Imperialism
This policy proposed by Secretary of State John Hay said China should remain open to trade with all nations.
What is the Open Door Policy?
In 1853, this U.S. naval officer sailed to Japan and forced the country to open its ports to trade with the United States.
Who is Commodore Matthew Perry?
This sensational style of newspaper reporting exaggerated stories and helped push the United States toward war with Spain.
What is Yellow Journalism?
In 1867, the United States purchased Alaska from this country.
What is Russia?
This 1823 policy warned European nations not to establish new colonies in the Western Hemisphere.
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
In 1898, the United States fought this war against Spain and gained territories such as Puerto Rico and Guam.
What is the Spanish-American War?
This Asian nation ended more than 200 years of isolation after signing the Treaty of Kanagawa with the United States in 1854.
What is Japan?
The explosion of this U.S. battleship in Havana Harbor in 1898 increased American support for war with Spain.
What is the USS Maine?
This U.S. Secretary of State arranged the purchase of Alaska.
Who is William H. Seward?
This policy added by Theodore Roosevelt stated that the United States could intervene in Latin American countries to maintain stability.
What is the Roosevelt Corollary?
In 1867, the United States purchased this territory from Russia for $7.2 million.
What is Alaska?
Secretary of State John Hay proposed this policy to ensure equal trading rights for all nations in China.
What is the Open Door Policy?
This Caribbean island was fighting for independence from Spain, leading the United States to become involved in the conflict.
What is Cuba?
Critics mocked the Alaska purchase with this nickname because they thought the land was worthless.
What is “Seward’s Folly”?
This phrase describes Theodore Roosevelt’s foreign policy of negotiating peacefully but maintaining a strong military.
What is Big Stick Diplomacy?
President Theodore Roosevelt helped the United States build this important waterway connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
What is the Panama Canal?
This term describes the policy of a powerful nation extending its influence over weaker territories politically, economically, or militarily.
What is imperialism?
This treaty officially ended the Spanish-American War and transferred territories such as Puerto Rico and Guam to the United States.
What is the Treaty of Paris (1898)?
American sugar planters in this island nation overthrew Queen Liliuokalani in 1893.
What is Hawaii?
This policy of President William Howard Taft focused on increasing U.S. influence abroad through economic investments.
What is Dollar Diplomacy?
This idea claimed that stronger nations were meant to dominate weaker ones and was used to justify imperialism.
What is Social Darwinism?
This violent uprising in China in 1900 was aimed at removing foreign influence from the country.
What is the Boxer Rebellion?
The Spanish-American War marked the emergence of the United States as this type of global power.
What is a world power (or imperial power)?
American business owners supported annexing Hawaii mainly to protect this important agricultural product grown on the islands.
What is sugar?
Woodrow Wilson’s foreign policy aimed to spread democratic ideals and is known by this name.
What is Moral Diplomacy?