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Occupied by the United States in World War II, following heavy fighting at Kwajalein and Enewetak, the these islands were made part of the United Nations Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands under jurisdiction of the United States in 1947.
What are marshall islands?
policy of carefully mediated negotiation ("speaking softly") supported by the unspoken threat of a powerful military
What is big stick?
a nickname given to the 1st United States Volunteer Cavalry, one of three such regiments raised in 1898 for the Spanish–American War and the only one to see combat
What are the rough riders?
a Cuban poet, philosopher, essayist, journalist, translator, professor, and publisher, who is considered a Cuban national hero because of his role in the liberation of his country. He was also an important figure in Latin American literature.
Who is Jose Marti
an armed conflict between Spain and the United States. Hostilities began in the aftermath of the internal explosion of USS Maine in Havana Harbor in Cuba, leading to U.S. intervention in the Cuban War of Independence. The war led to the U.S. emerging predominant in the Caribbean region, and resulted in U.S. acquisition of Spain's Pacific possessions. It led to U.S. involvement in the Philippine Revolution and later to the Philippine–American War.
What is the Spanish American War?
What is manifest destiny?
United States foreign policy position that opposed European colonialism in the Western Hemisphere. It held that any intervention in the political affairs of the Americas by foreign powers was a potentially hostile act against the U.S
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
United States diplomatic policy established in the late 19th century and the early 20th century that called for a system of equal trade and investment and to guarantee the territorial integrity of China.
What is the open door policy?
stated that the United States would intervene as a last resort to ensure that other nations in the Western Hemisphere fulfilled their obligations to international creditors,
What is Roosevelt Corollary
an amendment to a joint resolution of the United States Congress, enacted on April 20, 1898, in reply to President William McKinley's War Message. It placed a condition on the United States military's presence in Cuba
What is Teller Amendment?
The tiny western Pacific island of this United States territory has been a U.S. territory for over a century, and is considered a strategically important link between the U.S. and Asia. Yet given its significance, the story of how an island 6,000 miles from California become an American territory is surprisingly short.
What is Guam?
peace settlement signed at Kittery, Maine, in the U.S., ending the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–05.
What is Treaty of Portsmouth?
is a history of naval warfare published in 1890 by the American naval officer and historian Alfred Thayer Mahan. ... Its policies were quickly adopted by most major navies, ultimately leading to the World War I naval arms race.
What is The Influence of Sea Power Upon History
Illness during the Spanish American War that wiped out thousands of American soldiers in Cuba
What is yellow fever?
stipulated seven conditions for the withdrawal of United States troops remaining in Cuba at the end of the Spanish–American War, and an eighth condition that Cuba sign a treaty accepting these seven conditions. It defined the terms of Cuban–U.S. relations essentially to be an unequal one of U.S. dominance over Cuba.
What is the Platt Amendment?
82 km waterway in Panama that connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific Ocean and divides North and South America.
What is panama canal?
a policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force.
what is imperialism?
a United States Navy ship that sank in Havana Harbor on February 15, 1898, contributing to the outbreak of the Spanish–American War in April.
What is USS Maine
states expand their territory through military empire-building or colonialism.
What is expansionism?
People who categorize themselves as this often state that they are opposed to colonialism, colonial empires, hegemony, imperialism and the territorial expansion of a country beyond its established borders
What is anti imperialism?
The atoll was declared a U.S. possession in 1867, and in 1903 Theodore Roosevelt made it a naval reservation. The island was renamed by the U.S. Navy in recognition of its geographic location on the route between California and Japan
What is midway island?
was the popular nickname for the group of United States Navy battleships which completed a journey around the globe from December 16, 1907 to February 22, 1909 by order of President Theodore Roosevelt.
What is great white fleet?
terms for journalism and associated newspapers that present little or no legitimate, well-researched news while instead using eye-catching headlines for increased sales. Techniques may include exaggerations of news events, scandal-mongering, or sensationalism.
What is Yellow Journalism(Press)
a state that is controlled and protected by another sovereign state
What is protectorate
His book The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660–1783 (1890) won immediate recognition
Who is Alfred T. Mahan?