Literature & Ideas
Sensational journalism that stirred public emotion
Yellow Journalism
The belief that American culture and institutions were superior and should be spread abroad
Social Darwinism
Immediate cause of the Spanish American War
sinking of the USS Maine
Andrew Carnegie, Samuel Gompers and Mark Twain formed this organization that called out the hypocrisy of American expansion
Teddy Roosevelt's Foreign Policy was known as...
"Big Stick Diplomacy"
or
"Speak softly and carry a big stick"
amendment guaranteeing Cuban Independence
Teller Amendment
His book The influence of Sea Power upon History encouraged the U.S. to expand it's navy and military presence in the world
Alfred Thayer Mahan
Yellow Journalism
President who assumed the duties of office after the assassination of William McKinley
An extension of the Monroe Doctrine, this was T. Roosevelt's policy regarding Latin American
Roosevelt Corollary
amendment that replaced the Teller amendment and restricted Cuban independence
Platt Amendment
His belief that the frontier had closed pushed the U.S. toward expanding beyond the boundaries of North America
Frederick Jackson Turner
The Spanish American war was fought on two fronts...where were they?
Cuba and the Philippines
or
The Caribbean and the Pacific
President during the Spanish American War
William McKinley
Teddy Roosevelt ascended to the vice presidency in 1900 because of this...
his role in the Spanish American War
Rough Riders
Assistant Secretary of the US Navy
Poem that encouraged American Imperialism written by Rudyard Kipling
Acquired in 1898, formerly known as the Sandwich Islands.
Hawaii
Spanish general known as "the Butcher" during the movement for Cuban independence
General Valeriano Weyler
Treaty that gave the US the rights to the Panama Canal
Hay Pauncefot or Hay Banau Varilla Treaties.
Inspired by The influence of Sea Power upon history, these naval ships took a trip around the world in a display of America's military might
The Great White Fleet
in the Treaty of Paris 1898, the U.S. acquired...
Puerto Rico, Guam and the Philippines.
Teddy Roosevelt earned a Nobel Peace Prize for brokering the peace agreement in this conflict.
Russo Japanese War
Filipino leader who resisted U.S. control after 1898
Emiliano Aguinaldo
A series of cases that determined the citizenship status of civilians in American territories
Insular Cases