The policy of extending a nation's authority over other countries by economic, political or military means.
What is Imperialism?
100
The person whose assassination sparked the beginning of World War I.
Who is Archduke Ferdinand of Austria Hungary?
100
Name of the U.S. ship that blew up in the harbor of Havana, Cuba killing more than 260 men and angering many Americans.
What is the U.S.S. Maine?
100
He led U.S. Forces to occupy the island of Puerto Rico after the Spanish American war.
Who is General Nelson A. Miles?
100
The country from which Cuba gained its independence?
What is Spain?
200
The use of sensationalized or exaggerated reporting by newspapers or magazines to attract readers.
What is Yellow Journalism?
200
Cuban poet and journalist who led Cuban rebels in their fight against Spain for independence.
Who is Jose Marti?
200
One reason Americans favored war with Spain was their treatment of the Cuban people by forcing them to live in these.
What are Concentration Camps?
200
Though Puerto Ricans were made "Citizens" of the U.S. in 1917 they really weren't considered full citizens because they could not do this.
What is vote in presidential elections?
200
Cuba is a large island located just south of this U.S. State.
What is Florida?
300
The policy of building up armed forces in aggressive preparedness for war and their use as a tool of diplomacy.
What is Militarism?
300
Filipino rebel leader who led the Filipino Rebels against the Americans in the Philippine-American War.
Who is Emilio Aguinaldo?
300
The Treaty signed by the U.S. and Spain which ended the war and gave the United States control of some new territories.
What is the Treaty of Paris?
300
The act passed by congress that officially ended military occupation of Puerto Rico and set up a civil government there.
What is the Foraker act?
300
The amendment passed in 1901 which said the U.S. would withdraw their troops from Cuba if Cuba agreed to add a few things to their new constitution.
What is the Platt Amendment?
400
Somone who believes that all wars are wrong and that countries should never engage in war.
What is a Pacifist?
400
U.S. Secretary of State who wrote the Open Door Policy.
Who is John Hay?
400
The 3 territories that the United States gained control of as a result of the Spanish American War.
What are Puerto Rico, Guam and the Philippines?
400
Body of water where Puerto Rico can be found.
What is the Carribean Sea?
400
One of the items listed in the Platt Amendment was that Cuba had to agree to never owe another country money or in other words, go into this.
What is debt?
500
The policy that declared that other nations must share trading rights with the United States (Particularly in China).
What is the Open Door Policy?
500
U.S. President at the time of the Annexation of the Philippines.
Who is William McKinnely?
500
The location of the first battle between the Spanish and the Americans during the Spanish American War.
What is the Philippine Islands?
500
The court that declared that the Constitution didn't automatically apply to people in acquired territories like Puerto Rico.
What is the U.S. Supreme Court?
500
Under the terms of the Platt Amendment Cuba became a U.S. _____________________, or a country whose affairs are partially controlled by a stronger power.