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Isthmus

What is a narrow strip of land separating two larger land areas?

100

Upon taking office, this president did not continue the foreign policy practices of Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft.

Who is President Wilson?

100

Stories that are exaggerated and often untrue

What is yellow journalism?

100

This country was given limited self-government after the Spanish-American War

What are the Philippine Islands?

100

Revolt by a secret society that was against foreign influence in China

What is called the Boxer Rebellion?

200

The belief that the United States should use its economic power to influence countries

What is the dollar diplomacy?

200
Hawaiian ruler who fought against U.S. control of the Hawaiian Islands
Who is Queen Liliuokalani?
200

This general forced many Cubans into prisonlike camps

Who is General Weyler?

200
The first battle of the Spanish-American War took place in this country.
What is the Philippine Islands?
200

Some in what country supported imperialism and felt that the U.S. had a moral duty to colonize and impose its culture upon the people with whom it traded

What is the United States?

300

Corollary

What is a follow-up statement that logically follows from another statement?

300

Mexican rebel leader who raided border towns between Texas and Mexico

Who is Francisco "Pancho" Villa?

300
Jose` Marti`
Who is a Cuban rebel leader who fought to gain Cuba's independence from Spain?
300
El Caney was a victory for this country
Who is the United States?
300
This act granted U.S. citizenship to Puerto Ricans.
What is the Jones Act of 1917?
400

A small country protected and controlled by a larger one Ex: Cuba

What is a protectorate?

400
William Randolph Hearst
Who is the publisher of emotional stories of Spanish cruelty during the Spanish-American War?
400

Battleship that was sent to Havana to help protect Americans there

What is the USS Maine?

400
This special regiment included cowboys, athletes, police officers, and Native Americans.
Who are the Rough Riders?
400
The U.S. purchased this from Russia.
What is Alaska?
500

Imperialism

What is the practice of one nation controlling other nations through conquest and colonization?

500
During his presidency, trade was opened between Japan and the United States.
Who is President Millard Fillmore?
500

Amendment stating that after the Spanish-American War was over, control of Cuba would be given to the Cubans without interference from the United States

What is the Platt Amendment?

500
This officer helped organize the Rough Riders?
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
500
This linked the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
What is the Panama Canal?