Spanish-American War
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the canal
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for and against
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The Caribbean nation that revoltedagainst Spanish rule.
What is Cuba
100
to make a new territory a part of a country
What is to annex
100
The Panama canal connects what two great bodies of water.
What is the Pacific and the Atlantic.
100
Name three territories that the United States acquired because of the Spanish-American War.
What is Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Philippines
100
It was thought that a stronger _____________ was needed to protect trade interest
What is navy
200
The name of the U.S. warship that was destroyed in Havana harbor.
What is the U.S.S. Maine
200
To be loyal to one's own country
What is nationalism
200
What country did we insight a revolt against so tha the Panama Canal could be built.
What is Colombia.
200
What was offered Puerto Ricans so that the independence movement would stop there
What is U.S. citizenship
200
List the three reasons that people were anti-imperialistic
What is moral and ethical reasons, military concerns, and racial concerns.
300
This was a volunteer cavalry unit that was made up of colllege athletes, cowboys, Native Americans, and western lawmen.
What is the "Rough Riders"
300
When a stronger nation takes over a weaker nation
What is Imperialism
300
How wide of a strip of land did the United States have control over when building the canal?
What is 10 miles
300
Imperialism and foriegn market where neccesary for the United States because
What is America was overproducing its own needs. It's markets were full.
300
Name the four reason for Imperialism
What is economic, military, nationalism, and humanitarian
400
The President during the Spanish-American war was
Who is William Mckinley
400
Latin American countries that were controlled by American business.
What is "Banana Republics"
400
The system (device, method) that raises water in a canal
What is a lock
400
the United States wanted to make sure that it had a share of the Chinese marketplace with the European countries so they insisted on this kind of relationship with China and other nations in China.
What is an "Open Door Policy"
400
Describe the racial concerns that people oppose to imperialism had.
What is they felt that non-white people were not given the chance at self government and some were concerned that non-whites would take jobs
500
A three year war was fought with this nation after they had driven out the Spanish.
What is the Philippines
500
What were President Taft's foriegn relation tactics called.
What is "Dollar Diplomacy"
500
A company from what nation had previously attempted to build te Panama Canal
What is France
500
What place did the United States lease rights to for a Naval base in the middle of the Pacific.
What is the Hawaiian Island
500
The policy that said that the United States would not use the Monroe Doctrine to take control of countries in Central and South America, but would not allow unstable countries to threaten American security or business was called
What is the Roosevelt Corollary