The Rise of Empires
This is a policy by a stronger nation to attempt to create an empire by dominating weaker nations economically, politically, culturally, or militarily
What is Imperialism?
This was the nickname for Roosevelt's foreign policy which was guided by an old African proverb
What is the Big Stick Policy?
This event led to the outbreak of the Spanish American War
What is the explosion of the USS Maine?
Taft's beliefs in maintaining influence through American investments, not military might was known as
What is Dollar Diplomacy?
This political group created in 1898, posed political and moral arguments against the spread of American Imperialism after the Spanish American War
Who is the Anti-Imperialist League
This nickname was given to the purchase of Alaska as many people thought it was a complete "folly"
What is Seward's Folly?
This group of ships named for their color, was sent on a cruise around the world by Teddy Roosevelt in 1907, to flex the US Navy's power
What is the Great White Fleet?
What were the terms of the Treaty of Paris?
US Receives: The Philippines, Guam, Puerto Rico
Spain Receives: $20 Mil
This nickname was given to investigative journalists who exposed corruption, poor living conditions, and other injustices to the American public during the Progressive Era
What is Muckrakers?
This clothing brand was founded in Beaverton, Oregon in 1972 by Phil Knight
What is Nike?
This was the main factor in Imperialism around the world
What is the need for resources?
Roosevelt's foreign policy relied on this to be effective
What is Military Intervention?
What role did Yellow Journalism play in the outbreak of the Spanish American War?
Exaggerated and lied about stories of Cuban Rebellion and Spain attacking the USS Maine
This author wrote, The Jungle, about the effects of capitalism on the workers of the Chicago meatpacking industry. Their work would help lead to the creation of the Pure Food and Drug Act as well as the Meat Inspection Act
Who is Upton Sinclair?
Many Anti-Imperialists opposed Imperialism because they felt it opposed this democratic principle established after the Revolutionary War
What is "Liberty for All"
Many Latin American citizens despised seeing US citizens in their country, often yelling this derogatory phrase to Americans
What is "Yankee, Go Home!"
In 1904, the Roosevelt Corollary changed the interpretation of the Monroe Doctrine with Roosevelt stating the US would act as this in foreign affairs
What is an International Police Power?
This Amendment to the 1900 Cuban Constitution stipulated that the US had the right to build naval bases in Cuba and intervene in Cuban affairs whenever necessary
What is the Platt Amendment?
The National Women's Suffrage Association fought for
What is Women's right to vote?
What is Louisiana's State Bird?
What is the Brown Pelican?
This document was originally interpreted to mean that the US would stay neutral in European Wars and warned other nations to stay out of the Western Hemisphere
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
Roosevelt pushed for the building of the Panama Canal for which two main reasons?
It would make shipping faster and cheaper and allow the Navy to move from ocean to ocean quicker
The government said we got involved in the Cuban Rebellion because we sympathized with the rebels, but we really got involved for this reason
What is to protect American Business Interests?
Open Door Policy allowed for European powers and the US to have equal access to Chinese markets and benefitted the US for what reasons?
The US made higher quality goods at a cheaper cost
This former LSU Quarterback holds the school record for most passing yards in a single game
Who is Rohan Davey?