Policy in which stronger nations extend their economic, political, or military control over weaker territories.
What is Imperialism?
100
Name the man who was a Cuban poet and journalist who launched a revolutions against Spain?
Jose Marti
100
Who were the volunteer cavalry under command of Leonard Wood and Teddy Roosevelt?
Rough Riders
100
What were the series of provisions that the U.S. insisted Cuba add to its new constitution?
Platt Amendment
100
Was the building of the Panama Canal a triumph for the U.S.?
Yes, although it had many setbacks, it reflected our new role as a world power. Represented a confident nations refusal to let any obstacle stand in its way.
200
What did Alfred T. Mahan want to build up?
American Naval Power
200
What General did Spain send to Cuba to restore order by the use of concentration camps?
General Valeriano Weyler
200
What is an armistice?
a cease fire agreement
200
What practice did the Americans use against Filipinos that they had condemned Spain for using in Cuba?
Designated Zones
(like concentration camps)
200
What is a corollary and what did the Roosevelt corollary follow?
An additional statement that follows logically from the first time. The Roosevelt Corollary followed the Monroe Doctrine.
300
Who bought Alaska which ended up being rich in raw materials?
William Seward
300
What style of writing was used that exaggerates news to lure and enrage readers?
yellow journalism
300
What territories did we gain in the Treaty of Paris?
Guam
Puerto Rico
Philippines sold to U.S. for $20 million
300
What were the messages sent by John Hayward asking countries not to interfere with U.S. trading rights in China?
Open Door Notes
300
What is dollar diplomacy?
U.S. policy of using the nations economic power to exert influence over other countries
400
The United States had agreed to import Hawaiian sugar___ free (same thing as tariff free)
duty free
400
McKinley
What President was criticized in the De Lome Letter?
400
What Act ended military rule and set up a civil government in Puerto Rico?
Foraker Act
400
What was the Rebellion in which members of a Chinese secret society sought to free their country from Western Influence?
Boxer Rebellion
400
Who stood up for the peasants and workers and overthrew Diaz?
General Victoriano Huerta
500
What naval base was built in Hawaii?
Pearl Harbor
500
Newspapers blamed the Spanish for blowing up what American Ship?
U.S.S. Maine
500
Name the amendment that stated the U.S. had no intent of taking over any part of Cuba.
Teller Amendment
500
Some Americans including Andrew Carnegie, Jane Addams, and former President Grover Cleveland formed an organization called...?
Anti-Imperialist league
500
Name 3 foreign policy goals the U.S. achieved in the 20th century
1) expanded its access to foreign markets
2) built a modern navy
3) exercised its international police power