Key Figures 1
Key Figures 2
Annexed American Territories
Imperialism or Good Neighbor?
Key Terms and Other Stuff
100
This Hawaiian nationalist queen was overthrown by American plantation owners in 1898, paving the way for the American annexation of Hawaii.
Who is Queen Liliuokalani?
100
These two kings of American journalism played a pinitol in the public's growing dislike of the Spanish government. These publications were called "The Yellow Press"
Who are Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst?
100
This land had seen American merchants and missionaries since the late 1700s, but gradually lost its independence during the second half of the 1800s as plantation owners gained more influence.
What is Hawaii?
100
This image illustrates a term that was used to justify European and American colonization.
What is the White Man's Burden?
100
The policy by which strong nations extend their political, military, and economic control over weaker territories.
What is imperialism?
200
This American naval expert arrived in Japan in 1853, seeking a "diplomatic" solution to trade between the two nations.
Who is Commodore Matthew Perry?
200
This man led a cavalry unit known as the "Rough Riders" during the Spanish-American War, and later became a United States President, known for expanding U.S. influence in the Western Hemisphere.
Who is President Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt?
200
This policy was an extension of the Monroe Doctrine and established a justification for US military intervention in Latin American Countries.
What is the Roosevelt Corollary?
200
According to this cartoon, what factors motivated growing American influence in Asia?
Advanced technology
Education
Christianity
Building infrastructure
200
A form of nontraditional warfare used by Filipino insurgents in the Filipino American War.
What is Guerilla Wafare?
300
This large man with larger ambitions became the governor of the Philippines in 1901 during the thick of the Philipine - American War.
Who is William Howard Taft?
300
As U.S. Secretary of State in 1899, this man issued a series of notes to foreign diplomates, establishing an "open door policy" in China.
Who is John Hay?
300
Identify two territories that were occupied by the United States during the Spanish-American War.
Guam
Philippines
Cuba(?)
Puerto Rico
300
Building off the concept of the White Man's Burden, this term was in widespread use near the end of the 1800s / early 1900s and was the belief that the white race was superior and more advanced.
What is Social Darwinism?
300
Without a doubt the worst, most despised, and ugliest team in the history of college athletics.
400
This naval officer and historian played a pivotal role in the American Imperialist movement through urging public officials to build naval bases in Cuba, Hawaii, and the Philippines.
Who is Alfred T. Mahan?
400
Naval officer who led the initial invasion of the Spanish-held Philippines during the Spanish-American War
Who is George Dewey?
400
This land, originally a Colombian territory, gained its independence with the assistance of the United States. In exchange, this country granted the U.S. a "Canal Zone" to construct a gateway from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
What is Panama?
400
"Whatever happens,
We have got
The maxim gun
And they have not"
This poem helps explain this factor that contributed to American and European imperialism.
What are technological advancements, to include advanced weaponry, communications systems, and ships.
400
Aggressive nationalism, especially in the form of warlike foreign policy.
What is Jingoism?
500
This man initially sought to build the Panama Canal in the late 1800s, but failed due to financial restraints and an ailing workforce.
Who is Ferdinand de Lesseps?
500
Undisputedly the greatest college football coach in the country.
Who is Matt Rhule?
500
This event in 1890 was one of the driving factors for overseas expansion.
What is the 1890 Census / Closing of the Frontier?
500
This image illustrates what American policy in East Asia?
What is the American Open Door Policy?
500
Theodore Roosevelt's foreign policy agenda that depended on a strong military to achieve America's goals.
What is "Big Stick" Diplomacy?