Vocabulary
The policy of remaining apart from the affairs or interests of other groups, especially the political affairs of other countries - Imperialism or Isolationism
Isolationism
First, and last Queen of Hawaii. Overthrown with the help of the U.S. by American Planters in Hawaii - Queen Liliuokalani or Queen Elizabeth
Queen Liliuokalani
A group of countries or regions that are controlled by one ruler, government, or country - Empire or Annex
Empire
A nationalist uprising in China to try and remove/reduce the influence of foreign powers and their spheres of influence. - Boxer Rebellion or Word War II
Boxer Rebellion
An agreement written into the new Cuban constitution after the Spanish American War stating that the U.S. has the right to intervene in Cuban affairs. - Platt Amendment or Panama Canal
Platt Amendment
The belief that the U.S. and American way of life was meant to expand from coast to coast - Manifest Destiny or Intervention
Manifest Destiny
President who sent over the USS Maine to protect Americans in Cuba - William McKinley or William Taft
William McKinley
Members of the First U.S. Volunteer Cavalry, organized by Theodore Roosevelt, that fought in Cuba during the Spanish American War. - Rough Riders or USS Maine
Rough Riders
U.S. warship that exploded in Havana, Cuba, on February 15, 1898. A factor in leading to the Spanish American War. -USS Maine or the Mayflower
Areas where foreign nations claimed special rights and economic privileges (trade and treatment of European citizens). - Sphere of Influence or White Mans Burden
Sphere of Influence
The policy of a nation expanding its territory and/or its economic influence to other territories - Annex or Expansionism
Expansionism
Secretary of State that arranged for the U.S. purchase of Alaska from Russia. 1867 - William Taft or William Seward
William Seward
A style of journalism that exaggerates and sensationalizes the news to sell papers. - Yellow Journalism or Blue Journalism
Yellow Journalism
Where was the canal built? - Panama or Cuba
Panama
The supposed or presumed responsibility/duty of white people to govern and tell about their culture to non-white people. - White Man's Burden or Open Door policy
White Man's Burden
The interference by one country in another country’s affairs - Intervention or Isolationism
Intervention
Commander of American forces in World War I. - John Pershing or John Adams
John Pershing
To join or merge a territory into an existing country. - Annex or Ethnocentrism
Annex
“Speak softly and carry a big stick.” Theodore Roosevelt’s idea of conducting foreign policy. The idea that force (or the threat of force), especially political or military, can be used by a government as a means of influence. - Big Stick Policy or Open Door Policy
Big Stick Policy
U.S. policy proposed in 1899 which stated no single country should have a monopoly on trade with China. - Open door policy or White Mans Burden
Open door policy
The policy by which stronger nations extend their economic, political, or military control over weaker nations (for raw materials and markets to sell their good).
Imperialism
Which president wanted to build a canal across the Central American country of Panama? - President Roosevelt or President Washington
President Roosevelt
The belief of superiority in one's personal ethnic group. - Ethnocentrism or Imperialism
Ethnocentrism
1898 war that began when the U.S. demanded Cuba’s independence from Spain (caused by the sinking of the USS Maine)
Spanish American War
!!Daily Double!!
What three territories did the US gain in the Spanish American War?
*Hint not Cuba
Guam, Puerto Rico, and Philippines