History is Fun
American sugar planters gained constitutional power to control this state's island's resources in 1887.
What is Hawaii?
Building the Panama Canal helped what two oceans connect in order to make it easy for navy fleets to travel?
What are Atlantic and Pacific Oceans?
This is the name of the ship that sank in the Havana Harbor that contributed to the start of the Spanish American War.
What is the USS Maine?
This state had valuable resources like fur, timber, minerals and gold.
What is Alaska?
TRUE OR FALSE:
"Spanish authorities butcher innocent Cubans" is a story title demonstrating yellow journalism.
What is TRUE?
The practice of sensationalizing, exaggerating, and lying about facts in order to sell more newspapers is known as:
What is yellow journalism?
What major event is considered the spark that propelled the US into war with Spain?
What is the deadly explosion on the USS Maine in Havana Harbor
The United States blamed this country for the deadly explosion on the USS Maine in Havana Harbor.
What is Spain?
The idea of negotiating with another country peacefully while threatening the use of military force is known as...
What is Big Stick Diplomacy?
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
True or False:
One of the results of the Spanish American War of 1898 was that the US was recognized as an imperialist nation and emerging world power.
What is TRUE.
When countries involve themselves in other countries' affairs, it is called imperialism.
What is TRUE?
"Chronic wrongdoing or helplessness which results in a general loosening of the ties of civilized society, may in America, as well as elsewhere, ultimately require intervention by a civilized nation..."
This is the civilized nation that became the international police power.
What is the United States?
What 3 territories did the US receive after defeating Spain in the Spanish American War?
What are Puerto Rico, Guam and Phillipines
When a country is practicing being separated from the political affairs of other countries, which one are they practicing? Imperialism or isolationism
What is isolationism?