This agreement in 1854 between Japan and the United States opened up ports in Japan to American trade.
What was the Treaty of Kanagawa?
100
the US Army engineer who led the building of the Panama Canal
Who was Colonel George Goethals?
100
wartime acts of cruelty and brutality
What are atrocities?
100
President Wilson advocated this type of diplomacy.
What is moral diplomacy?
200
the South American country from which Panama "emerged" - with the help of US forces
What is Columbia?
200
This was an uprising in China in 1900 against Westerners (Americans) and western influence.
What was the Boxer Rebellion?
200
This queen was forced to give up her island to US forces in the late 1800s.
Who was Queen Liliuokalani?
200
a narrow strip of land connecting two larger bodies of land
What is an isthmus?
200
The sinking of the US Navy ship thrust the United States into the Spanish-American War.
What is the Maine?
300
Emilio Aguinaldo fought for the United States against Spain, and then against the United States as he sought freedom for the people of this country - his country.
What is the Philippines?
300
During the Spanish-American War, African American members of the 9th and 10th cavalries were given this nickname.
What were Buffalo Soldiers?
300
He won the battle against the mosquito and the diseases it carried in Panama.
Who was Dr. William Gorgas?
300
reporting that relies on sensational stories and headlines
What is yellow journalism?
300
President Roosevelt frequently followed this type of diplomacy.
What is gunboat diplomacy?
400
British writer Rudyard Kipling used this phrase to justify white people taking over land in Asia and Africa. He called it "the white man's _____."
What is "burden?"
400
In 1900, this act of Congress set up a new government in Puerto Rico, which was acquired after the Spanish-American War.
What was the Foraker Act?
400
He was a yellow journalist who got Americans to feel sorry for Cuba in its war with Spain. He telegraphed a reporter, "You furnish the pictures and I'll furnish the war."
Who was William Randolph Hearst?
400
a policy that intends a country to have little to do with the political affairs of other nations
What is isolationism?
400
United States troops, including Joe Paterno's father, led by General John Pershing, chased Pancho Villa into this country.
What is Mexico?
500
President Teddy Roosevelt often used this slogan for his foreign policy: "Speak softly..."
What is "...and carry a big stick."
500
This "amendment" to the 1902 Cuban constitution allowed the United States to intervene in Cuba and to lease Guantanamo Bay.
What was the Platt Amendment?
500
This Secretary of State was the key in purchasing Alaska from Russia for about 2 cents an acre.
Who was William Seward?
500
the policy of powerful countries seeking to control the economic and political affairs of weaker countries
What is imperialism?
500
President William Howard Taft advocated this type of diplomacy.