Key Terms
A motley regiment of Cuban war volunteers consisting of mostly western cowboys and ex-convict. Organized by Theodore Roosevelt.
What are Rough Riders?
Who is Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt?
A policy proposed by the U.S in 1899 which, under it, all nations would have equal trade opportunities to trade in China because the U.S wanted to trade with China.
What is the Open Door Policy?
A conflict that occurred in 1898 between the United States and Spain. The U.S supported the Cuban’s fight for independence.
What is the Spanish-American War?
The year that the American Civil War began.
What is 1861?
A style of journalism that exploits or exaggerates the news to create sensation and attract readers.
What is yellow journalism?
Who is James G. Blaine?
An 1890 tariff that raised protective tariff levels on manufactured goods by nearly 50%. This tariff caused backlash because of increased domestic prices.
What is the McKinley Tariff Act of 1890?
This U.S. battleship exploded in Havana Harbor in 1898, sparking outrage and the rallying cry, 'Remember the ___!'
What is the USS Maine?
The King of England who disbanded the colonial legislatures, taxed the colonies, and refused the Olive Branch Petition leading to the final break with the colonies.
Who is King George III?
What is the Great White Fleet?
25th U.S. President; led the country through the Spanish-American War and was assassinated in 1901.
Who is William McKinley?
The U.S wanted Hawaii so that Hawaiian sugar could be sold in the U.S duty free and to use Hawaii as a naval base. McKinley convinced Congress to do this in 1898.
What is the Annexation of Hawaii?
This 1898 treaty ended the Spanish-American War, forcing Spain to give up Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines to the U.S.
What is the Treaty of Paris (1898)?
A tax placed on goods from another country to protect the home industry.
What is a protective tariff?
Derogatory term used to refer to the influx of Japanese immigrant.
What is yellow peril?
The corpulent civil governor of the Philippines under William McKinley. He went on to become the 27th president of the United States.
Who is William H. Taft?
1908; the U.s and Japan agreed to respect each other’s territorial possessions in the Pacific and to uphold the Open Door Policy in China.
What is the Root-Takahira Agreement?
Theodore Roosevelt made this policy stating to “speak softly but carry a ___ ______.” If you have a lot of military power, you won’t have to “yell” to be heard.
What is The Big Stick?
The refusal to obey a government law or laws as a means of passive resistance because of one’s moral conviction or belief.
What is Civil Disobedience?
Objected to the annexation of the Philippines and the building of an American empire. They were motivated by idealism, self-interest, racism, and constitutionalism.
What is the Anti-Imperalist League
Queen of Hawaii; opposed to annexation and posed a threat to settlers who wanted to colonize.
Who is Queen Liliukalani of Hawaii?
A free-trade agreement between the U.S. and the Hawaiian kingdom that guaranteed a market for Hawaiian sugar in exchange for special economic privileges granted only to the United States.
What is the Reciprocity Treaty of 1875?
1900; an uprising in China directed against foreign influence. This event paved the way for the revolution of 1911.
What is the Boxer Rebellion?
The small town where Robert E. Lee surrendered to the Confederate Army to Ulysses S. Grant ending the Civil War.
What is Appomattox Court House?