Imperialism
This is the most important reason for American and European imperialism. Economically, the colony exists to benefit the mother country as raw materials are turned into finished products.
What is mercantilism?
When this ship exploded in the Spanish colony of Cuba, newspaper editors in New York used yellow journalism and blamed Spain, igniting the fury of Americans and igniting the Spanish American War.
What is the USS Maine?
The country of Panama declared independence from this South American country under the watchful eye of Theodore Roosevelt and the U.S. Military.
What is Colombia?
This term is defined as, "the policy of powerful countries (mother countries) seeking to control the economic and political affairs of other countries or regions".
What is imperialism?
This garment would represent Latin America in a political cartoon.
What is a sombrero?
This term describes the belief that American and European culture was superior to all others and therefore needed to be spread to those people considered less civilized.
What is White Man’s Burden?
This former Spanish colony became an American territory following the war.
What is Puerto Rico?
One of two diseases carried by tropical mosquitoes that Dr. William Gorgas had deal with before effective construction on the Panama Canal could begin.
What is malaria or yellow fever/yellow jack?
This term is defined as, "sensational stories printed in hopes of attracting more readers and selling more newspapers".
What is yellow journalism?
Uncle Sam would represent this in a political cartoon.
What is the United States?
The third reason for American and European imperialism is this term meaning, ”the policy of building up strong armed forces on prepare for war”.
What is militarism?
This term is defined as, “a group of colonies or regions under a single imperial ruler, or mother country”.
What is an empire?
This was President James Monroe’s foreign policy statement warning European nations not to interfere in Latin America.
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
These people travel to foreign lands in order to convert the local population to Christianity.
Who are missionaries?
America had its eyes on deep water ports throughout the world when it set its sights on this Hawaiian port, later to be bombed by the Japanese, dragging the US into World War II.
What is Pearl Harbor?
This valuable natural resource was found under the ground, ice and snow in the Yukon Territory, but had to be sent out by ship on Alaskan rivers to California for processing.
What is gold?
Emilio Aguinaldo‘s forces joined with American forces to defeat the Spanish on these Pacific islands.
What are the Philippines?
He used the Big Stick Policy to guarantee American dominance in the Western Hemisphere.
Who was Teddy Roosevelt?
This term is defined as, "a nation whose independence is limited by a more powerful nation".
What is a protectorate?
The purchase of Alaska from Russia by American Secretary of State William Seward in 1867 was nicknamed this by most Americans because $7.2 million dollars seemed like an awfully high price to pay for a land filled with “glaciers and white bears.”
What is Seward‘s Folly or Seward’s Icebox?
These Americans were against the establishing colonies because they were, among other things, unwilling to deny people to right to govern themselves, or self-determination.
Who were the anti-imperialists?
The Platt Amendment made this former Spanish colony a protectorate of the US, giving the United States the right to intervene in the island‘s affairs.
What is Cuba?
The Panama Canal lies in the heart of here, defined as ”all former territories of Spain in the Western Hemisphere”.
What is Latin America?
This term is defined as, "actions that a nation takes in relation to other nations".
What is foreign policy?
This narrow body of water separates Russia from Alaska.
What is the Bering Strait?