Imperialism
This is another term for imperialism - the policy of a powerful nation extending its economic, political, and cultural control over foreign territories
Expansionism
This nation was the catalyst for the outbreak of the Spanish-American War in 1898
Cuba
After the Spanish-American War, the United States acquired these three foreign territories under the Treaty of Paris in 1898
Puerto Rico (the Caribbean), Guam (the Pacific), the Philippines (the Pacific)
President Theodore Roosevelt's foreign policy (1901-1909) - his willingness to use U.S. military power as a form of diplomacy
Big Stick Diplomacy
U.S. president who annexed Hawaii and supported American involvement in the Spanish-American War in 1898
William McKinley
This was the leading imperialist world power in the 1800s
Great Britain
A form of sensational propaganda used by American imperialists that promoted war with Spain in 1898
Yellow Journalism
This individual became a leading figure of the Anti-Imperialist League - opposed American motives of expansionism
Mark Twain
Colombia
The last monarch of the Kingdom of Hawaii - overthrown in a bloodless revolution by supporters of U.S. annexation of Hawaii
Queen Lili'uokalani
This was the greatest factor that helped the United States become an imperialist world power by the late 1800s
Powerful modernized (steel) navy
This was the first battle of the Spanish-American War - U.S. Navy destroyed the entire Spanish fleet in May 1898
The Battle of Manila Bay (the Philippines)
This officially made Cuba a U.S. protectorate from 1901 to 1934- a nation whose affairs are partially controlled by another foreign power
The Platt Amendment (1901-1934)
Roosevelt's addition to the Monroe Doctrine which made the U.S. an international police power - used several times to protect Latin American nations from European threats
Leading imperialist and journalist that supported war with Spain in 1898
William Randolph Hearst
The Treaty of Kanagawa established American trade relations and modernization with this nation in 1854
Japan
This was the official name of Theordore Roosevelt's "Rough Riders"
The 1st U.S. Volunteer Cavalry
This is often referred to as the second part of the Spanish-American War from 1899 to 1902 - U.S. forces had to secure these islands
The Philippine Insurrection (1899-1902)
In 1906, President Theodore Roosevelt was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for ending war between these two nations
Russia and Japan
U.S. Secretary of State who established the Open Door Policy in China and helped secure the Panama Canal
Secretary of State John Hay
The United States annexed the Hawaiian Islands in 1898 for which two reasons
Strategic location in the Pacific and sugar
This was the decisive battle of the Spanish-American War - the Rough Riders and Buffalo Soldiers made a victorious charge up a series of hills in July 1898
San Juan Heights
The United States support of the Open Door Policy led to this conflict in China from 1899 to 1901 - an international force had to bring the conflict to an end
The Boxer Rebellion
The event which saw President Woodrow Wilson support pro-democratic forces in 1914 - example of Wilson's Moral Diplomacy
The Mexican Revolution
U.S. general who was sent to capture Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa in 1916
General John J. Pershing