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The Roots of Imperialism (Section 1)
The Spanish-American War (Section 2)
The United States and East Asia (Section 3)
The United States and Latin America (Section 4)
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Imperialism is
What is a policy in which strong nations control weaker countries or territories
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Emilio Aguinaldo was?
What is a Filipino freedom fighter
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What tactic did Filipino insurgents use to undermine American power?
What is guerilla warfare
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Roosevelt's "big stick" diplomacy is?
What is depended on a strong military to achieve America's goals
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In the beginning of the twentieth century, the United States had become
What is accustomed to military involvement overseas
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An economy that is based on mining or producing raw materials to be used in foreign industries is called?
What is extractive economy
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The "Rough Riders" were
What is a volunteer cavalry unit in the Spanish-American War
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America's Open Door Policy in China was designed to
What is provide access to trade in China without controlling territory
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The Platt Amendment
What is allowed Cuba to sign treaties with other countries with U.S approval
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The United States wanted overseas territories because the territories had?
What is customers who would buy U.S products
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Why did journalists call the Alaska purchase of 1867 "Seward's Folly?"
What is they wondered why the United States would want a vast tundra of snow and ice far from the continental borders
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The Teller Amendment stated that
What is the United States could not annex Cuba
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What did Taft do to help restore order in the Philippines?
What is he censored the press
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"Moral diplomacy" means that the U.S government should
What is work to promote human rights, and national self-determination
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How did the military contribute to increased imperialism
What is a strong military helped imperial powers protect their global interests
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Social Darwinism is the theory that
What is life consists of competitive struggles in which only the strong survive, and that some countries are inferior to others
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The 1898 Treaty of Paris dealt with which territory or territories?
What is Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Philippines, and other former Spanish territories
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In 1916, Congress passes the Jones Act, which
What is promised that the Philippines would ultimately gain its independence
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What was one result of "moral diplomacy"
What is America did not add any new territory
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Hawaii was annexed in
What is 1898, during the Spanish-American War
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What happened within a year of the United States Navy Commodore Matthew Perry's arrival in Tokyo Bay in 1853?
What is Perry negotiated a treaty that opened trade to the United States
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Which presidential candidate ran on an anti-imperialist platform?
What is William Jennings Bryan
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Why did Theodore Roosevelt win the Nobel Peace Prize?
What is He helped negotiate an end to the Russo-Japanese War
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President Roosevelt sent troops to support Panamanian rebels in the fight against Colombia so that
What is the United States could get the rights to build a canal in Panama at a lower price
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Why might the closing of the frontier have encouraged American imperialism
What is the success of "Manifest Destiny" encouraged imperialists' ambitions