The End of Isolationism
This involved building an empire by founding colonies or conquering other nations. This is the opposite of "Isolationism".
What is Imperialism?
By annexing this future state, the United States gained control of an important refueling stop for ships bound for Asia.
What are the Hawwiian Islands?
This U.S. Warship exploded and sunk in Havana harbor. It was the second major event that would eventually lead to war with Spain.
What is the USS Maine?
This was an addition to the Monroe Doctrine which warned that in cases of wrongdoing by Latin American countries, the U.S. might exercise international police power.
What is the Roosevelt Corollary?
This first president believed the United States should there should be no political parties and we should stay out of all forgien affairs. Of course no one listened.
Who was George Washington?
This group opposed the creation of an American colonial empire.
What is the Anti-Imperialist League?
The United States gain control of these 4 countries as a result of the Spanish-American War?
What are the Philippines, Cuba, Guam, and Puerto Rico?
The cavalry that Theodore Roosevelt led during the Spanish-American War.
Who were The Rough Riders?
President Theodore Roosevelt supported Panama’s revolt against this country as a way to gain control of the land needed to build a canal connecting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
What is Columbia?
This president believed the United States should actively police wrongdoing by nations in Latin America.
Who was Theodore Roosevelt?
This policy stated that all nations should have equal access to trade in China.
What is the Open Door Policy?
The US took Pacific islands to build these stations for their navy.
What are coaling stations?
This describes how the U.S. experience of fighting in the Philippines the during the Spanish-American War differed from its experience in the Caribbean?
What is the U.S. military won a quick victory in the Philippines?
This was the reason why President Theodore Roosevelt expanded the role of the United States in Latin America in the early 1900s.
What is to prevent Europeans from directly intervening in Latin America?
This president believed the United States should defend its interests in Latin America and keep European powers out.
Who was Pr. James Monroe?
The U.S. attempts to open trade with Japan was different from the U.S. experience of establishing trade with China because of this simple reason.
What is he United States attempted to open trade with Japan before any European nation did?
This man arranged for the United States to purchase Alaska from Russia in 1867.
Who is William H. Seward?
This was the first event that would eventually lead the United States to war with Spain.
What is a newspaper published a letter written by the Spanish minister to the United States, which criticized President McKinley.
These were the main two obstacles in building the Panama Canal.
What were tropical diseases and harsh working conditions?
This president believed the United States should use economic means to aid its interests in Latin America.
Who was Pr. William Taft?
The United States change its foreign policy in the late 1800s for these two reasons.
What is to find new sources of raw materials and to acquire overseas coaling stations?
Britain, France, Germany, and Russia carved China into these occupied zones. They had control of the area and its natural resources.
What are spheres of influence?
He helped organize an insurrection against U. S. rule in the Philippeans after the Spanish-American War ended.
Who is Emilio Aguinaldo?
This limited Cuba's right to make treaties and allowed the U.S. to intervene in Cuban affairs.
What is the Platt Amendment?
This president believed the United States should promote and protect democracy in Latin America
Who was Pr. Woodrow Wilson?