Vocabulary
Narrow Strip of land that has water on each side or connecting two bodies of land
Isthmus
Overthrown Queen of Hawaii
Queen Liliuokalani
Commercial opportunities and thought they were incapable of ruling themselves.
Philippines
The amount of workers in the Panama Canal
40,000 workers in the Panama Canal
Spain agreed to give them freedom
Cuba
To take over
Annex
Commodore of the Pacific fleet
Commodore George Denvey
important stepping stone for trading with Asia (received from Russia)
Alaska
Disease in Panama caused by mosquito's.
Yellow fever
U.S wanted them because of commercial opportunities.
Philippines
Corollary
Led Philippines nationalists in a war against Spain then later the U.S
Emilio Aguinaldo's
U.S.wanted them to protect stranded seamen and open two refueling and provisioning American ships.
Japan
Theodore Roosevelt's beliefs on the Panama Canal
It would greatly affect American commerce and Military.
with the Foraker Act gave them little say in their own affairs.
Puerto Rico
Deciding on a question by presenting to a third party to avoid court
Arbitration
King who accepted a new constitution that reduced royal power and increased sugar planters power
King Kalakawa
Looking for a new market to buy goods from once the British refused to trade with the U.S they preferred to trade with America who bought their goods.
China
The people that built the Panama Canal after Panama became independent from Columbia
Panamanian's
Didn’t like the idea of a female ruling the Hawaiian islands so they overthrew her
Hawaii
When a nation is acknowledged by other governments and other countries
Diplomatic Recognition
Publisher that featured sensational stories about the Cuban struggles
William Randolf Hearst
Only reason America annexed them was because of the Treaty of Paris in 1998.
Guam
The action taken to prevent the disease in Panama
By draining swamps and spraying insecticide
With the help of Perry the Treaty of Kanagawa, they accepted demands of helping stranded Americans.
Japan