USA HISTORY

AMERICAN IMPERIALISM(1890 1919)

AMERICAN IMPERIALISM

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This is what the fleet of American warships were called

(A) Great White Hope

(B) ** Great White Fleet

(C) Great White Sharks

(D) School of Fighters

EXPLANATIONS BELOW

Concept note-1: -It consisted of sixteen battleships, organized in four squadrons and accompanied by six destroyers and six auxiliary vessels, and carrying 14, 000 sailors. The ships’ hulls were painted white, giving the flotilla its name: the Great White Fleet.

Concept note-2: -The Great White Fleet was the popular nickname for the group of United States Navy battleships that completed a journey around the globe from December 16, 1907 to February 22, 1909 by order of President Theodore Roosevelt.