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What did Captain Alfred T. Mahan believe in?
What is, the U.S. needed to build up its naval power.
The Platt Amendment effectively turned Cuba into an American ____________
What is, protectorate under the U.S.
A volunteer cavalry unit made up of cowboys, miners, law officers and one future president, who helped determine the battle for Cuba, was called the _____
What is, Rough Riders
The ______ would offer a trade and travel route that saved ships thousands of miles.
What is, Panama Canal
President Taft's ___________ was a policy aimed at promoting American economic interests in Latin American by replacing Latin American loans from Europe with loans from the United States
What is, Dollar Diplomacy
Many Americans believed that the U.S. needed to boost its navies order to do what?
What is, acquire ports overseas and become an imperial power that would compete on a Global scale.
Define Jingosim and explain who was faced with it/why
What is, extreme nationalism and President McKinley was faced with it when Republicans were persuading him to go to war against Spain in Cuba
True or false: After a Filipino rebellion, William Howard Taft introduced reforms and in 1946 the Philippines officially declared independence from the United States.
What is, true
This U.S. policy opened equal opportunities for nations to trade in China
What is, Open Door Policy
True or false: The United States constructed the Panama Canal after a Italian company had abandoned its efforts to build one.
What is, False
Define Imperialism and Superiority beliefs
What is, the economic and political domination of a strong nation over weaker ones AND the idea that English speaking nations had better characters, ideas, and systems of government
On April 11, 1989, President McKinley asked Congress to authorize the use of force to end the conflict in
What is, Cuba
What are the two fronts of the Spanish American War?
What is, Cuba and the Philippines
President Roosevelt's Big Stick Diplomacy, aimed at what?
What is, aimed at displaying power and strength to deter other nations from intervening with U.S. policy and territory, while also emphasizing peaceful negotiating
Define spheres of influence, autonomy, and guerrillas
What is an area where foreign nations controlled economic development, the right or condition of self government, and small groups of armed fighters who carried out surprise attacks
Economic and military competition from _______ (whom) helped to convince many Americans that the United States should become a world power.
What is, Europe
In 1898 President William McKinley sent the USS Maine to Cuba to do what? Why did he do that?
What is, protect Americans who lived there because there was rioting in Havana
Under the Treaty of Paris, Cuba became and independent nation, and the United States paid Spain $20 million for the _____
What is, the Philippines
When Panamanian forces revolted against Columbia, the United States quickly ______
What is, recognized Panama's independence and signed a treaty to build the Panama Canal
Moral Diplomacy, under President Wilson, said what?
What is, if nations in Latin America wanted to recognized by the United States, their governments would have to reflect the democratic ideals of the U.S.
Explain why imperial powers used protectorates?
What is, imperial powers would keep local rulers in power and help to prevent rebellions, but the imperial powers could tell the local rulers how to govern their territory and they exercised power through that
A type of reporting was used to exaggerate or make up stories to attract readers is called what? And it was used when?
What is, yellow journalism and it was used when uprisings began in Cuba against the Spanish Imperial power to attract readers and sway opinion
During the Spanish American War, what event caused many Americans to place blame on Spain?
What is, the destruction of the USS Maine
Why did the Roosevelt Corollary aim to replace Latin American loans from Europe with loans from the U.S.?
What is, to prevent European powers from using the debts as justification for intervention in Latin America
Explain what the Boxer Rebellion was, and what was its significance?
What is, a group of Chinese fighters who organized to fight foreign control and influence and it showed that Chinese citizens were opposed to the imperialism of China European and American nations.