American Imperialism
The U.S. battleship that exploded in Havana Harbor in 1898.
What is the USS Maine
The shortest war in American History
What is the Spanish American War
The “Teddy Bear” was created after President Theodore Roosevelt saved a cub while hunting in this state
What is California?
The last queen of Hawaii who tried to restore Hawaiian power.
Who is Queen Liliʻuokalani?
A type of exaggerated news reporting that pushed the U.S. toward war with Spain
What is yellow journalism
A Caribbean island that the U.S. still controls today, gained in 1898.
What is Puerto Rico?
The business reason the U.S. cared about Cuba before the war.
What is the sugar industry?
The American businessman who helped overthrow the queen of Hawaii
Who is Sanford Dole?
The U.S. used these territories mainly for naval bases, coaling stations, and access to Asia
What are Guam and the Philippines?
The main reason the U.S. wanted the Panama Canal?
What is to shorten travel time for trade and military ships?
The biggest health challenge during construction — mosquitoes spreading these two diseases.
What are malaria and yellow fever?
This territory became crucial for protecting American trade routes to China.
What is the Philippines?
The foreign policy addition that allowed the U.S. to intervene in Latin America Thanks to President Roosevelt
What is the Roosevelt Corollary
Theodore Roosevelt helped Panama win independence from this country in 1903
What is Colombia?
The amount of money the U.S. paid Spain for the Philippines.
What is $20million?
The effect of the Spanish American War that made the U.S. a stronger world power.
What is gaining overseas territories?
The treaty that gave the U.S. control of the Panama Canal Zone.
What is the Hay–Bunau-Varilla Treaty?
The year the Panama Canal opened
What is 1914?
The Treaty of Paris is a commonly used to end numerous wars throughout history. Name 3 wars that a “Treaty of Paris” has ended
French and Indian War
American Revolution
Spanish American War
WW2
Prior to the Roosevelt Corollary, The earlier doctrine that said Europe should stay out of the Western Hemisphere
What is The Monroe Doctrine?