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

The process of expanding*1.2

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 the US annexed despite it already having a government led by a Queen

What is Hawaii

100

Caribbean colony which was fighting for independence from Spain

1.3

What is Cuba

100
Name of John Hay's trade policy in China
What is the Open Door Policy
200

The US foreign policy practiced for about 30 years that saw the country attempt to build an empire

1.25

What is Imperialism

200

The individual who advocated for a strong US Navy for protection and as a show of strength

Who is Alfred T. Mahan

200

Current US state that the US purchased from Russia in the 1860s

What is Alaska

200

Theodore Roosevelt's diplomacy 

What is Big Stick Diplomacy

200

Constructed to help American shipping get from the Atlantic to Pacific Oceans faster

1.35

What is the Panama Canal

300

The US foreign policy practiced for the first 100 years that saw the US "minding its own business"

What is Isolationism

300

The belief that the US should not colonize other nations or expand beyond its established borders

1.2

What is Anti-Imperialism 

300

Amendment to Cuban Constitution that made it a protectorate of the US

What is the Platt Amendment

300

Island nation that helped the US fight the Spanish in the Spanish-American War but then the US turned on to prevent it from being independent

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
A position of not taking sides in a conflict

What is neutrality

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

Amendment added to the declaration of war against Spain that guaranteed Cuba's independence

What is the Teller Amendment

400

Key battle in the Spanish-American War in which the Buffalo Soldiers and Rough Riders ensured victory in Cuba

What is the Battle of San Juan Hill

400

Tax on an imported good

What is a tariff

500

Area of a the world controlled by a foreign nation

1.22

What is a sphere of influence

500

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

1.15

What is Yellow Journalism

500

The president who decided to annex the Philippines to "civilize and Christianize" them

Who is President McKinley

500

Treaty which ended the Spanish-American War

1.15

What is the Treaty of Paris

500

Economic justification for Imperialism

What is new markets and raw materials

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