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What is the economic and political domination of a strong nation over weaker ones called?

Imperialism 

100

What was it called when writers exaggerated or made-up stories to attract readers?

Yellow Journalism

100

What is the idea that English-speaking countries were superior to others called?

Anglo-Saxonism

100

What was the idea that the U.S. and Latin American nations should work together called?

Pan-Americanism

100

What is a foreign area called whose rulers are allowed to retain power in exchange for protection of a more powerful nation?

Protectorate 

200

What is aggressive nationalism known as?

Jingoism

200

What was John Hay’s idea known as in which all nations agreed to let the others trade with China?

The Open Door Policy

200

Theodore Roosevelt became president because of the assignation of which president?

William McKinley

200

What Spanish territory did the U.S. gain when Commodore George Dewey defeated the Spanish navy in Manila Bay?

The Philippines 

200

What gave the U.S. trading rights at two Japanese ports?

Treaty of Kanagawa

300

What U.S. naval officer helped to build public support for the idea that a nation needed large fleets of ships?

Captain Alfred Mahan

300

The volunteer cavalry unit in the Spanish American war known as the Rough Riders were lead by who?

Theodore Roosevelt 

300

What was it called when Chinese loyalists attacked foreign embassies killing more than 200 foreigners whom they believed were corrupting Chinese society?


Boxer Rebellion 

300

Who conducted a raid into Columbus, New Mexico killing 17 Americans?

Pancho Villa 

300

What was William Howard Taft’s policy toward supporting Latin American industry?

Dollar Diplomacy

400

On December 10, 1898, the U.S. and Spain signed what, ending the Spanish American War

Treaty of Paris

400

President Theodore Roosevelt and others believed that acquiring and constructing what, was vital to U.S. Power in the world and would save time and money for commercial and military shipping.

Panama Canal

400

The Commercial Bureau of the American Republic established to promote cooperation among nations in the Western Hemisphere is now called what?  

Organization of American States

400

Who did President Millard Fillmore order to negotiate a trade treaty with Japan?

Commodore Matthew C. Perry

400

What law established a civil government for Puerto Rico?

Foraker Act

500

What stated the United States would intervene in Latin American affairs when necessary to maintain economic and political stability in the Western Hemisphere?

The Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine 

500

President Theodore Roosevelt believed that displaying U.S. Power to the world would deter nations from fighting. He expressed this belief with what West African saying?

"Speak Softly and Carry a Big Stick"
500

Foreign nations that controlled economic development in China were known as what?

Sphere of Influence 

500

What two U.S.’s major newspapers wrote stories of Spanish atrocities and swayed many Americans in Cuban rebels’ favor?

New York Journal and New York World

500

What were the two main goals that Secretary of State James Blaine had for the Pan-American Conference of 1889?

1. To create a customs union requiring all nations of the Western Hemisphere to reduce tariffs against each other and treat each other equally in trade. 

2. To create a system for nations of the Western Hemisphere to work out disputes peacefully, while also keeping Europeans from meddling in American affairs.