Important People
Leader of the Rough Riders during America's war with Spain
Who was Theodore Roosevelt?
Man who said the United States should "speak softly and carry a big stick"
Who was Theodore Roosevelt?
Area of land purchased by the United States in 1867
What was Alaska?
Battleship sent to protect Americans living in Havana
What was the U.S.S. Maine?
Feeling of pride in your country
What is patriotism?
President when Hawaii was annexed
Who was William McKinley?
President who used Dollar Diplomacy as his foreign policy
Who was William Taft?
Country through which the United States built a canal
What was Panama?
Insect that army doctors found carried yellow fever
What was the mosquito?
Policy of extending the rule of an empire or a nation over foreign countries
What is imperialism?
Man who urged Congress to purchase Alaska
Who was William Seward?
President of the United States when the Panama Canal was opened
Who was Woodrow Wilson?
Harbor in which the U.S.S. Maine blew up
What was Havana, Cuba?
Two diseases that killed many Americans in Cuba
What was yellow fever and malaria?
Process by which the United States took over Hawaii
What was annexation?
Filipino leader who wanted his nation to become independent in 1898
Who was Emilio Aguinaldo?
President who used Moral Diplomacy in dealing with other nations
Who was Woodrow Wilson?
Nation that controlled the Philippine Islands before 1898
What was Spain?
War that lasted only 100 days
What was the Spanish-American War?
Practice of featuring sensational news with large headlines to sell papers
What is yellow journalism?
Man whose newspapers helped get the United States into the Spanish-American War
Who was William Randolph Hearst?
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Who was Joseph Pulitzer?
Secretary of State who opened trade with China
Who was John Hay?
Country that controlled Panama before the United States helped them rebel
What was Columbia?
Cuban crop in which many Americans invested
What was sugar?
Idea that every nation would have equal trading rights with China
What is the Open-Door Policy?