AP®︎ US History: Topic 7.2 Practice Test
Prepare for your quiz, test, or the AP exam with focused practice questions on Topic 7.2 of AP US History – Imperialism: Debates.
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Topic 7.2
Question 1 Easy
This question tests the following: KC-7.3.I.A
Which territory was targeted by pro-imperialists for its sugar plantations and strategic location in the Pacific?
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Topic 7.2: Imperialism: Debates
Thematic Focus: America in the WorldWOR
Diplomatic, economic, cultural, and military interactions between empires, nations, and peoples shape the development of America and America’s increasingly important role in the world.
Learning Objective: Unit 7: Learning Objective B
Explain the similarities and differences in attitudes about the nation’s proper role in the world.
Historical Developments: KC-7.3.I.A
Imperialists cited economic opportunities, racial theories, competition with European empires, and the perception in the 1890s that the western frontier was "closed" to argue that Americans were destined to expand their culture and institutions to peoples around the globe.
Historical Developments: KC-7.3.I.B
Anti-imperialists cited principles of self-determination and invoked both racial theories and the U.S. foreign policy tradition of isolationism to argue that the United States should not extend its territory overseas.
