Policies
This diplomatic approach, championed by President Taft, used money and economic policies rather than military force to control the actions of other countries.
What is Dollar Diplomacy?
Before becoming a U.S. state, Hawaii was ruled by a ______.
What is a queen?
This type of reporting uses sensational headlines to increase newspaper sales and incite public opinion
What is Yellow Journalism?
This Commodore was sent to Japan to encourage a trade relationship with the US
Who is Commodore Perry?
This foreign policy involves acquiring new colonies to gain new markets for goods and protect shipping routes.
What is Imperialism?
This policy stated the US would not recognize any government it viewed as oppressive, undemocratic, or hostile to US interests.
What is Moral Diplomacy?
One of the four places, alongside the Philippines, Hawaii, and Alaska, that the US acquired by practicing imperialism.
What is Puerto Rico?
This ship's destruction was incorrectly blamed on the Spanish, becoming a major rallying cry for the war.
The name for the US policy in China that aimed for equal access to trade for all nations
What is the Open Door Policy?
The poem that convinced white Americans that they had to impose their culture on the black and brown inhabitants of their colonies.
What is the White Man's Burden?
A warning to European powers to cease colonization in the Western Hemisphere, in return for a US promise to stay out of European affairs.
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
This large, cold territory was known at the time as "Seward's Folly" because people believed America was foolish for purchasing it.
What is Alaska?
This amendment allowed the US to exert control over Cuba but specifically not annex it.
What is the Platt Amendment?
This infrastructure project linked the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean, allowing the US to protect shipping routes
What is the Panama Canal?
The primary tactical advantage the US gained by acquiring small islands in the Pacific like Guam and Midway.
What is establishing naval bases?
The addition to the Monroe Doctrine that made the US the "international policeman" of the Western Hemisphere.
What is the Roosevelt Corollary?
This Asian island chain was acquired by the US not only for new markets but also to establish military bases
What are the Philippines?
Theodore Roosevelt's volunteer cavalry unit that gained fame for fighting in the war
What are the Rough Riders?
The geographic areas in China where different imperial powers in Europe exerted economic control, which the Open Door Policy was meant to check.
What are Spheres of Influence?
The two main presidents associated with American Imperialism.
Who are William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt?
This policy is summarized by the saying: "Use diplomacy first and if it fails then use military power" (President and Policy Name)
What is Teddy Roosevelt's Big-Stick Policy?
Three reasons for the acquisition of small islands in the Pacific.
What are establishing military presence, trade opportunities, and natural resources?
What is Havana Harbor?
What is the Great White Fleet?
The Panama Canal can be compared to a man-made version of this trade route early American explorers searched for during the Age of Exploration.
What is the Northwest Passage?