Vocabulary
People
People Part 2
People and Places
Misc.
100
What is imperialism?
What is a policy by which stronger nations extend their economic, political, or military control over weaker nations.
100
Who was Queen Liliuokalani?
Who is the first and only reigning Hawaiian Queen.
100
Who were the Rough Riders?
Who are members of the First U.S. Volunteer Calvary, organized by Theodore Roosevelt during the Spanish-American War.
100
What area became a major area of European expansion in the 19th century?
What is Africa.
100
What famous hill did the Rough Riders capture?
What is San Juan Hill.
200
What was Yellow Journalism?
What is a style of journalism that exaggerates and sensationalizes the news.
200
Who was William Seward?
Who is the U.S. Secretary of State who purchase Alaska.
200
Who were the Boxers?
Who were a group of Chinese people that were angered by the privileges given to foreigners and the disrespect they showed toward Chinese tradition.
200
What did newspapers call William's Seward's purchase?
What is Seward's Folly and Seward's Icebox.
200
What did Puerto Rico become in 1917?
What is a U.S. territory.
300
What are spheres of influence?
What are areas where foreign nations claimed special rights and economic privileges.
300
Who was Jose Marti?
Who is a Cuban poet and journalist that helped stage a revolt against Spain.
300
Who said “Speak softly and carry a big stick.”
Who is Theodore Roosevelt
300
Many of the American missionaries’ descendents became what?
What are sugar plantation owners.
300
Give examples of things that the U.S bought cheaply in Latin America and sold for higher prices in the U.S.
What are bannans, coffee, and copper.
400
What was the Open Door Policy?
What was a U.S. policy proposed in 1899 which stated that no single country should have a monopoly on trade with China.
400
Who was the Yellow Kid?
What is the first comic strip in America.
400
Who was sent on a mission by President Fillmore to open Japan to U.S. trade?
Who is Commodore Matthew Perry
400
Why did the U.S. go to war against Spain?
What is to fight for Cuban freedom.
400
Where was the USS Maine sent? What happened to it? What became the rallying cry?
What is Havanna Cuba, it exploded, "Remember the Maine"
500
What was the Monroe Doctorine?
What was a policy of U.S. opposition to any European interference in the Western Hemisphere.
500
What American Commodore defeated the Spanish fleet at Manila?
Who is Commodore George Dewey
500
Who sent troops into Mexico in 1916 after Pancho Villa raided New Mexico?
Who is President Wilson.
500
What country was granted independence by the Treaty of Paris?
What is Cuba.
500
What country was unwilling to give up land for a canal? What did President Roosevelt do in response? What was the outcome?
What is Columbia, Sent the U.S. Navy to support a revolution, the new nation of Panama was created.
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