Progressive movement
Journalists trying to expose corrupt business and government.
Muckrakers
policy of exerting economic, political, or military control over weaker nations
Imperialism
Who did we buy Alaska from?
Russia
Blew up in the Havana Harbor
U.S.S Maine
What was the proposal for unrestricted trade with China?
Open door policy
What is suffrage?
The right to vote
Avoiding entanglements in other countries
isolationism
What is it called to acquire new territory and add it to your country
annex
Yellow Journalism
Uprising in China due to increase in Western influence on the country.
Boxer Rebellion
used to describe the various progressive reforms sponsored by Theodore Roosevelt
Square deal
warning that the United States would use military power if its interests were threatened.
Big stick diplomacy
Why did sugar plantation owners want to annex Hawaii
They did not want to pay an import tax
What two countries did the US acquire after the Spanish American War
Guam and Puerto Rico
Claims of exclusive economic and trading authority in part of a country
Spheres of influence
What was the main goal of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union?
Ban the sale of alcohol
The United States can interfere with all Latin America affairs
Roosevelt Corollary
Who was the man that facilitated the overthrow of Queen L
Sanford B Dole
Why were the Filipino people unhappy after the Spanish American War?
They thought America would grant them independence but instead replaced Spain as their new ruler.
Who opened up trade in Japan
Commodore Mathew Perry
Why were Roosevelt and Taft considered "Trust Busters"
They worked to break up large corporations to prevent them from dominating their industry.
Group of people that believed the US should not deny other countries the right to govern themselves
Anti-imperialist league
Why did McKinley annex Hawaii in 1893
Start of the Spanish American War
What treaty ended the Spanish American War
Treaty of Paris