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War
100
Conflict between the Empire of Spain and the United States in 1898.
What is the Spanish-American War?
100
American statesman, author, explorer, soldier, naturalist, and reformer. He became a driving force for the Progressive Era in the United States in the early 20th century.
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
100
Consists of self-interest strategies chosen by the state to safeguard its national interests and to achieve goals within its international relations
What is foreign policy?
100
Communication that revealed a strong opinion about the Spanish involvement in Cuba and US President McKinley’s diplomacy.
What is the De Lome letter?
200
States that the United States will intervene in conflicts between European countries and Latin American countries to enforce legitimate claims of the European powers, rather than having the Europeans press their claims directly.
What is the Roosevelt Corollary?
200
President that led the nation to victory in the Spanish–American War, raised protective tariffs to promote American industry, and maintained the nation on the gold standard in a rejection of inflationary proposals.
Who is William McKinley?
200
Proposed to keep China open to trade with all countries on an equal basis, keeping any one power from total control of the country, and calling upon all powers, within their spheres of influence, to refrain from interfering with any treaty port or any vested interest.
What is the Open Door Policy?
200
Formally ended the Spanish-American War.
What is the Treaty of Paris (1898)?
300
Joint resolution by the U.S. Congress that said that the United States could not permenantly occupy Cuba after the Spanish American War.
What is the Teller Amendment?
300
The last reigning monarch of the Kingdom of Hawaii. She reigned from January 29, 1891 until the overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii on January 17, 1893.
Who is Queen Liliuokalani?
300
U.S. policy of opposing European colonialism in the Americas beginning in 1823. It stated that further efforts by European nations to take control of any independent state in North or South America would be viewed as "the manifestation of an unfriendly disposition toward the United States."
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
300
A type of press that presents little or no legitimate well-researched news and instead uses eye-catching headlines to sell more newspapers.
What is yellow journalism?
400
A history of naval warfare published in 1890 by Alfred Thayer Mahan. It details the role of sea power during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, and discusses the various factors needed to support and achieve sea power, with emphasis on having the largest and most powerful fleet.
What is The Influence of Sea Power Upon History?
400
Nickname given to the 1st United States Volunteer Cavalry, one of three such regiments raised in 1898 for the Spanish–American War and the only one of the three to see action.
Who are the Rough Riders?
400
American foreign policy to further its aims in Latin America and East Asia through use of its economic power by guaranteeing loans made to foreign countries.
What is Dollar diplomacy?
400
It defined the terms of Cuban–U.S. relations to essentially be an unequal one of U.S. dominance over Cuba that stipulated seven conditions for the withdrawal of United States troops remaining in Cuba at the end of the Spanish–American War, and an eighth condition that Cuba sign a treaty accepting these seven conditions.
What is the Platt Amendment?
500
was a violent anti-foreign and anti-Christian uprising that took place in China between 1899 and 1901. It was initiated by the Militia United in Righteousness and was motivated by proto-nationalist sentiments and opposition to imperialist expansion and associated Christian missionary activity.
What is the Boxer Rebellion?
500
United States Navy admiral, geo-strategist, and historian, who has been called "the most important American strategist of the nineteenth century."
Who is Alfred Mahan?
500
Formally ended the 1904–05 Russo-Japanese War.
What is the Treaty of Portsmouth?
500
A policy of extending a country's power and influence through colonization, use of military force, or other means.
What is Imperialism?