U.S. Property
Laws and Policies
Wars
Presidents
Vocabulary
100
This islan was annexes when U.S. planters overthew the queen.
What is Hawaii?
100
This policy was mandated by the U.S. and allowed all countries to trade in China.
What is the Open Door Policy?
100
This conflict began in the Philippines when the Americans launched a surprise attack on the Spanish.
What is the Spanish-American War?
100
This president was known for the phrase "Speak softly and carry a big stick."
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
100
This means to join a piece of land to your country.
What is annex?
200
When this land was bought, much of the U.S. thought it was a bad purchase despite its cheap price.
What is Alaska?
200
When the U.S. completed it's manifest destiny by spreading their country from the Atlantic to the Pacific, they began practicing this policy.
What is Imperialism?
200
The sinking of this ship outside of Cuba escalated tensions between the Americans and Spanish.
What is the U.S.S. Maine?
200
President Taft's foreign policy was centered around this kind of Diplomacy.
What is Dollar Diplomacy?
200
This was a type of journalism that exaggerated the truth.
What is yellow journalism?
300
These islands were once owned by Spain and were the location of the first battles of the Spanish-American war.
What are the Philippines?
300
Alfred T. Mahan said that only if we built up a strong ____ could we compete with other strong nations.
What is the Navy?
300
This rebellion in China was begun by a secret society who wanted to eliminate western influence from China.
What is the Boxer Rebellion?
300
Before he was president, Theodore Roosevelt was well known for leading this group of cavalry men to defeat the Spanish in Cuba.
Who are the Rough Riders?
300
This is a man-made river.
What is a canal?
400
This island became a protectorate of the U.S.
What is Cuba?
400
This law set up a civil government in Puerto Rico that was mostly controlled by the U.S.
What is the Foraker Act?
400
This war was fought by Filipinos who wanted to be independent from United States rule.
What is the Philippine-American war?
400
President Wilson did not support the new government in Mexico because of his belief in this type of diplomacy.
What is Moral Diplomacy?
400
This term refers to the business and finances of a country.
What is the economy?
500
In order to build the Panama Canal, the U.S. needed to free the land from what country?
What is Columbia?
500
This was an amendment which the U.S. forced Cuba to add to it's constitution.
What is the Platt Amendment?
500
The Spanish were forced to sign this treaty at the end of the Spanish American war and had to give Puerto Rico, Cuba, and the Philippines to the U.S.
What is the Treaty of Paris?
500
This addition added to the Monroe Doctrine that the U.S. would be willing to use force to protect our interests in the Western Hemisphere.
What is the Roosevelt Corollary?
500
This term means the right to vote.
What is suffrage?
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