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When these islands( which are south of Hawaii gave special trading rights to the U.S., Great Britain and Germany, there were tensions among the three powers.
What are the Samoan islands?
This is an area that is completely controlled by another country.
What is a territory?
This is the term for a government that is working for a temporary time period.
What is provisional government?
The name for this regiment that fought alongside African American soldiers during the Battle of San Juan Hill.
What are the Rough Riders?
While Puerto Rico and Guam were known as U.S territories, Cuba was known as this in the early 1900’s.
What is a protectorate?
In 1906 while San Francisco officials ordered the city’s Asian students to attend separate schools from white students, there had been growing resentment between America and this country.
What is Japan?
To protect American interests, this Secretary of State, proposed an Open Door policy that gave each other’s sphere of influence.
Who is John Hay?
When this Hawaiian ruler wanted the natives to take back control of their islands, the Americans responded by making Hawaii a provisional government.
Who is Queen Liliuokalani?
When large empires gained economic and political control over weaker nations, it is called this.
What is imperialism?
In 1889, Secretary of State Blain invited this country’s leaders to a conference that led to the Pan-American Union.
What is Latin American?
The horrible events in Cuba triggered this war in the late 1890s.
What is the Spanish-American War?
This is a narrow strip of land connecting two larger bodies of land.
What is a Isthmus?
Even though State Senator, William Seward, had a vision that included buying this place from Russia. Although many mocked it calling it “Seward’s icebox”.
What is Alaska?
The president encouraged isolationism and for Americans to “ steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world.”
Who is George Washington?
Under William Taft’s American policy, America would engage in using their economic power to protect U.S. interest and in essence they would substitute dollars for these.
What are bullets?
In the fight over raw materials, the European powers competed for influence in these two continents/regions.
What are Asia and Africa?
Alfred Thayer Mayan, president of the Naval War College in his desire to improve the navy said that this is essential to the greatness of every splendid people .
What is Sea Power?
In order to gain more public interest in the conditions in Cuba committed by Spain, the American press engaged n printing shocking reports about the treatment of Cubans by the Spanish. They often exaggerated or invented stories in what is know as this tactic.
What is yellow journalism?
A country that is independent yet still under the control of another country.
What is a protectorate?
This term deals refers to noninvolvement in affairs that deal with any other nations.
What is Isolationism?