Terms
Who/What is that?
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100
Define Isolationism
Isolationism: Avoiding involvement in the affairs of other countries.
100
Who are Boxers?
Chinese nationalists who wanted to drive foreigners and Christians out of China.
They attempted to do this through the Boxer Rebellion but failed.
100
This graph shows the number of subscriptions to a New York newspaper.
What would explain the trend in the graph?
(trend is the number of newspapers sold goes up)
Newspapers used sensationalized reporting to increase circulation. (Yellow Journalism)
200
Define: Imperialism
Imperialism: “expanding power over other areas by expansion and/or control of political and economic life”
200
What do Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolf Hearst have to do with the Spanish-American War?
Yellow Journalism! They exaggerated news stories so that readers would be interested and the news companies could make more money. The American readers were so angered by what they read it lead to the Spanish-American War!
200
What justification (reason they wanted it) for American imperialism is illustrated in this cartoon?
The United States believed in the ideals of Social Darwinism. ("Everyone would benefit from having the morals of the US")
300
Define "Yellow Journalism"
Yellow Journalism: a style of newspaper that reports exaggerated or sensationalized truths
300
What piece of legislation stated: We (America) aren’t trying to make Cuba a colony! We just want to help you gain your independence!
Teller Amendment
300
The author of this cartoon is portraying what belief about American imperialism?
1.the annexation of the Philippines
2. the adoption of women’s suffrage
3. the formation of monopolies and trusts
4. the use of Jim Crow laws
1.the annexation of the Philippines
400
Define "Spheres of Influence"
Spheres of Influence: Areas where foreign nations controlled resources
400
This limited Cuba’s right to make treaties and allows the U.S. to intervene in Cuban affairs.
Platt Amendment
400
What is the MAIN idea of this political cartoon?
1.The United States abused the human rights of the people in countries it occupied.
2. The United States took land away from other European countries unjustly.
3. The United States became a world power through imperialism.
4. The United States betrayed the convictions of its forefathers by annexing new land.
3. The United States became a world power through imperialism.
500
Define "Open Door Policy"
Open Door Policy: This policy stated that all nations should have equal access to trade in China
500
What 4 territories did America gain as a result of the Treaty of Paris?
Cuba, Guam, Philippines, and Puerto Rico
500
This political cartoon was published in the Boston Globe in 1898.
What reason for adopting a policy of imperialism is symbolized in this political cartoon. 
the desire to acquire new territories