U.S. American Expansion
The belief that the U.S. was destined to expand across the continent.
What is Manifest Destiny?
The policy of staying out of foreign affairs, especially before WWI.
What is Isolationism?
The movement of people into a country.
What is Immigration?
A U.S. battleship whose explosion contributed to the start of the Spanish-American War.
What is the USS Maine?
Something related to one's own country.
What is Domestic?
The act of adding new land to a country's territory.
What is Annexation?
The diplomatic message that encouraged Mexico to ally with German during WWI.
What is the Zimmerman Telegram?
The movement of people out of a country.
What is Emigration?
The alliance that included Germany and Austria-Hungary in WWI.
What are the Central Powers?
Something related to other countries.
What is Foreign?
The 1823 policy that warned Europe to stay out of the Americas.
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
A U.S. proposal for equal trading rights in China.
What is Open Door Policy?
This trend can occur due to better living conditions or higher birth rates.
What is Population Growth?
A war from 1914-1918 involving most world powers, with the U.S. entering in 1917.
What is World War I?
A peaceful agreement between opposing parties.
What is a Compromise?
This waterway, completed under U.S. influence, connected the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
What is the Panama Canal?
This term refers to interactions between countries and how a nation manages its relations abroad.
What is Foreign Policy?
The increase of business and trade activities, often seen in time of expansion.
What is Economic Expansion?
This president led the U.S. during the Spanish-American War.
Who is William Mckinley?
A holiday honoring those who served in the U.S. Armed Forces.
What is Veterans Day?
This 1898 conflict marked the U.S. as a world power and led to the annexation of the Philippines.
What is the Spanish-American War?
The rules and agreements that guide interactions between countries.
What is International Law?
People leave rural areas to live in cities or different regions in this demographic shift.
What is Migration?
This organization opposed the U.S. taking control of other nations.
What is the Anti-Imperialist League?
What is Westernization?