Terms
Sensational newspaper reporting meant to sell more papers and excite readers
What is yellow journalism?
The all-volunteer cavalry unit led by Theodore Roosevelt.
Who are the Rough Riders
The United States helped Panama gain independence from.
What is Colombia?
A country’s policy to stay out of all foreign political affairs.
What is isolationism?
Many American businessmen in Hawaii were involved in the _____ industry.
What is sugar?
Stronger countries gaining political and economic control over weaker ones.
What is imperialism?
The assistant secretary of the navy who later led the Rough Riders in Cuba and became president.
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
Guantánamo Bay is a US Navy base in _____.
What is Cuba?
According to the Teller Amendment, America’s primary goal for Cuba was for it to _____.
What is be independent?
The American battleship that exploded in Havana Harbor was the________
What is the USS Maine?
Efforts to improve education, abolish slavery, and stamp out disease and famine in other parts of the world
What is humanitarian aid?
The famous American preacher who started the Student Volunteer Movement for Foreign Missions.
Who is Dwight L. Moody?
In the late 1800s various nations claimed spheres of influence in _____.
What is China?
The _____ prohibited Cuba from making alliances with other nations besides the UnitedStates, allowed American oversight of Cuba’s financial affairs, and allowed the United Statesto send forces to Cuba to keep order.
What is Platt Amendment?
The division of a country by other countries for control of its trading operations within their section
What is spheres of influence?
The taking advantage of native peoples for the benefit of the mother country
What is exploitation?
The Republican president elected in 1896 who had been a congressman and governor of Ohio and who was assassinated in 1901.
Who is William McKinley?
The purchase of this state proved beneficial to the United States because of the valuable resources that were discovered there.
What is Alaska?
American declaration of the right to intervene in order to maintain stability in the Western Hemisphere.
What is the Roosevelt Corollary?
The war that began in Cuba in 1898 was the
What is the Spanish-American War?
A country that is independent but has to submit to some control by another nation
What is protectorate?
The Populist Party supported Democrat ________________ for president because he embraced many Populist ideas.
Who is William Jennings Bryan?
The country who helped Cuba during its time as a protectorate by building roads, schools, railroads, and hospitals, providing food for the poor, and eliminating sources of yellow fever.
What is the United States?
The reliance on American military strength to persuade foreign nations to act properly
What is the “big stick” policy
The battle near Santiago, Cuba, in which the Rough Riders defeated the Spanish forces was on____________
What is San Juan Hill?