Ways to Justify Imperialism
Foreign Affairs
Spanish American War
Amendments and Treaties
Double Point Mystery (Hard)
100
Pride in one's own country or nationality
What is nationalism
100

Mexican nationalist who crossed the US/Mexican border & raided US Southwestern towns

Who is Pancho Villa?
100
Weyler "The Butcher" is best known for what tactic during the war
What are Concentration Camps?
100
This amendment promised Cuba their independence after the war
What is the Teller Amendment?
100
This territory, gained from the Treaty of Paris, was jealous of Cuba receiving its independence after the war
What are the Philippines?
200
This caused people in the U.S. to search outside of the U.S. for resources 
What is the closing of the Western frontier
200
This land was purchased by Secretary of State John Seward
What is Alaska?
200
The Spanish-American war lasted only four months, and therefore got this nickname
What is the Splendid Little War?
200
This treaty officially ended the Spanish-American War
What is the Treaty of Paris?
200
This organization was against the signing of the Treaty of Paris
What is the Anti-Imperialism League?
300

Minister who argued an imperialist policy as a way to convert the masses to Christianity

Who is Josiah Strong?
300
This event caused more than 100,000 people to flock to Alaska
What is the Klondike Gold Rush? (Alaskan Gold Rush)
300
The explosion of the ship was an immediate cause of the Spanish-American War
What is the USS Maine?
300
This amendment Cuba signed that allowed the United States to intervene in Cuban affairs
What is the Platt Amendment?
300
This was the calvary led by Teddy Roosevelt during the Spanish-American War
What are the Rough Riders?
400

A philosophy that advocated survival of the fittest and was used to justify imperialism 

What is Social Darwinism?
400

Territories or nations over which a nation exercises indirect control 

What are spheres of influence?
400
This newspaper reporting tactic was commonly used to gain public support and to sell newspapers
What is yellow journalism?
400
The United States received these three territories from the Treaty of Paris
Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines
400
This was the battle cry for the Spanish-American War
What is "Remember the Maine, and to hell with Spain"
500
A phrase that indicated the obligation Anglo-Saxon people had to "civilize & help lesser peoples".
What is the "White Man's Burden"
500
Teddy Roosevelt supported a strong navy, often known as
What is the Great White Fleet?
500
This letter criticized President McKinley for being weak
What is the De Lóme Letter?
500

This expanded upon the Monroe Doctrine and claimed that the US had the right to intervene in the Caribbean & Latin America if a nation had trouble paying its debts

What is the Roosevelt Corollary?
500
These two men are responsible for the creation of yellow journalism (first and last name!)
Who are Joseph Pulitzer and William Hearst
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