Vocab
Reasons for Imperialism
Spanish-American War Cause and Effect
Spanish-American War
Latin America
100
The foreign policy of increasing power by gaining control of other areas
What is imperialism
100
This territory was bought from Russia
What is Alaska?
100
One cause of the Spanish-American War
What is yellow journalism
100
The sinking of this ship was blamed on the Spanish by Yellow Journalism and became an IMMEDIATE cause of the war
What is the USS Maine
100
The disease carried by mosquitos that killed thousands during the building of the Panama Canal
What is Yellow Fever
200
The belief that it was America's destiny to expand outward
What is manifest destiny
200
The territory acquired through annexation
What is Hawaii
200
1 result of the Spanish-American War
What is gaining Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Philippines, and Guam
200
The type of journalism that exaggerates and adds or takes away from the truth
What is Yellow Journalism?
200
The waterway that connected the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
What is the Panama Canal
300
To take over (example: Hawaii)
What is annex
300
The belief that gaining Alaska was a mistake
What is Seward's Folly?
300
1 result of the Spanish-American War
What is the US becoming a world empire
300
The regiment in the Spanish-American War led by Theodore Roosevelt
What are the Rough Riders
300
One solution to prevent Yellow Fever
What is to kill mosquitos -Fumigation -Draining water where they bred
400
Areas of China where European countries and Japan had the right to trade freely
What are spheres of influence
400
2 reasons for US Imperialism
What are raw materials and markets
400
The example of Yellow Journalism of the "Spanish brute" supported this cause of the Spanish-American War
What is the poor treatment of Cubans by the Spanish
400
The regiment of African-American soldiers that helped win the Spanish-American War in just 4 months and Bob Marley song
What are the Buffalo Soldiers
400
The president whose foreign policy was to "speak softly and carry a big stick"
Who is Theodore Roosevelt
500
The US policy that was created to open trade in China
What is the Open Door Policy
500
3 reasons for US imperialism
What are land, naval bases, and religion
500
3 causes of the Spanish-American War
What are yellow journalism, poor treatment of Cubans by the Spanish, trade ($), and the explosion of the USS Maine
500
This journalist used Yellow Journalism in his newspapers
Who is William Randolph Hearst or Joseph Pulitzer
500
The foreign policy in Latin America that used a strong military (navy) as a threat
What is Big Stick Diplomacy
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