People
Presidents
Spanish American War
Other Nations
Vocabulary
100

Hawaiian fruit tycoon 

Sanford Dole 

100

Couldn't get Dole to backdown in Hawaii and was called weak by a Spanish diplomat; also assassinated

William McKinley 

100

Battleship exploded in Havana harbor in Cuba 

USS Maine

100

Addition to the Monroe Doctrine, U.S. could be involved in Latin America

Roosevelt Corollary 

100

Leader of the Pilipino Independence Movement 

Emilio Aguinaldo 

200

Hawaiian Queen overthrown by Americans in Hawaii 

Queen Liliuokalani

200

Resigned his position as Secretary of the Navy to fight in the Spanish American War 

Teddy Roosevelt 

200

A diplomatic fiasco in which a private letter became public and the Spanish issued an apology to the US 

De Lomé Letter 

200

US became deeply involved in this nation under Wilson's administration sending in US troops and refusing to withdraw them 

Mexico 

200

Chinese nationalist fought foreigners and a collective foreign army suppressed them in __________ 

Boxer Rebellion 

300

Secretary of State that negotiated the purchase of Alaska 

William Seward 

300

Roosevelt negotiated a peace treaty between these nations bring earning a Noble Peace Prize 

Russia and Japan 

300

Given command of concentration camps in Cuba under Spanish rule 

V. Wheeler "Butcher" 

300

This nation was pursuing independence and was denied it at the end of the Spanish America War.  

Philippines 

300

Project that inspired America to support an independence movement in a colony of Columbia 

Panama Canal 

400

Secretary of State that wrote open letters to foreign nations asserting American rights to trade in China 

John Hay


400

The volunteer cavalry led by Teddy Roosevelt

Rough Riders

400

Sensational reporting that bolstered American anti-Spanish sentiment 

Yellow Journalism 

400

The Treaty of Paris gave the US these territories 

Philippines, Puerto Rico and Guam 

400

Taft's foreign policy 

Dollar Diplomacy 

500

Who wrote “The Influence of Sea Power upon History”?

Alfred Mahan

500

 Foreign policy by Wilson 

Missionary Diplomacy 

500

Amendment to he US War message that protected Cuba's sovereignty 

Teller Amendment

500

The US was concerned with gaining markets in this country 

China 

500

integrated into the 1901 Cuban Constitution essentially to be U.S. dominance over Cuba.

Platt Amendment