Vocabulary
1823 policy warning Europe not to colonize the Americas.
Monroe Doctrine
War between the U.S. and Spain in 1898.
Spanish-American War
Man-made waterway connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
Panama Canal
1823 policy warning Europe not to colonize the Americas.
Monroe Doctrine
Leader who ruled Mexico for over 30 years before the revolution.
Porfirio Díaz
Policy stating the U.S. could act as an “international police power.”
Roosevelt Corollary
Practice of exaggerating news stories to influence the public.
Yellow Jounralism
Country that originally controlled Panama.
Colommbia
Policy stating the U.S. could act as an “international police power.”
Roosevelt Corollary
Man who ran against Díaz and sparked rebellion.
Francisco Madero
Roosevelt’s foreign policy style meaning to negotiate peacefully but maintain strong military power.
Big Stick Deplomacy
U.S. battleship explosion that pushed America toward war.
U.S.S. Maine
The U.S. helped this region revolt in order to build the canal.
Panama
Roosevelt’s foreign policy style meaning to negotiate peacefully but maintain strong military power.
Big Stick Deplomacy
Revolutionary leader in northern Mexico.
Pancho Villa
Belief that the U.S. had a God given right to expand and spread its influence.
Manifest Destiney
Spanish letter insulting President McKinley.
De Lome Letter
Main reason the canal was important.
Faster trade and travel between oceans.
Manifest Destiney
Revolutionary leader known for the slogan “Land and Liberty.”
Emiliano Zapata
Reason the U.S. claimed it needed to intervene in Latin America.
To protect stability and prevent European involvement.
1898 treaty that ended the war
Treaty of Paris
Two locations originally considered for the canal.
Panama and Nicaragua
How did the Roosevelt Corollary build on the Monroe Doctrine?
The Corollary was direct action while the Doctrine was more of just a threat/statement
Who was the first president of Mexico beginning in the year 1920?
Álvaro Obre