Terms
a policy in which a strong nation seeks to take over another country for economic benefit.
Imperialism
Name one economic factor that motivated American imperialism in the late 1800s and early 1900s
Industrialization, surplus of goods, need for new markets, need for more raw materials
Name the 2 nations who fought in the Spanish-American War
The United States and Spain
The country where the U.S. intervened to give them independence and a VERY large canal was built
The Panama Canal
a major impact of the United States building the Panama Canal
Travel and trade between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans became quicker
The United States had the economic benefits of the Panama Canal for almost 100 years
Latin American countries worried about the United States limiting their independence
to take control of a territory or place. Specifically after a war.
Annex
Name one political/military factor that motivated American imperialism in the late 1800s and early 1900s
ambition to become a global power, protect trade and land from others
Journalism that is based upon sensationalism (the use of shocking stories or language at the expense of accuracy, in order to provoke public interest or excitement)
Yellow Journalism
President who fought in the Spanish-American War and secured the purchase of the land used to build a very famous canal.
Theodore Roosevelt
A group (league) formed by former President James Garfield, Businessman Andrew Carnegie, Jane Paul and Mark Twain to speak out against United States imperialism in Latin America and the Pacific.
The Anti-Imperialist League
a government's specific strategy in dealing with other nations.
Foreign Policy
Name one cultural factor that motivated American imperialism in the late 1800s and early 1900s
Manifest Destiny, White Man's Burden, Western Education
a battleship that exploded and sank in Havana, Cuba in 1898. The disaster led to the Spanish-American War.
U.S.S. Maine
The last ruler of Hawaii before being forcefully removed by the U.S. government
Queen Liliuokalani
The idea is negotiating peacefully but also having strength in case things go wrong.
Big Stick Diplomacy
The practice of managing relationships between other countries, typically by a country's representatives abroad.
Diplomacy
The belief that America and Europe had a duty to control countries and organizations in parts of the world with less money, education or technology than them in order to "civilize" them.
The White Man's Burden
Name the two of the three main territories taken DIRECTLY by America at the end of the Spanish-American War
Guam and the Philippines
The acting President during the Spanish-American War
William McKinley
This territory was taken by America in the Spanish American War and its statehood is still up for debate today
Puerto Rico
a United States foreign policy position that opposes European colonialism in the Western Hemisphere.
Europe stay on your side!
The Monroe Doctrine
The crop did the American planters of Hawaii (who wanted the country to be taken by the U.S.) own.
Sugar
The mistreatment of this country led to the beginning of the Spanish-American War
Cuba
The U.S. Secretary of State who facilitated the purchase of Alaska
William H. Seward
This policy name after an Imperialist President was used by future American Presidents as justification for intervention in Latin America
The Roosevelt Corollary