Imperialism
What is the term for taking over other countries for their resources?
Imperialism
What territory did the United States buy from Russia?
Alaska
What is the journalism called that tried to get the US to go to war with Spain?
Yellow Journalism
America gets more land and _________
Resources
What decreased the amount time it took to ship goods?
Panama Canal
What resource in other countries is a big reason larger countries imperialize others?
Oil
What territory did the US take over and put military bases on?
Hawaii
What country was the US trying help get their independence from Spain?
Cuba
More land = More _______
Power
What diplomacy is where you invest in other countries for allies?
Dollar Diplomacy
What is the military reason why you imperialize other countries?
You can put military bases on them
What territory did the US take over from Spain that we still have control over today?
Puerto Rico
What did they call the Spanish-American War b/c it only lasted 3 months?
A Splendid Little War
Improved __________ of life
Quality
What diplomacy that included the US building up its military to threaten other countries?
Big Stick Diplomacy
What were the 3 world powers in the world?
Spain, Great Britain, France
What two countries did the US take over from Spain that we no longer have control over?
The Philippines and Guam
What US ship exploded and the Spanish were blamed?
USS Maine
Developing countries are _____________
Protected
What type of diplomacy promoted democracy?
Missionary or Moral Diplomacy
What is the idea that American's are superior to the "lesser countries"?
American Exceptionalism
What is the league that was against Imperialism?
The American Anti-Imperialism League
What amendment gave the US two naval bases in Cuba?
Platt Amendment
American culture is __________
Spreading
What Corollary gave the US had the right to intervene in the Western Hemisphere?
Roosevelt