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Number 1. This territorial acquisition was labeled “Seward’s Folly” by the American public

Correct Answer: Alaska

Number 2. American planters living in this area overthrew the local government and subsequently requested annexation to the United States

Correct Answer: Hawaii

Number 3. The takeover of weaker nations by stronger nations is called (blank).

Correct Answer: Imperialism

Number 4. Industrialists supported U.S. imperialism because they were interested in finding new (blank).

Correct Answer: markets

Number 5. Many Americans supported American expansion for reasons of national (blank).

Correct Answer: Defense

Number 6. The “survival of the fittest” idea was applied to imperialism in the late 1800s. This belief is known as Social (blank).

Correct Answer: Darwinism