As Assistant Secretary of the Navy secretly ordered Commadore George Dewey to sail for Hong Kong within striking distance of the Philippines so they were in place when the Spanish American War broke out.
Who was Teddy Roosevelt?
100
Newspapers that used sensational headlines and exaggerated stories to promote sales and readership
What is Yellow Journalism? [in your book as "Yellow Press"]
100
Belief that only the fittest people or nations rise to the top
What is Social Darwinism?
100
"Seward's Icebox" or "Seward's Folly"
What was the purchase of Alaska for 7.2 million from Russia known as?
100
Established a civil [non-military] government in Puerto Rico and allowed the US to appoint a governor and part of the Puerto Rican legislature.
What is the Foraker Act?
200
Policy set in 1823 that discouraged European interventions in the Western Hemisphere
What is the Monroe Doctrine? [Named after President Monroe who was responsible for it]
200
Signed by America and Spain in 1898, ended the Spanish American War and freed Cuba from Spain
What is The Treaty of Paris?
200
Sailed a fleet of American warships into Japan and charmed Japan's emperor with gifts in 1853 and opened Japan to trade with the outside world
Who was Commadore Matthew Perry?
200
Led a fleet of vessels [ships] into the Spanish held Philippines and destroyed the Spanish force killing nearly 400 Spanish sailors and losing zero American sailors. He was proclaimed a hero.
Who is Commadore George Dewey?
200
Substituting dollars for bullets [President Taft]
What is dollar diplomacy?
300
Cuban revolutionary and poet. Although he was not a soldier, he was a leading advocate for Cuban independence from Spain
Who was Jose Marti?
300
Miltary historian responsible for prodding American to building the third largest navy in the world. [The British were #1]
Who was Alfred T. Mahan?
300
A ship that exploded and led to the Spanish-American War and although investigation didn't support any action on the Spanish side, the yellow press insisted the Spanish were responsible.