Early American Imperialism
This is the political, military, and economic domination of strong nations over weaker territories.
What is imperialism?
The type of newspaper publishing that effectively attracted readers by writing about things in a dramatic way.
What is Yellow Journalism?
Name two of the three ways the transcontinental railroad changed life in the United States.
Expanded commerce
Spread ideas
Made travel more affordable
He was known for heavily using Yellow Journalism that exaggerated the war.
Who is William Randolph Hearst?
Name the territory that connected the Caribbean Ocean with the Pacific Ocean.
What is the Panama Canal?
This is the only food that does not spoil.
What is honey?
A pattern of overproduction and underconsumption led to troubles in the post-Civil War economy and led businesses to seek financial markets here.
What is overseas or foreign markets?
This agreement officially ended the Spanish-American War.
What is the Treaty of Paris?
The discovery of this caused scores of people to give up their livelihoods and head to California.
What is the discovery of gold?
He sent letters to foreign diplomats in China that called for free trade.
Who is U.S. Secretary of State John Hay?
Name the intimidation strategy that sailed around the world
What is the Great White Fleet?
Lollipops were invented in this New England state in 1908 by George Smith.
What is Connecticut?
Seward bought Alaska in 1867. How did Alaska become beneficial to U.S. imperialism?
Naval access to the Pacific Ocean
During the Battle of Manila Bay (May 1, 1898), this country's naval fleet seized an easy victory.
What is the United States over an aged Spanish fleet?
Nations that carved out China's borders enjoyed privileged trade markets. These zones were called this.
What are spheres of influence?
He was the American naval officer who urged American leaders to build a stronger navy.
Who is Alfred T. Mahan?
Which type of diplomacy focused on American investing in foreign territory and which U.S. president supported it?
Who is President William Taft and the Dollar Diplomacy?
A “jiffy” is about
a. one trillionth of a second
b. one-millionth of a second
c. one hundred of a second
d. a 1/2 second
What is A (one trillionth of a second)?
Sanford Ballard Dole led a group of sugar plantation owners in a coup to take over of this country. Dole named himself president.
What is Hawaii?
Teddy Roosevelt was a leader of volunteer groups in Cuba known as this.
What are the Rough Riders?
"An Act to Provide for the Allotment of Lands in Severalty (the condition of being separate) to Indians on the Various Reservations"
Emphasized severalty – the treatment of Native Americans as individuals rather than as members of tribes
What is the Dawes Act of 1887?
He successfully defeated the Spanish forces at Manila, the Philippine capital.
Who is George Dewey?
Name the four territories Spain lost at the end of the Spanish-American War.
1. Cuba
2. Guam
3. The Philippines
4. Puerto Rico
This character has the highest kill count of any Disney character.
Who is Mulan?
This industry's collapse sparked the Panic of 1873 and the collapse of numerous banks.
What is the railroad industry?
Name two of the three influences that caused America to declare war on Spain.
1. Hearst's Yellow Journalism
2. De Lome stolen letter
3. USS Maine
“If I were an Indian, I often think that I would greatly prefer to cast my lot among those ... who adhered to the free open plains, rather than submit to the confined limits of a reservation, there to be a recipient of the blessed benefits of civilization, with its vices thrown in without stint or measure.”
Who is General George Custer, who was later killed in the battle at Little Big Horn?
This was the name given to the secret Chinese nationalists who killed foreigners and Chinese Christians.
Who are Boxers?
“It was in my heart; there was no escape for me. “All those people seemed bowing to the great ruler. I made up my mind to kill that ruler.”
Name the speaker and the person he killed.
Who is Leon Czolgosz, who shot President William McKinley on Sept. 6, 1901?
This person was introduced to painting by the United States Air Force.
Who is Bob Ross?