Names & People
What is the USS Maine?
A territory formerly owned by Russia, purchased by the United States for 2 cents an acre.
What is Alaska?
The form of newspaper 'reporting' that was known for exaggerated and dramatized stories.
What is Yellow Journalism?
What is 1867?
A major construction project that allowed ships to pass between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans without having to travel around South America.
What is the Panama Canal?
A prominent figure of the Rough Riders, a volunteer service well-known for their heroic charge up San Juan Hill.
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
Locations that allowed American ships to refuel on their way across the Pacific Ocean. They became valuable strategic points guarded by military bases.
What are coaling stations?
The famous battle including the Rough Riders and the African American 9th and 10th cavalries.
The entirety of the Spanish-American War took place in this year, which is why it was known as the "splendid little war".
What is 1898?
This U.S. policy was established by James Monroe in the early 1800s and declared that the U.S. would not involve itself in European affairs.
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
He led U.S. warships to open trade with Japan.
Who is Commodore Matthew Perry?
Acquired as a U.S. territory in 1898 by sugar planters. This territory later became a U.S. state in the 20th century.
What is Hawaii?
The Spanish territory largely surrendered without a fight to U.S. forces.
What is Puerto Rico?
This was the year that the Panama Canal was completed.
What is 1914?
This policy of Theodore Roosevelt added onto the Monroe Doctrine led to the United States becoming an international police force in Latin America.
What is the Roosevelt Corollary?
The group of Chinese nationalists who rebelled against foreign involvement in China.
What are the Boxers?
A territory gained by the United States due to the Spanish-American War. It was here that native rebel groups joined to fight American forces after helping them to defeat the Spanish.
What is the Philippines?
The first major battle of the Spanish-American war that resulted in the destruction of the Spanish Pacific Fleet and the later conquest of the Philippines.
What is the Battle of Manila Bay?
This was the year that Commodore Matthew Perry returned to Japan with warships to force their opening to trade with the U.S.
What is 1854?
This form of diplomacy was attributed to President Taft and advocated harnessing American economic power rather than policing nations.
What is Dollar Diplomacy?
He led U.S. naval forces to victory over the Spanish Pacific Fleet at Manila Bay.
Who is Commodore George Dewey?
Acquired as a result of the Spanish-American War. The island inhabitants received U.S. citizenship under the Jones Act in 1917.
What is Puerto Rico?
An important Cuban city that was blockaded by the U.S. navy and was the site of numerous land battles in the surrounding hills.
What is Santiago?
This musical piece was written in 1896 by John Philip Sousa, only two years before the Spanish-American War.
What is The Stars and Stripes Forever?
This form of diplomacy was advocated by President Wilson and focused on spreading and maintaining democracy throughout Latin America rather than economic interests.
What is New Diplomacy?