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Opposed annexation by the United States but was overthrown
Who is Queen Liliuokalani?
The policy of extending a nation's authority over other countries by economic, political, or military means
What is imperialism?
The U.S. policy of using the nation's economic power to exert influence over other countries
What is dollar diplomacy?
Who is President Roosevelt?
What is Alaska?
Helped make the purchase of Alaska
Who is William Seward?
The use of sensationalized and exaggerated reporting by newspapers or magazines to attract readers
What is yellow journalism?
A country whose affairs are partially controlled by a stronger power
What is a protectorate?
Dealt with the Mexican Revolution including making the call to hunt down Pancho Villa
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
This US ship mysteriously sank, which pulled the United States into the Spanish-American War
What is the U.S.S. Maine?
Who is Francisco "Pancho" Villa?
An extension of the Monroe Doctrine announced by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1904, under which the United States claimed the right to protect its economic interests by means of military intervention in the affairs of Western Hemisphere nations
What is the Roosevelt Corollary?
Legislation passed by Congress in 1900, in which the U.S. ended military rule in Puerto Rico and set up a civil government
What is the Foraker Act?
He commanded the U.S. expeditionary force sent into Mexico to find Pancho Villa
Who is John J. Pershing?
A volunteer cavalry regiment, commanded by Leonard Wood and Theodore Roosevelt, that served in the Spanish-American War
Who are the Rough Riders?
American sugar tycoon who helped lead the Hawaiian overthrow of the queen
Who is Sanford B. Dole?
A series of provisions, that, in 1901, the United States insisted Cuba add to its new constitution, commanding Cuba to stay out of debt and giving the United States the right to intervene in the country and the right to buy or lease Cuban land for naval and fueling stations
What is the Platt Amendment?
The treaty ending the Spanish-American War, in which Spain freed Cuba, turned over the islands of Guam and Puerto Rico to the United States, and sold the Philippines to the United States for $20 million
He advocated for the creation the modern U.S. Navy
Who is Alfred T. Mahan?
As a result of this, the United States gained Puerto Rico, Guam, etc.
What is the Spanish-American War?
Commander of the U.S. Navy during the Spanish-American War
Who is George Dewey?
Messages sent by Secretary of State John Hay in 1899 to Germany, Russia, Great Britain, France, Italy, and Japan, asking the countries not to interfere with U.S. trading rights in China
What are the Open Door Notes?
A 1900 rebellion in which members of a Chinese secret society sought to free their country from western influence
What is the Boxer Rebellion?
Cuban writer and independence fighter who was killed in battle but became a symbol of Cuba's fight for freedom
Who is Jose Marti?
This country almost went to war twice with the United States during Wilson's Presidency