Vocabulary
The term refers to an agreement to stop fighting.
Armistice.
Towns that grew very quickly, usually surrounding a gold discovery were known as _______________.
Boomtowns
The three territories the U.S. gained after the Spanish-American War were Puerto Rico, Guam, and ___________________.
The Philippines
Which country did the United States purchase Alaska from?
Russia
Which animal was sacred for the Native Americans as it provided food, clothing, shelter, and more for them?
The buffalo
A policy of extending a nation’s power and influence over other nations by control.
Imperialism
The three main causes of increased Westward Expansion discussed in class were Gold/Silver Discoveries, Government Subsidies, and the __________________________.
Completion of the Transcontinental Railroad.
Which Spanish controlled territory was trying to gain its independence before the Spanish American War began?
Cuba
Which event showed that China was unhappy with foreign influence?
The Boxer Rebellion
George Washington’s warning in his Farewell Address to avoid foreign alliances can be linked to which vocabulary word?
Isolationism
This term, exhibited by men like William Randolph Hearst from the New York Journal, was one of the causes of the Spanish American War.
Yellow Journalism
What was the name of the organization that brought local farmers together to both improve conditions as well as fight for important changes?
National Grange
Which territory became a U.S. protectorate following the Spanish-American War?
Cuba
Describe one difficulty associated with the Panama Canal project.
Possible answers:
Death and disease (Yellow Fever, Malaria)
Elevation changes (need for locking systems)
Which President’s Foreign Policy in Latin America was known for the U.S. being a regional “Policeman?”
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt’s Corollary
This term would be associated when a politician attempts to gain the support from everyday Americans.
Populism
This act of Congress was fought by many as it was thought to have forced Native Americans to abandon their culture.
Dawes Act
Which of the causes for the Spanish American War is missing from this list?
Sympathy for Cuba
Sugar Plantation Businesses
Yellow Journalism
Monroe Doctrine
The sinking of the USS Maine.
Give one detail which describes how the United States was able to get permission to build a canal in Latin America.
Possible answers:
They helped Panama gain their independence from Colombia.
They paid them ($10 million and $250,000 annually) to use it.
This was the most well known example of the land subsidy program offered to get people to settle in the west.
The Homestead Act
The Homestead Act was an example of a government _____________ program.
(Hint: Westward Expansion)
Subsidy
This event was considered the end of Native American resistance/conflict.
Wounded Knee Massacre
Battles in the Spanish American War took place in the Philippines, ___________________, and Cuba.
Puerto Rico
Which President’s Foreign Policy Plan with Latin America led to more conflicts with those countries?
Woodrow Wilson’s Moral Diplomacy
What year did the Spanish American War take place?
1898