Spanish-American War
Many Americans favored war with Spain after this ship mysteriously exploded in Havana Harbor.
USS Maine
This major engineering project shortened the time required to transport ships from the Pacific to the Atlantic Oceans.
Panama Canal
Russian territory that was purchased by the United States in 1867.
Alaska
British ship that was sunk by a German U-boat in 1915, leading to the deaths of 1200 passengers, including 128 Americans.
Lusitania
President during World War I
Woodrow Wilson
The Spanish-American War ended, and the U.S. received the Philippines, Guam, and Puerto Rico as colonies following the signing of this treaty.
Treaty of Paris
Theodore Roosevelt used this term to describe his strategy of using a strong navy to defend the Western Hemisphere.
Big Stick Diplomacy
Independent kingdom that was annexed by the United States in 1898.
Hawaii
Message sent to the Mexican government by the German foreign minister, encouraging Mexico to attack the United States
Zimmerman Note
President during the Spanish-American War
William McKinley
This group of American volunteers followed Theodore Roosevelt to Cuba and fought with him at the Battle of San Juan Hill.
The Rough Riders
This policy states that the United States will not tolerate the establishment of new European colonies in the Western Hemisphere.
Monroe Doctrine
American naval officer who forced Japan to open its markets to Western trade.
Mathew Perry
This law made it a crime to criticize the government during World War I
Espionage Act
Commander of American Expeditionary Force during World War I
John J. Pershing
The Platt Amendment ensured that the United States would grant independence to which Spanish colony at the end of the Spanish-American War?
Cuba
Theodore Roosevelt helped Panama gain its independence after this nation refused to allow him to build a canal there.
Columbia
American planter who led the provisional government of Hawaii after the overthrow of Queen Liliuokalani.
Sanford B. Dole
This law was used to draft soldiers during World War I.
Selective Service Act
Author of The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, which argued that a world power required colonies and a strong navy.
Alfred Thayer Mahan
This sensational form of journalism, designed to attract more readers, caused more Americans to support war with Spain.
Yellow Journalism
This strategy called for the United States to help Latin American nations pay their debts by providing them with loans from American businesses.
Dollar Diplomacy
American policy, announced in response to the European spheres of influence in China, that called for equal trading rights to all foreign nations in China.
Open Door Policy
President Wilson's war goals, including free navigation of the oceans and a League of Nations
14 Points
Senator from Massachusetts and leading opponent of the League of Nations
Henry Cabot Lodge