Political Terms
Events and Ideas
US Diplomatic Imperialism
US Military Imperialism
Imperialism
100

The policy of stronger countries expanding power and influence over weaker ones

What is Imperialism

100

The application of the theory of evolution and survival of the fittest to human society

What is Social Darwinism

100

The current US state which America got duty free sugar from in the 1870s

Hawaii

100
One reason for U.S. interest in taking control of the Philippines

What is 1)to have better trade opportunities with China or 2)show military strength

100
Constructed to help American shipping get from the Atlantic to Pacific oceans faster
What is the Panama Canal
200

A region that is controlled by the U.S. military, but allowed to keep local government

protectorate

200

European countries competing against each other to colonize a continent was the called the

What is "Scramble for Africa"

200
The name of the Queen of Hawaii who was overthrown by a US ambassador
What is Queen Liliokulani
200
Key battle in the Spanish-American War in which the Rough Riders ensured victory in Cuba
What is the Battle of San Juan Hill
200

We gain which three territories from Spain? 

 Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines

300

A type of propaganda which bends the truth to get an emotional response from the reader

Yellow Journalism

300

The idea of showing great force to your foreign adversaries by Roosevelt? 

Big Stick Diplomacy 

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, which was in Asia

What is the Philippines

300
The Philippine American War lasts for 
What is "4 years"
400
Expanding into a foreign territory for better trading rights, but not owning it or taking it over

What is Sphere of Influence

400
The warship which exploded in Havana Harbor, Cuba, beginning the Spanish-American War
What is the USS Maine
400

One member of the "Annexation League" who became governor of Hawaii and founded a fruit company

Sanford Dole

400
Caribbean colony which was fighting for independence from Spain
What is Cuba
400

The American people called the purchase of this area "Seward's Folly" as they believed it was a mistake

Alaska

500
The Jones Act of 1916 promised this

What is "eventual freedom to the Philippines"

500

This amendment turned Cuba into a protectorate

What is the Platt Amendment

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 1898

500

President McKinley believed that we should take over the Philippines for 4 reasons:

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