The United States Gains overseas territories
Bought Alaska from Russia for 7.2 million dollars on March 30th, 1867
Who was William H. Sewerd
The technique used by Pulitzer and Hearst to make stories more dramatic
What was Yellow Journalism
Cut 8,000 miles off sea voyage and allowed the U.S. to quickly link Atlantic and Pacific fleets
What was the Panama Canal
Showed that the U.S. had know interest in Cuban Affairs
What was the Teller Amendment
What two countries in Asia did the U.S. seek to trade with.
What was Japan and China
On August 13, U.S. troops and Filipino rebels led by ________ took control of the Philippine capital of Manila.
Who was Emilio Aguinaldo
True or flase
The U.S. became the International police power of the Western Hemisphere
True
Stated that all nations should have equal access to trade in China
What was the Open Door Policy
BY the late 1800s, some Americans wanted to end ______ in order to keep the U.S. economy strong
Was was isolationanism
The main way U.S. troops died during the Spanish-American
What were diseases
When the Mexican revolution against President Diaz started
When was 1910
Made to force nations to repoay loans to Europe and said that the U.S. would intervene in any wrongdoing by Latin American Countries
What was the Roosevelt Corollary
The annexed Pacific territories
what was Midway Island and Samoa
The commodore that won a quick victory over the Spanish Pacific fleet in the Philippines on May 1, 1898
Who was Commodore George Dewey
The new U.S. territories gained
What were Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines
Influenced governments through economic, not military intervention
What was the Dollar Diplomacy
When did Hawaii become a U.S. territory
When was 1898
The group of volunteers commanded by Theodore Roosevelt
Who were the Rough Riders
The lease agreement between the Panamanian government on the Panama canal
what was 10 million plus 250,000 for a 99 year lease
Proposed the Open Door Policy
Who was John Hay