The actions used by one nation to exercise political or economic control over smaller or weaker nations.
What is imperialism?
100
I purchased Alaska for 7.2 million dollars
Who is William Seward?
100
United States, Germany and Great Britain
Who are the three countries that competed for Samoa?
100
Ship that was sent to Havana to protect American Citizens and properties.
What is the Maine?
100
Americans supported Panama's independence because of this.
What is the land to build the Panama Canal?
200
Japan and European powers carved these out in China so that they could have special rights and powers
What are spheres of influence?
200
I expanded the U.S. Navy and improved the structure of navy vessels.
Who is Captain Alfred Thayer Mahan?
200
The Boxer Rebellion led to this.
What is the 2nd Open Door Policy?
200
The first military action of the Spanish-American war happened here.
What is the Philippines?
200
Policy that focused on responding to foreign crisis with military action and not threats.
What is Big Stick Diplomacy?
300
Newspaper editors competed with each other to publish the most gruesome pictures and articles to play on the emotions of the U.S. people and involve us in a war.
What is yellow journalism?
300
I sailed warships into Tokyo Bay to persuade the Japanese to open ports to the United States.
Who is Commodore Matthew Perry?
300
The group that set up a provisional government in Hawaii.
Who are the white planters or sugar plantation owners?
300
These became U.S. territories or protectorates following America's victory in the Spanish-American War.
What is Cuba, Puerto Rico or Guam?
300
"substitute dolllars for bullets"...this policy focused on intervening when American business interests were threatened.
What is Dollar Diplomacy?
400
An independent country but still under the control of a country.
What is a protectorate?
400
As president, I was not in favor of the annexation of Hawaii.
Who is Grover Cleveland?
400
This incident led to Congress's war on Spain.
What is the explosion of the Maine?
400
The 3 points of the Platt Amendment
What is prohibited Cuba from making treaties with other nations, gave U.S. control of Guantanamo Bay, Gave U.S. right to intervene in Cuba's affairs if their independence was at stake.
400
The policy that emphasized that the U.S. had a duty to teach the South American Republics to elect good men.
What is Moral Diplomacy?
500
An area completely controlled by another country
What is a territory?
500
I was President when the U.S. was building the Panama Canal.
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
500
This agreement set up a new Puerto Rican government in 1900.
What is the Foraker Act?
500
The reasons why imperialists were in favor of acquiring the Philippines.
What is another Pacific Naval Base, another stopover on the way to China, a large market for American Goods.
500
This stated that the U.S. had the right to get involved in Latin America whenever the nations seemed unstable.