Spanish American War
Imperialism
Roosevelt
World Affairs
Causes of imperialism
100
The year the U.S. went to war with Spain.
What is 1898?
100
A country using its power to influence other countries
What is imperialism?
100
An important show of America’s naval power to the rest of the world.
The Great White Fleet
100
A country that decides not to be involved in world affairs.
What is isolationism?
100
What's the main reason for imperialism?
Money, New markets, Raw Materials
200
The name of the U.S. ship that sunk off the coast of Cuba.
What is the U.S.S. Maine?
200
The Monroe Doctrine
The U.S. stays out of European affairs (Isolationism)
200
The President that said, "speak softly and carry a big stick."
Who was President Theodore Roosevelt?
200
The policy of creating large empires.
What is Imperialism?
200
Explain the Dollar Diplomacy
protecting American business
300
The name of the country that the U.S. liberated from Spain.
What is Cuba?
300
"Seward Folly" also known as "Seward's icebox" Is the nickname given to America's first acts of imperialism. This nickname refers to:
What is Alaska?
300
The U.S. built this artificial waterway to get from the Atlantic to Pacific.
What is the Panama Canal?
300
The cold state that the US bought from Russia for 7million dollars
What is Alaska?
300
The Boxer rebellion
The rebellion was to drive foreigners out.
400
The three territories the U.S. acquired during the war with Spain.
What are Guam, the Phillippenes, and Puerto Rico?
400
This shows how we went from a small country to pretty much an empire?
400
Name the "river" built to move ships from the Atlantic to the Pacific faster.
What is the Panama Canal?
400
The state that US took over for the sugar plantations
What is Hawaii?
400
Explain the connection between Social Darwinism and The White Man's Burden
Middle-class people feel they have to force their opinions onto other people
500
Name the country off the coast of Florida.
What is Cuba?
500
Give an example of Why some people viewed the U.S. as a bully in North and South America during this age of imperialism
Examples may vary but may include:
Hawaii Nicaragua
Cuba
Panama
500
How did the Roosevelt Corollary tweak the Monroe Doctrine
the United States could get involved with any country in the North and South America if it was guilty of “chronic wrongdoing”
500
The only country the US has a open door policy for trade.
What is Asia?
500
What were one of the two countries that Roosevelt helped mediate a true between?
Japan or Russia will work