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Vocabulary
Geography
Spanish-American War
People/Groups
How Did We Get That?
100
Stronger nations extend control over weaker nations
Imperialism
100
A natural harbor located in Hawaii used as a naval base
Pearl Harbor
100
President during the Spanish American war
President Mckinley
100
"Build up the American naval power, NOW!"
Alfred T. Mahan
100
Seward's Icebox, paid $7.2 million
Alaska
200
To add a territory to your own.
annex
200
Country that was helped by the U.S. in it's rebellion against a rebellion against Spain. Cause of the Spanish American War.
Cuba
200
U.S. Ship that was sunk outside of the country of Cuba.
USS Maine
200

Hawaii - "I want my kingdom back, for our native people!"

Queen Liliuokalani 

200

Amount paid to Panama to secure US rights to the canal 

$10 Million

300
When journalists write stories that fictional in order to raise the emotions of its readers.
Yellow Journalism
300
Archipelago of 8 major islands that lies southwest of the US mainland.
Hawaii
300
Surrendered to the U.S. after battles in Cuba and defeat in the Philippines.
Spain
300

"I now control your islands with the backing of the US military."  

Sanford B. Dole

300
Aloha, but don't stay too long, overthrew the monarchy.
Hawaii
400
A policy of non-involvement in world affairs
isolationism
400
A country in South America that would not accept the United States offer to build a canal.
Colombia
400
Name of Teddy Roosevelt's soldiers on horseback who helped to fight in Cuba during the war.
Rough Riders
400

"If Colombia won't let me build a canal, then I will take it by force!"

Theodore Roosevelt

400
Small Caribbean Island (Puerto Rico) that may someday be the 51st state.
Treaty of Paris
500
Country that allowed Roosevelt to build a canal in its borders after the U.S. helped them in their rebellion.
Panama
500

Four countries taken by the United States after the Spanish-American War

Puerto Rico, Cuba, Guam, and the Phillipines

500
Country in the Pacific where the first battles of the war took place.
Philippines
500

Criticized President William McKinley as "weak and a bidder for the admiration of the crowd."

Spanish Minister Enrique Dupuy de Lôme, or just 

de Lome

500
paid $20 million
the Philippines