He was governor of New York before Vice-President and eventually president in 1901.
Who was Theodore Roosevelt?
100
Purchased by the US in 1867 from Russia for 7.2 million dollars.
What is Alaska?
100
Historian, John Fiske's phrase that describes conquering the North American continent and reactivating American foreign ventures in the 1890s.
What is "Manifest Destiny?"
100
Theodore Roosevelt served as a lieutenant in this volunteer cavalry regiment.
Who were the "Rough Riders?"
100
A proviso that gave the United States the right to intervene if Cuban independence was threatened or if Cuba failed to maintain internal order.
What was the Platt Aendment?
200
He wrote an influential essay titled, "The Significance of the Frontier in American History" that suggested a connection between the closing of the frontier and overseas expansion.
Who was Frederick Jackson Turner?
200
Hawaii's primary export commodity in the nineteenth (19th) century, in which American interests were deeply invested.
What is sugar cane?
200
A term for super patriotism.
What is "jingism?"
200
The group of Chinese nationalists that the United States with other great powers sent troops to Peking (Beijing) to suppress a rebellion
Who were the "Boxer?"
200
American battleships (painted white) that visited Japan in 1908 on a global tour to demonstrate U.S. power.
What was the"Great White Fleet?"
300
The newspaperman that stirred up anti-Spanish feeling in the United States in 1898 by publishing a private letter calling President McKinley "weak" and "a bidder for the admiration of the crowd."
Who is William Randolph Hearst?
300
The U.S. naval board of inquiry blamed it for the explosion of the battleship "Maine" in Cuba's Havana harbor.
What is a mine?
300
Sauerkraut patriotically renamed during the anti-German hysteria of World War I.
What was "liberty cabbage?"
300
It was formed in 1919 by World War I veterans "to preseve the memories and incidents of our association in the great war" and became a leading pressure group in American politics.
What is the American Legion?
300
The amendment that gave women the right to vote.
What is the Nineteenth (19th) Amendment to the United States Constitution"
400
He said, "Speak softly and carry a big stick."
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
400
The significant inspiration for foreign policy expansion of the 1890s.
What is Social Darwinism?
400
Terms used by some people in the U.S. to describe French fries and French toast, as a result of anti-French during controversyover the U.S. decision to launch the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
What were "Freedom fries" and "Freedom Toast?"
400
The group headed by Alice Paul that was sent to prison and endured being force fed while on a hunger strike.
What was the National Woman's Party
400
The location where the heir to the throne, Franz Ferdinand, was assassinated by a Bosnian that was recruited by Serbian terrorists.
What is Austria-Hungary?
500
The president who sought to expand human rights, national integrity, and opportunity in Latin America, sent troops into South America several times.
Who was Woodrow Wilson?
500
The ship that sank in Cuba's Havana harbor in February 1898 sparked American war fever.
What was the "Maine?"
500
The way the U.S. government raised billions of dollars from the public.
What were "Liberty" loans?
500
The keystone of President Wilson's postwar plans - a permanent multinational organization which would mediate disputes among countries and curb aggression through collective military action.
What was the League of Nations?
500
It was an intercepted message in early 1917 in which the Germany government invited the Mexican government to join them in the war and, in return, would regain Texad, New Mexico, and Arizona.