Manifest Destiny
The belief that God gave Americans the right to...
Travel westward and take land
"Forcibly taking/annexing land often using the military"
How a Government deals with/handles other nations around the world...
Foreign Policy
Why was the Panama Canal built?
Native Americans were moved onto....
Reservations
Yellow Journalism led to the spark of which war?
How the U.S. got Alaska...
President Teddy (Theodore) Roosevelt
Which country did the U.S. offer money to build the Panama Canal?
Colombia
An example of Native American assimilation...
Different name
Different haircut
Different clothes
Different language
Sinking of this US battleship also led to the start of the Spanish-American War
How the U.S. got Hawaii...
Overthrew Hawaiian Queen, took control.
This allowed the U.S. to open trade negotiations with China and join other countries who were already trading with China
Open Door Policy
Supporters of isolationism believed that...
America should avoid conflict with other nations and not interfere
Battle of Little Bighorn outcome...
Native Americans won the battle, killed Custer. Americans controlled Native Americans even more.
Reporting the news objectively and accurately is an example of yellow journalism
FALSE
Reasons a country wants to be imperialistic...
Trade, get $$, extend influence, become world power...
The official U.S. policy stated that any problems in Latin America could force the U.S. to act as the international police force in order to protect American economic interests...
Big Stick Diplomacy
The U.S. wanted to take the Philippines because...
It was closer to China, so that we can trade with China easier
Land loss, disease, battle, animal loss...
Outcomes of the Spanish-American War...
America gained Puerto Rico
Cuba was freed from Spain's control
An argument of the Anti-Imperialists was...
An American Sphere of Influence was created in China to...
Begin trading with China like other nations already were
The year the U.S. bought Alaska...
1867