Imperialism
What term describes a country extending political or economic control over weaker regions?
Imperialism
What year did the Spanish-American War begin?
1898
What U.S. president was in office when the Spanish-American War began?
William McKinley
What 1823 policy warned European nations not to create new colonies in the Americas?
Monroe Doctrine
What canal built by the United States dramatically shortened travel between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans?
Panama Canal
What island kingdom was overthrown by American planters before the U.S. annexed it in 1898?
Hawaii
What U.S. battleship exploded in Havana Harbor and helped push the U.S. toward war?
USS Maine
What future president gained national fame leading the Rough Riders?
Theodore Roosevelt
What U.S. policy called for equal trading rights in Chinese ports?
Open Door Policy
What disease killed thousands of workers during the canal’s early construction?
Malaria
What Caribbean island became a U.S. territory after Spain lost the Spanish-American War?
Puerto Rico
What form of exaggerated reporting helped build public support for the war?
Yellow Journalism
What newspaper owner used sensational stories to increase support for war with Spain?
William Randolph Hearst
What country was divided into spheres of influence by foreign powers in the late 1800s?
China
What type of engineering system lifts ships up and down to different water levels in the canal?
Locks
What island nation in the Pacific fought the United States in a three-year war after Spain lost control of it?
Philippines
What hill in Cuba became famous when U.S. forces, including the Rough Riders, charged Spanish defenses?
San Juan Hill
What naval strategist argued that national greatness depended on strong sea power?
Alfred Thayer Mahan
What anti-foreign uprising in China targeted missionaries and Western influence in 1900?
Boxer Rebellion
What U.S. president strongly pushed for the canal and supported Panama’s independence from Colombia?
Theodore Roosevelt
What amendment allowed the United States to intervene in Cuba’s affairs after the Spanish-American War?
Platt Amendment
What treaty ended the Spanish-American War and transferred Spain’s remaining colonies to the United States?
Treaty of Paris
What Filipino revolutionary leader fought first against Spain and later against U.S. control?
Emilio Aguinaldo
What addition to the Monroe Doctrine claimed the U.S. had the right to act as “police power” in Latin America?
Roosevelt Corollary
What country controlled Panama before it became independent with support from the United States in 1903?
Colombia