THE BRITISH ARE COMING
KING LEOPOLD THE NOT-SO-FRIENDLY GHOST
THE WAR WITH SPAIN STAYS MAINLY IN THE PLAIN
USA! USA!?
100
Armed resistance against the British East India Company that ultimately led to Crown control of India
What is the Sepoy Mutiny/Indian Rebellion of 1857?
100
City that hosted an 1812 conference in which European divided up African colonial possessions
What is Berlin?
100
Future US president who famously fought with the Rough Riders in Cuba in the Spanish-American War
Who is Teddy Roosevelt?
100
19th century American belief that it was the country's fate to spread from the Atlantic to the Pacific
What is manifest destiny?
200
Most historians consider the main positive contribution of the British in India
What is the railroad?
200
Main justification given by King Leopold for governing the Congo as a private colony
What is converting Congolese people to Christianity?
200
Representative of the U.S. in political cartoons of this era
Who is Uncle Sam?
200
The near-eradication of this animal made Native Americans increasingly dependent on the federal government
What is the American bison?
300
Pashminas, calicos, and silks are all examples of this, Britain's main economic motive for imperialism in India
What are textiles?
300
The plant in the Congo jungle that, forcibly harvested, made Leopold a fortune
What is rubber?
300
3 major US territorial gains in the Spanish-American war
What are Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines?
300
The last queen of this island nation was Liliuokalani before the US took over in 1893
What is Hawai'i?
400
The British fought multiple wars in China in order to continue selling this illicit drug there
What is opium?
400
A common, bloody practice for enforcing Belgian power in the Congo
What is cutting off hands?
400
Famous poem by Rudyard Kipling in response to the U.S. takeover of the Philippines
What is the White Man's Burden?
400
From Frederick Jackson Turner, the idea that the winning of the west meant the end of one era of American history and the beginning of a new (imperialist) one
What is the "frontier thesis"?
500
Britain's colonial stronghold in Northern Africa
What is Egypt?
500
The ironic name of King Leopold's private colony in Africa
What is the Congo Free State?
500
Battleship that exploded in Havana harbor, setting off the Spanish-American War
What is the U.S.S. Maine?
500
Nation that gained independence from Colombia with US assistance related to US economic goals
What is Panama?