The US wanted land here for a naval base in the Pacific.
What is Hawaii/Pearl Harbor?
This was the actual event that caused the United States to finally declare war on Spain.
What is the blowing up of the Maine?
Which president would be responsible for presenting the idea/document that transformed US Foreign Policy for the next 100 years.
This documents goal was to close off the Western Hemisphere from European Colonization.
What is the Monroe Doctrine
The United States wanted to make sure there was an "open door" policy in regards to this nation.
What is China?
The idea that God gave the North American continent the right to expand west and to the Pacific Ocean.
What is Manifest Destiny
The nation that refused to sell the rights to the Isthmus of Panama to the United States.
What is Columbia?
This nation attempted to achieve independence by going to war against the United States.
What are the Philippines?
This treaty gave the US Florida from Spain and transferred ownership of Oregon Territory.
What is Adams-Onis Treaty
What items linked the US economy to Cuba?
What is Sugar, mines, and railroads.
The war that would give the US the west.
What is the Mexican American War.
A sensational style of writing that exaggerates the news in order to get more readers.
(Daily Double)
What is yellow journalism?
Name 2 reasons why the United States was so interested in going to war with Spain.
(Daily Double)
What was Cuban independence, Imperialism, desire to have military bases, economic opportunity.
Which amendment guarenteed Cuba would be under the US's control?
What is the Platt Amendment
This was announced to protect US interests and vowed to use military might to keep Europe out of America.
What is Roosevelt Corollary
Of all the territory we acquired from 1863 until after the Spanish American War, which was NOT an island.
What is Alaska?