True / False
T/F Some Americans believed that George Washington did NOT want the USA to be isolated from other countries but wanted to trade with them.
What is True.
This granted U.S. citizenship to Puerto Ricans.
What is the Jones Act?
He often said, "Speak softly and carry a big stick."
Who was Theodore Roosevelt?
Many people mocked William Seward's purchase of Alaska because...
What is they thought it was an icy, barren place?
Last two U.S. possessions that became states.
What are Alaska and Hawaii?
T/F The USA bought Alaska from the Native Americans.
What is False.
A section of a country in which a foreign nation enjoys special rights and powers.
What is a Sphere of Influence?
Many newspaper editorials called for U.S. intervention in Cuba using this type of journalism.
What is yellow journalism?
Words that describe the climate that helped sugarcane grow well in Hawaii.
What is warm and wet?
James G. Blaine invited Latin American Leaders to form this group.
What is the Pan-American Union?
In 1893 Hawaiian rebels overthrew the Hawaiian queen.
What is false?
A narrow strip of land connecting two larger bodies of land.
What is an isthmus?
Newspapers used yellow journalism to _________ public opinion about events in Cuba.
What is influence?
The event that led to Congress declaring war on Spain.
What was the explosion of the Maine?
These three countries competed for control of Samoa.
What are Great Britain, Germany and the United States?
The people of Cuba had lived under Mexican rule for centuries.
What is false?
An area that is completely controlled by another country.
What is a territory?
In 1900 most overseas possessions where here.
What is the Pacific Ocean?
The country that Spain surrendered to the U.S. in exchange for $20 million.
What was the Philippines?
William H. Taft's foreign policy was known by this name.
What was the Dollar Diplomacy?
The United States recognized Panama's independence immediately.
What is true?
A plan in which Japan opened two ports to American trading ships.
What is the Treaty of Kanagawa?
The major driving force in American history after George Washington left office.
What is the expansion into the western part of North America?
The Panama Canal was such a success because...
What was it greatly reduced shipping time and costs?
Luke Simonds and his family live on this Pacific island.
What is Saipan?