Spanish-American War
War between these two nations drew lots attention from Americans in 1895.
What is Spain and Cuba?
He wrote a book arguing that all great nations should have a powerful navy.
Who is Alfred T. Mayhan?
This is the term for a nation that does not want to interact with or trade with other nations, preferring to keep to itself.
What is isolationism?
This man was shot, leading to the presidency of Teddy Roosevelt.
Who is William McKinley?
This is the term for laws that enforced segregation in the southern US.
What are Jim Crow laws?
This is the term for exaggerated or even made up stories that are meant to attract readers.
What is yellow journalism?
The last monarch of Hawaii.
Who is Queen Liliuokalani?
Two reasons that Hawaii was a desirable asset to the United States in the 1800s.
What are:
Natural Resources, New markets, Military bases, Spreading their own ideologies, farming
This is the battle that made Teddy Roosevelt a house hold name.
The battle of San Juan Hill.
These 3 laws are known as the "slavery amendments."
What are the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments?
American ship that was mysteriously blown up in 1898 while sitting in Havana Harbor.
What is the USS Maine?
The first "president of Hawaii"
Who is Sanford B. Dole?
The nation that won the Sino-Japanese war in 1894.
What is Japan?
The nickname given to Roosevelt's foreign policy.
What is Big Stick Diplomacy
The nickname given to the regiment of African American soldiers during the Spanish-American war.
What are the Buffalo Soldiers?
He would later become president, lead a cavalry unit known as the Rough Riders to a major victory in Cuba during the war.
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
He was sent to Japan with a fleet of ships in order to try to force the Japanese to trade with the US.
Who is Matthew C. Perry?
This was created in order to protect US interests in Asia and ensure that the US was allowed to trade with the Chinese.
What is the Open Door Policy?
Roosevelt makes this decree in 1904, stating that the US has "police powers" to protect Latin American nations from European imperialism.
What is the Roosevelt Corollary?
This man believed that African Americans needed to fight for voting rights in the court system.
Who is W.E.B. DuBois?
The three territories the U.S. acquired as a result of the Spanish-American war.
What is Guam, Puerto Rico, Philippines?
Economic and political domination of a strong country over weaker ones.
What is imperialism?
William H. Taft's policy of giving economic aid to nations in need rather than using intimidation to keep peace.
What is Dollar Diplomacy?
Roosevelt sends this fleet of 16 US naval battleships is sent around the world as a show of military strength.
What is the Great White Fleet?
The court case Plessy vs Ferguson led to this infamous ruling in the courts.
What is "separate, but equal?"