People
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Government
International Relations
Grab Bag
100
William McKinley
Who was the President during the Spanish-American War?
100
Spain
America went to war with this country in 1898.
100
William Jennings Bryan
He ran against President McKinley in the 1900 election.
100
Spanish-American War
This was the name of the war that was started due to American involvement in the Cuban Revolution.
100
Queen Liliuokalani
She was the last Queen of Hawaii.
200
William Seward
He was the Secretary of State who persuaded Congress to purchase Alaska.
200
Hawaii
This is the chain of islands that the United States finally annexed in 1898.
200
Platt Amendment
This Amendment put restrictions on Cuban independence.
200
Open Door Policy
This policy told the nations that were occupying China to allow trade to continue with other nations.
200
Panama
Alfred Thayer Mahan suggested that a canal built in this country would reduce travel time between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans.
300
Theodore Roosevelt
He was the leader of the Rough Riders and was elected Vice President in 1900.
300
Venezuela
America first acted as a global power by helping to settle the boundary dispute with this country.
300
Anti-Imperialists
This group of people was against United States expansion.
300
Secret letters written by Dupuy de Lome (de Lome Letter)
The discovery of this document was one of the main reasons why America entered war with Spain.
300
Canton (Guangzhou)
The American ship Empress of China began trade with China after arriving in this Chinese port.
400
Pancho Villa
What is the name of a Mexican Rebel who almost caused a war between the US and Mexico
400
Puerto Rico, The Philippines, and Guam
These are the territories that America gained following the Spanish-American War.
400
International Bureau of American Republics
Secretary of State James G. Blaine created this organization to encourage trade with Latin and South America.
400
The Philippines
The United States tried to suppress a rebellion against them in this country.
400
foreigners and Christian missionaries
The Boxers blamed these people for degrading Chinese society.
500
John Hay
He was the Secretary of State who issued the Open Door Notes.
500
Pearl Harbor
This was an important harbor in Hawaii that the United States desired.
500
Monroe Doctrine (Roosevelt Corollary)
This declaration warned foreign nations to stay out of the affairs of the Americas.
500
Treaty of Kanagawa
This Treaty was signed to create trade between Japan and the United States.
500
Sugar
This crop was very important to the Hawaiian economy.
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