Imperialism Quizzes
Think you’ve got your head wrapped around Imperialism? Put your knowledge to
the test. Good luck — the Stickman is counting on you!
Q. What's the difference between colonialism and imperialism?
According to Bryan, nothing.
According to historians, it's debatable.
According to the imperialized, colonization.
According to the colonized, imperialism.
Q. How did Bryan's "Imperialism" speech unintentionally reinforce the pro-imperialist side of the argument?
Bryan was actually pro-imperialist, but wanted the Democratic vote. So, there were plenty of contradictory statements made as a way to mock the anti-imperialist movement.
He defended Manifest Destiny, viewed the U.S. as morally superior to other, and still believed in the American right to intervene—just not as an empire.
How can an anti-imperialist unintentionally reinforce the opposition? Simply put: he did not.
When read backwards, you can see the secret message "Yes to Empire" repeated throughout the speech.
Q. Which of these questions best represents the feelings of the Filipino towards the Americans following the end of the Spanish-American War?
Shouldn't we be fighting the U.S. as Marxist revolutionaries?
What's the point of fighting one empire if we are just going to be dominated by another?
Shouldn't we be speaking Spanish, not English?
Why can't we all just get along and give peace a chance?
Q. Which of these is true?
Cuba was under U.S. imperial control until Fidel Castro overthrew the U.S in a 1958 military coup.
Gam remains an unincorporated territory and key military locale of the U.S to this day.
The Philippines were forgotten about until the end of WWII, when the U.S. realized they should grant the island nation independence.
Puerto Rico became the only territory to earn its independence following the Treaty of Paris.
Q. Which of these is most true of William Jennings Bryan?
He was a lifelong member of the Republican Party.
He was 100% pacifist and probably would have felt right at home with the anti-war hippy movement of the 1960s.
After the election of 1900, he couldn't bear losing at both the bimetallism and the imperialism debates, so he retired from politics.
He was a devout Christian.