Because there was a major increase in population, wealth, and productive capacity and many looked at it as a way to relieve the pressures of labor violence and agrarian unrest
Why did farmers in the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century seek to find markets beyond American shore lines?
100
Sugar
Hawaii was an important center for the production of what?
100
The Spanish
Cuba rised to a revolt because they were trying to drive out which oppressors?
100
George Dewey and his six ships destroyed all 10 Spanish vessels and killed nearly 400 Spaniards while not one American life was lost.
What happned when Commodore George Dewey and his six ships pulled into the Harbor of Manila?
100
Because shortly after War broke out Spain sent a fleet of warships to Santiago Harbor in Cuba.
Why did vacationers and investors in Cuba panic and leave their belongings in Cuba?
200
Darwinism
What theory was used by Theodore Roosevelt for running society. (only the strong/fit can survive)
200
Priceless naval-base rights at Pearl Harbor
What was the main benefit of America's treaty with Hawaii in 1887?
200
The U.S.S. Maine
What ship mysteriously blew up in Havana Harbor on February 15, 1898?
200
U.S. citizenship to all Hawaiian residents.
On July 7, 1898 the annexation rushed through congress granted what?
200
A branch of the U.S. Army that normally fought on horseback and was mainly full of western cowboys, etc. and many ex polo players and ex convicts.
What were the "Rough Riders?"
300
Sea
Captain Alfred Mahan argued that in order to achieve world dominance you must control the...
300
Asian immigrants
What type laborers were brought to Hawaii to work in the canefields and sugar mills?
300
There was a spontaneous combustion in one of the coal bunkers adjacent to a powder magazine.
Why did the U.S.S. Maine really mysteriously explode?
300
The Harbor of Manila
On August 13, 1898 after a long wait American troops finally captured what harbor?
300
Because the American Army was rapidly closing in and had begun to block off the ships.
Why did the Spanish ships leave Santiago?
400
The Somoa Islands
American and German navies nearly came to a blow in 1889 over...
400
Because Queen Liliuokalani believed that Hawaii should be controlled by native Hawaiians only.
Why did the whites in Hawaii form a revolt?
400
That the ship had been blown up by Cuban navy submarines.
Which conclusion did American's jump to when word spread about the U.S.S. Maine?
400
Theodore Roosevelt
Before the declaration of War, who took matters into their own hands and commanded George Dewey and his ships to descend upon Spain's Philippines?
400
The American Army probably would have deteriorated and melted away due to disease and sickness such as: malaria, typhoid fever, dysentery, and yellow fever.
What would have happened if the Spanish would have held off in Cuba a few months longer?
500
Gold
America nearly went back to war with Britain after the discovery of what in the country of Venezuela?
500
Because before the treaty made it through the senate there was a change in Presidents and the new President (Grover Cleveland) did not believe it was right to take the land from its natives.
Why was the treaty for the Annexation of Hawaii withdrawn?
500
A proviso that proclaimed to the worldthat when the United States had overthrown Spanish power in Cuba, it would give the Cubans their freedom.
What is the Teller Amendment?
500
With six ships Dewey took down a stronger and more agile Spanish fleet which consisted of 10 vessels that were more advanced than those of Dewey's fleet without the loss of one American life.
How did George Dewey become a National Hero over night?
500
Cuban Insurrectos
Thanks to what, Shafter's landing near Santiago met little to no opposition?