S.A.W.
The island nation where the war began, only 90 miles from the coast of Florida
What is CUBA?
Who was ALFRED MAHAN?
A soon-to-be president who led a successful cavalry charge to capture key territory during the Spanish-American War
Who was THEODORE "TEDDY" ROOSEVELT?
The Central American country where a canal was built to shorten travel between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans
What is PANAMA?
An extreme form of nationalism, setting your own country above all others, and treating others as inferior as a result.
What is JINGOISM?
The US battleship that sunk in Havana Harbor
What is the USS MAINE?
The idea English-speaking nations had superior culture and government, and that they were destined to spread civilization to other parts of the world
What is ANGLO-SAXONISM?
The US president who annexed Hawaii and asked for a declaration of war against Spain.
Who was PRESIDENT MCKINLEY?
An island east of Cuba that became part of the United States after the Spanish-American War and is still a US territory today
What is PUERTO RICO
A term used to describe when an outside country doesn't control land or government in another country, but where they control trade and access to a region in another country.
What is a SPHERE OF INFLUENCE?
The agricultural product that brought the most US economic investment to Cuba in the years before the war.
A proposal from Secretary of State Hay that all of China be available to any nation that wanted to trader there.
What is the OPEN DOOR POLICY?
This fictional character is easily identified by his striped pants, white beard and stars and stripes on his hat and jacket.
Who is UNCLE SAM?
A huge northern territory purchased by the US from Russia in 1876
What is ALASKA?
Sensational, biased, and often false reporting used to sell more newspapers
What is YELLOW JOURNALISM?
The chain of islands where the Spanish navy was quickly destroyed by the US navy
What are THE PHILIPPINES?
A US approach to diplomacy associated with President Taft where economic incentives are used to get other countries to do what the US wanted.
What is DOLLAR DIPLOMACY?
A naval commander for the United States who led the Great White Fleet into Japan in the 1850s
Who was COMMODORE MATTHEW PERRY?
A nation whose weakness at the end of the 19th Century led to the nickname "the Sick Man of Asia"
What is CHINA?
The 1901 violent response to Westernization and control in China that led to an international military response.
What is the BOXER REBELLION?
Following the peace treaty with Spain to end the war, an ongoing rebellion and fighting against guerilla forces continued with 4,200 American casualties in this country.
What is THE PHILIPPINES?
President Wilson's approach to diplomacy, based on using moral example and leadership, was known as this.
What is MISSIONARY (or MORAL) DIPLOMACY
In 1887, wealthy sugar planters responded to new tariffs and a changing attitude toward overseas territories by forcing the removal of the queen of ________ and creating an independent republic.
What is HAWAII?
The TWO (2) oceans that border the United States' mainland.
What are the ATLANTIC and the PACIFIC oceans?
A country that is considered independent but still under the control of another country.
What is a PROTECTORATE?