Vocabulary
Eyes on the Pacific
Spanish-American War
The U.S. and Latin America
Miscellaneous
100
Small area of land on which the Panama Canal was developed.
What is an isthmus?
100
In the late 1800s, expansionists argued that the U.S. needed to expand because of this.
What is they needed new markets for its products?
100
This event, in 1898, led to the war between the United States and Spain.
What is the sinking of the Maine?
100
The person U.S forces chased into Mexican territory.
Who was Pancho Villa?
100
U.S. Secretary of State who purchased Alaska from Russia.
Who was William Seward?
200
Building empires by imposing political and economic control over people around the world.
What is imperialism?
200
On July 7, 1898, this area became a territory of the United States.
What is Hawaii?
200
How Americans reacted to the revolt in Cuba.
What is, most were sympathetic to the Cubans?
200
The "policy" that Roosevelt use is most connected with Latin America.
What is his "big stick" policy?
200
Naval commander who presented Japan with a letter from the President hoping for trade.
Who was Matthew C. Perry?
300
Avoiding the involvement in other countries' affairs.
What is isolationism?
300
Japan agreed to trade with the United States after this year.
What is 1853?
300
Pulitzer's rival who tried to outdo him in sensational stories and headlines.
Who was William Randolph Hearst?
300
The two diseases that ran rampant during the building of the Panama Canal.
What is malaria and yellow fever?
300
Queen of Hawaii after her brother King Kalakaua died.
Who was Liliuokalani?
400
An independent country whose policies are controlled by an outside power.
What is a protectorate?
400
This helped to protect the United States' right to trade with China.
What is the Open Door Policy?
400
The amount of money the United States paid Spain after the Spanish-American War.
What was $20 million?
400
when the neighbors of the United States got into disputes with foreign nations, the US had the right to exercise....an international police power"
What is the Roosevelt Corollary?
400
Naval captain who believed trade was important for prosperity.
Who is Alfred T. Mahan
500
A logical extension of a doctrine or proposition.
What is a corollary? 
500
Historian who emphasized the importance of the American frontier.
Who was Frederick Jackson Turner?
500
This set up a government in Puerto Rico with a U.S. appointed governor.
What is the Foraker Act of 1900?
500
Taft's policy aims to protect U.S. economic investments in Latin American and in other regions.
What is Dollar Diplomacy? 
500
Cuban exile who urged the United States to help the people of Cuba.
Who was Jose Marti?
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