Native Americans
These are the places where Native Americans were forced to relocate
Reservations
This explosive event caused America to go to war with Spain.
The U.S.S. Maine explosion.
America chose this tiny Latin American nation to build a canal connecting the Pacific and Atlantic oceans
Panama.
This was the name of Teddy Roosevelt's Foreign policy
Big Stick Diplomacy.
This invention allowed for Westward expansion to become much more accessible.
Railroads
These places are where Native American children were kidnapped and robbed of their heritage and identity.
Boarding Schools
These types of colorful articles were all the rage during the Spanish American War
Yellow Journalism
America preferred this foreign policy position for China.
Open Door Policy.
President Teddy Roosevelt brought America worldwide prestige by negotiating peace between these two countries
Russia and Japan
This act sold land out west very cheaply
Homestead Act.
This was the name given to the event where the Cherokee Nation was expelled from its territory.
The Trail of Tears
America gained these 3 territories after the Spanish American War
Philippines
Guam
Puerto Rico
This poem laid out the racist belief that it was people's duty to "spread civilization to the uncivilized".
White Man's Burden
Not to be confused with DMC, this was the name of Teddy Roosevelt's band of soldiers in the Spanish American War
Rough Riders
American Cowboys are based off this similar occupation from a Latin American Country.
Vaquero
This mass killing of Native Americans by US Soldiers solidified the failure of the reservation system
Wounded Knee Massacre
This American Act stated that we would never annex Cuba.
Teller Amendment
Japan mirrored America's rise to power by doing at least two of these things.
Rapid Industrialization
Quickly developed a large military
Beat a European power
This economically minded policy was the favored diplomatic approach of President Taft
Dollar Diplomacy
This invention killed the open range of the cowboy
Barbed wire
There are this many federally recognized Native American nations.
514
Journalists, like Pulitzer, stoked this feeling with their super patriotic articles leading up to the Spanish American War
Jingoism
Roosevelt was known for updating this older American foreign policy position into this stronger form.
Monroe Doctrine and Roosevelt Collary.
Woodrow Wilson intervened in the Mexican Revolution to stop this bandolier wearing revolutionary
Pancho Villa
Certain groups actually opposed the creation of the Transcontinental Railroad, like this immigrant group out West
The Chinese