The policy of gaining or expanding national territory
What is Expansionism
100
The warship which exploded in Havana Harbor, Cuba, beginning the Spanish-American War
What is the USS Maine
100
The current US state which America got duty free sugar from in the 1870s
What is Hawaii
100
Caribbean colony which was fighting for independence from Spain
What is Cuba
100
Name of John Hay's trade policy in China
What is the Open Door Policy
200
The policy of stronger countries expanding power and influence through colonization over weaker ones
What is Imperialism
200
The application of the theory of evolution and survival of the fittest to human society
What is Social Darwinism
200
The law which took away Hawaii's duty free status with the US
What is the McKinley Tariff
200
US foreign policy used to justify American intervention in Cuba
What is the Monroe Doctrine
200
Constructed to help American shipping get from the Atlantic to Pacific oceans faster
What is the Panama Canal
300
American belief in a God given right to expand west
What is Manifest Destiny
300
The belief that your society, religion, and race are better than others around the world
What is Cultural Superiority
300
Term for how the US planned to get around the loss of duty free sugar from Hawaii
What is annexation
300
First location of battles during the Spanish-American War
What is the Philippines
300
Name for the addition to the Monroe Doctrine made by Teddy Roosevelt telling Europeans that Americans would protect economic interests in Latin America
What is the Roosevelt Corollary
400
Amendment which set rules for Cuban independence
What is the Platt Amendment
400
Letter from a Spanish ambassador which angered the US population leading up to the Spanish-American War
What is the De Lome Letter
400
The name of the Queen of Hawaii who was overthrown by a US ambassador
What is Queen Liliokulani
400
Key battle in the Spanish-American War in which the Rough Riders ensured victory in Cuba
What is the Battle of San Juan Hill
400
Taft's policy of backing American business loans in Latin America with the power of the US government
What is Dollar Diplomacy
500
Agreement between Japan and the United States curbing Japanese immigration into America
What is the Gentleman's Agreement
500
A type of propaganda which bends the truth to get an emotional response from the reader
What is Yellow Journalism
500
The president who initially resisted annexing Hawaii unless the people of Hawaii supported it
Who is President Cleveland
500
Treaty which ended the Spanish-American War
What is the Treaty of Paris
500
Wilson's idea of using diplomacy to make the world a better place