This is the belief that a nation such as the United States should expand its borders and acquire overseas colonies/territories
What is imperialism?
100
With the help of U.S. troops from a nearby ship, Queen Liliuokalani was deposed and this because a U.S. territory in 1898
What is Hawaii?
100
Playing a major role in turning U.S. public opinion in favor of a war with Spain, this type of journalism in the late 1800s often exaggerated facts or printed stories that were untrue for the sake of selling more papers
What is yellow journalism?
100
By the 1900s, the United States was becoming a major player is these affairs
What are the world's affairs?
100
In addition to protecting the newly possessed territories that spanned the Pacific Ocean, trade with this country became a major concern entering the twentieth century
What is China?
200
Economic reasons such as more markets, greater potential for growth, and increased resources which would increase exports are reasons the U.S. wanted to do this
What is expand?
200
Envisioned by Roosevelt and begun during his administration, this human-made waterway allowed U.S. ships to move more quickly between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans
What is the Panama Canal?
200
This band of volunteers led by Theodore Roosevelt in Cuba during the Spanish-American War was instrumental in the most famous victory of the war at San Juan Hill
Who are the Rough Riders?
200
This was a statement issued by President Theodore Roosevelt that expanded upon the Monroe Doctrine stating that the United States had the right to intervene in the affairs of nations in the Western Hemisphere if a nation was having trouble paying its debts
What is the Roosevelt's Corollary?
200
This was a policy in which China would be open to trade with a number of foreign markers (including the United States) rather than closed to all but a few imperial powers
What is open-door policy?
300
These reasons for U.S. expansion was to provide the U.S. with increased security
What are military reasons?
300
This term was applied to the U.S. purchase of Alaska by those who believed it to be a useless purchase by the Secretary of State William Seward although it turned out to be a wise purchase due to the rich natural resources and great economic potential of the region
What is Seward's folly?
300
This quote from John Hay referred to the U.S. conquest of the Philippines and accurately captured how most U.S. citizens felt towards the Spanish-American War as a whole
What is "a splendid little war"?
300
This was a diplomatic policy implemented by President Roosevelt meaning that the U.S. did not intend to be a threatening presence in the Western Hemisphere but neither would it hesitate to forcefully protect its own interests
What is big stick diplomacy?
300
Some Chinese nationalists wanted to bring an end to foreign influence in this country
What is China?
400
This historian proclaimed that the frontier had played a vital role in forming the American character and advocated that expansion was essential to maintaining the U.S. spirit and to keep the nation strong
Who is Frederick Jackson Turner?
400
Roosevelt and others saw this island nation in the South Pacific as crucial for protecting U.S. economic interests in Southeast Asia
What is the Philippines?
400
Blamed on the Spanish, this U.S. battleship exploded in a Cuban port on February 15, 1989 resulting in Congress declaring war on Spain
What is the USS Maine?
400
This type of diplomacy implemented by President William Taft who wanted to "substitute dollars for bullets" meaning that the U.S. sought to maintain order abroad by increasing U.S. investments in foreign nations
What is dollar diplomacy?
400
These nationalists launched this rebellion in which they massacred 300 foreigners and Chinese Christians in 1900
What is the Boxer Rebellion?
500
He wrote the poem "The White Man's Burden" which was considered to be an endorsement of the belief that it was the moral obligation of white Westerners to "civilize" and "help lesser peoples"
Who is Rudyard Kipling?
500
Filipinos used this type of warfare to combat the superior strength of the United States by striking quickly, inflicting damage, then retreating before the U.S. could retaliate
What is guerrilla warfare?
500
This was the treaty that officially ended the Spanish-American War in 1898 after three months of fighting
What is the Treaty of Paris?
500
This was a diplomactic policy implemented by President Woodrow Wilson based on the belief that the United States had a moral obligation to ensure democracy flourished in Latin American and the Caribbean
What is missionary diplomacy?
500
Fearing that other imperialist nations would use the rebellion as an excuse to seize more Chinese territory, this country strongly reaffirmed its devotion to keeping an open-door policy in the region