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What is an Isolationist? 
A person or country that wants to stay out of the political affairs of other countries. 
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Commodore Matthew Perry
Led warships to Japan. Perry convinced the Japanese emperor to open the country to trade.
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The way a country deals with other countries
foreign policy 
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Why did the US need a port in the Pacific Ocean? 
The U.S. needed the Pacific Ocean because they needed to stop for fuel. 
100
Why did many Americans think the Spaniards were responsible for the explosion of the Maine?
Yellow Journalism
200
protectorate
a country that is partly controlled and protected by a more powerful country. 
200
Queen Liliuokalani
Ruler of Hawaii
200
an addition to a document
corollary 
200
How did the US become a World Power?
The US victory over Spain made the US a world power.
200
This act made Puerto Rico a U.S. Territory
The Jones Act of 1917 
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annex
to add or take possession of a smaller country
300
John Hay
Sent letters called Open Door Notes to all the foreign countries involved in China. 
300
a narrow strip of land that connects two larger sized lands. 
ISTHMUS 
300
Why did Roosevelt want to build a canal across Central America? 
It would shorten the trip from the Pacific to the Atlantic Oceans. 
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Why did the US newspapers print the headline "Remember the Maine"?
It increased Americans' anger against Spain. 
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yellow journalism
the publishing of exaggerated or made-up news stories to attract readers and influence their ideas. 
400
Who sent the U.S. battleship Maine to Havana? 
President William McKinley
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Who wanted to build a canal across Central America? 
President Theodore Roosevelt 
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What was the Roosevelt Corollary? 
It said that only the US had the right to act in countries in the Western Hemisphere. 
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What did the US do when Queen L. tried to take back control of Hawaii?
Americans led a revolt against the Queen. Marines even joined the fight. 
500
imperialism
the policy of one nation gaining control over other lands and using them to build an empire. 
500
Destroyed the Spanish fleet at Manila Bay
Commodore George Dewey
500
What was the Panama Canal? 
A canal that would shorten the tip from the Pacific to the Atlantic oceans. 
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What decisions were made about Cuba, Puerto Rico and the Philippines? 
Cuba-Protectorate

Puerto Rico- US Territory 

Phillipines-Lost Independence 

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Where was the Spanish-American War fought
Philippines and Cuba 
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