Imperialism
The idea that people/nations competed, and only the strongest survived.
Social Darwinism
An island nation that later became a US state.
Hawaii
In the "Crash Course" video, these were the 2 official causes of American involvement in the Spanish-American War.
American peace of mind and to end economic uncertainty.
The name of Roosevelt's foreign policy, which consisted of having a large military in peacetime as well as diplomatic relations.
Big Stick Diplomacy
The man who "opened" Japan to trade.
Commodore Matthew C. Perry
The reason American businessmen supported imperialism.
A nation of islands that the US invaded during the Spanish-American War, then gained following the end of the war, leading to locals rebelling.
Philippines
Led by William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer, this form of journalism relied on sensational reporting to attract readers.
Yellow Journalism
American policy which stated all countries should be allowed to trade with China.
Open Door Policy
The construction of this resulted in the Pacific Ocean being connected to the Atlantic Ocean.
Panama Canal
Written by Capt. Alfred T. Mahan, this book suggested the US needed a large navy and overseas naval bases.
The Influence of Seapower Upon History
An island nation gained after the Spanish-American War in which locals were not considered American citizens until 1917.
Puerto Rico
This ended the Spanish-American War in 1898.
Treaty of Paris
The name of the fleet sent by President Roosevelt to circumnavigate the globe in a demonstration of America's military power.
The 2 reasons Americans wanted to annex Hawaii.
Sugarcane and to use it as a naval port
The idea that English-speaking nations were destined to dominate the planet.
Anglo-Saxonism
Located in the Pacific between Hawaii and the Philippines, this is a small island nation acquired by the US following the Spanish-American War.
Guam
The name of the American cavalry unit made up of volunteers from the American West in which Theodore Roosevelt served.
Rough Riders
Conditions the US forced Cuba to attach to their new constitution which stated the US could militarily intervene to protect Cuban independence whenever it saw fit.
Platt Amendment
As a result of the US refusing to give them their independence, a rebellion took place where?
Philippines
Written by Rudyard Kipling, this poem encouraged the US colonization of the Philippines and other "barbarous" parts of the world.
"White Man's Burden"
A naval base on Cuba that the US gained following the Spanish-American War.
Guantanamo Bay
The naval battle in which an American fleet Commodore George Dewey destroyed an entire Spanish fleet stationed in the Philippines.
Battle of Manila Bay
This addition to the Monroe Doctrine stated that the US would intervene if European nations tried to colonize lands in the Western Hemisphere.
Roosevelt Corollary
This was the idea that the US and Latin America should work together.
Pan-Americansim