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100
American writer who believed that greater navel power will bring more success
What is Alfred T Mahan?
100
Practice of forming and maintaining an empire
What is Imperialism?
100
"Notes" created by secretary of state John Hay that called for free trade with China
What is Open Door Notes?
100
Theory that has includes concepts of survival of the fittest; the rich will get richer and the poor will stay poor
What is Social Darwinism?
100
President during the Spanish-American War
What is William McKinely?
200
This leader sent John J. Pershing to Mexico to capture Pancho Villa
What is Woodrow Wilson?
200
A country directly ruling another area
What is Colony?
200
This treaty gave the U.S. control over the Philippines by giving Spain $20 million
What is Treaty of Paris?
200
When newspapers take headlines and exaggerate them for attention
What is "Yellow Journalism"?
200
This island was pressured by the U.S. to build a naval base
What is Hawaii?
300
Leader of the social gospel movement and believed in missionary work so that all races could be brought to God
What is Josiah Strong?
300
Fighters during the Spanish-American war that consisted of rugged westerners and upper class easterners
What is Rough Riders?
300
More than 5,000 workers died here
What is Panama Canal?
300
Having little or nothing to do with foreign countries
What is Isolationism?
300
The ship that exploded and led to the Spanish-American War
What is The Maine
400
The Filipino nationalist who fought for freedom from Spain
What is Emilio Aguinaldo?
400
Type of imperialism when a country indirectly controls an area
What is Protectorate?
400
What affirmed the U.S. policing of Latin America
What is Roosevelt Corollary?
400
The book written by Alfred T Mahan that influenced American imperialistic thought
What is "The Influence of Sea Power Upon History"?
400
The purchase of Alaska for 7.2 million from Russia
What is Sewards Folly
500
He supported the annexation of the Philippines and campaigned for the construction of a new navy
What is Albert J. Beveridge?
500
Aggressive American nationalism
What is Jingoism?
500
When the civil government in Puerto Rico allowed the U.S. to appoint government and part of PR legislature
What is Foraker Act?
500
President Roosevelt's broader policy for diplomacy in Latin America
What is The Big Stick Diplomacy
500
Who were the big "yellow Journalists"
What is William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer?
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