This is the policy in which stronger nations extend their economic, political, or military control over weaker territories
What is imperialism?
100
The explosion of this ship in Havana, Cuba in 1898 led to the U.S. declaring war against Spain.
What is the U.S.S. Maine?
100
This type of diplomacy is most associated with President Theodore Roosevelt.
What is Big Stick Diplomacy?
100
His assassination by a Serbian nationalist was the start of World War I.
Who is Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
100
These TWO islands became U.S. territories after the Spanish-American War and they still are today.
What is Puerto Rico and Guam?
200
In 1867, he arranged for the U.S. to purchase Alaska from the Russians for $7.2 million dollars.
Who is William Seward?
200
This sensational style of writing exaggerated the news to lure and enrage readers.
What is yellow journalism?
200
This president used Dollar Diplomacy to exert influence in Nicaragua.
Who is William Howard Taft?
200
The sinking of this passenger ship by a German U-boat provoked the U.S. into fighting.
What is the Lusitania?
200
This island became officially independent, but was a protectorate of the U.S. after the Spanish-American War.
What is Cuba?
300
This port and naval base was an important reason why President McKinley favored the annexation of Hawaii.
What is Pearl Harbor?
300
This cease-fire agreement ended the Spanish-American War.
What is the Treaty of Paris?
300
This country's rebellion against Colombia led to the U.S. securing a vital trade route in the Western Hemisphere.
What is Panama?
300
This intercepted message provoked fears that Mexico would join the war on the side of Germany.
What is the Zimmerman note or telegram?
300
After the overthrow of the queen, he headed the new government of the Republic of Hawaii.
Who is Sanford B. Dole?
400
When she came to power in 1891, this monarch proposed removing the property-owning qualifications for voting in Hawaii.
Who is Queen Liliuokalani?
400
This voluntary U.S. cavalry led the charge in the attack on San Juan Hill in Cuba.
Who are the Rough Riders?
400
This is also known as Wilsonian Foreign Policy.
What is Moral or Missionary Diplomacy?
400
After WWI, the Senate denied U.S. membership into this organization fearing a loss of independence.
What is the League of Nations?
400
During World War I, this was a large movement of African-Americans from the South to the North due to an increase in jobs.
What is the Great Migration?
500
This word describes a type of tax on foreign imports, such as the sugar produced by Hawaii plantations coming to the U.S.
What is a tariff?
500
He was a Cuban poet and journalist that organized a Cuban resistance against Spain.
Who is Jose Marti?
500
Woodrow Wilson intervened in this nearby country after it's leader was executed and replaced by an authoritarian leader.
What is Mexico?
500
These acts was ruled constitutional by the US Supreme Court after Charles Schenck sued the government for arresting him after he openly protesting the draft.