Imperialism True or False

1. Which of these best describes the origins of the war(s) against Spain? -> Cubans and Filipinos started revolutionary movements to overthrow Spain's imperial regime.
2. Which of these helps to explain why the United States got involved in the wars against Spain? -> A belief in the American authority to police and protect the western hemisphere.
3. Which of these was an argument against a 19th-century American empire? -> In an act of reverse psychology, Cubans argued for American imperialism as a way to trick them into granting independence.
4. Which of these had been used to justify intervention and arguably imperial expansion in the years before Bryan gave his "Imperialism" speech? -> The Monroe Doctrine
5. What was the name of the ship that exploded in the Havana Harbor and helped to spark the Spanish-American War? -> USS Cuba Libre

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