Imperialism
Secretary of State who pushed for the purchase of Alaska in 1867
William Seward
Term used to describe American feeling of nationalism mixed with racism.
Jingoism
This president is finally convinced that the U.S. needs to assist Cuba in its bid for independence from Spain.
William McKinley
This agreement ceded the Philippines from Spain for $20 million.
Treaty of Paris
Philosophy that claims that people who have evolved as white high society best leads nations.
Social Darwinism
Owner of the New York World that helped sensationalize news of the turn on the 20th century.
Joseph Pulitzer
Commodore George Dewey sails into this location to bring the war effort to Spanish colonies in the Pacific.
Manila Bay, Philippines
This act sought to protect the rights of Cuba and its independence.
Teller Amendment
Author of The Influence of Seapower promoting the U.S. to build a strong navy and merchant marine system.
Alfred Mahan
His newspaper The New York Journal published the Spanish minister Dupuy de Lome's comment the President McKinley was weak.
William Randolph Hearst
Cuban location of the explosion of the USS Maine
Havanna Harbor
This president's policy of speaking softly but carrying a big stick showed American determination to continue to gain respect around the world.
Theodore Roosevelt
The U.S. takes this archipelago by establishing a naval base and supporting a sugar planter revolt.
Hawaii
Journalists capitalized on this Feb. 1898 event that has intrigued the U.S. Navy for over 100 years.
USS Maine explosion
Theodore Roosevelt's group that rode into southeastern Cuba to claim San Juan Heights over Santiago.
Rough Riders
This act recognized Cuban independence with the withdrawal of U.S. troops.
Platt Amendment
This policy extended the Monroe Doctrine to make the U.S. the protectors of the Caribbean.
Roosevelt Corollary
These illustrations used by yellow journalists helped visualize the need of the U.S. to expand its brand of government and economy in the world.
Political cartoons
The 1898 annexation of these two islands shows the strength of the U.S. Navy over the Spanish.
Guam and Puerto Rico
American policy of President Taft in Central America to protect business interests.
Dollar Diplomacy