want to build the Panama Canal?
https://history.state.gov/milestones/1899-1913/panama-canal


16) Explain Two Reasons why the United States was interested in Hawaii.
https://history.state.gov/milestones/1899-1913/panama-canal


17) What was the name of the Hawaiian Queen that American Planters removed from power and what was her significance?

https://www.history.com/topics/19th-century/liliuokalani

18) Describe the “Gunboat Policy” initiated by Roosevelt and explain its impact on Cuba and Latin America.

https://weaponsandwarfare.com/2015/08/29/gunboat-diplomacy/

19) Explain what Roosevelt’s “Big Stick Policy” was and how was it used in the Panama Canal and in Cuba?

20) Identify and discuss the meaning of the political cartoon “The News Reaches Bogota.”
https://mypoettree.wordpress.com/2011/11/08/the-news-reaches-bogota-_-us-history-project-2/