Vocabulary
Spanish American War
People
State Questions
Imperialism
100

extreme patriotism, especially in the form of aggressive or warlike foreign policy.

jingoism

100

Battleship that exploded in Cuba in 1898, newspapers blamed Spain, US declared war

USS Maine

100

Leader of the Rough Riders

T. Roosevelt

100

Which describes an economic reason for the U.S. annexation of Hawaii?

sugar cane

100


The Roosevelt Corollary, issued in 1904, was a revision to what earlier statement of U.S. foreign policy?

Monroe Doctrine

200

Exaggerated, sensationalized journalism, Hearst/Pulitzer, goal was to sell more newspapers

Yellow Journalism

200

Ended Spanish American war, Cuba became independent, US gained Puerto Rico and Guam

Treaty of Paris 1898

200

Big Stick Policy threats were backed by military force

Roosevelt

200

As a result of the Spanish American WAr, the United states aquired.......

Guam

Puerto Rico

200

“Remember the Maine” is a memorable slogan and rallying cry in American history.

The slogan symbolizes the onset of which war?

Spanish American War

300

US wanted equal trading access to China, “Spheres of influence”

Open Door Policy

300


Guam

Philippines

Puerto Rico

All of these territories came under the control of the United States following what conflict?

Spanish American War
300

foreign policy- encouraged American banking and business investments in Latin America 

Dollar Diplomacy

Taft

300

What policy was designed to provide access to trade in China?

Open Door Policy

300


The primary reason the United States advocated the Open Door Policy was to

protect and broaden U.S. trade with China.

400

US would use military to protect American business interests in Latin America

Roosevelt Corollary

400

 2 Causes of Spanish-American War-

yellow journalism

Sinking of the USS Maine

400

 Moral foreign policy- wanted to promote democracy around the world, not support dictatorships

Wilson

400

The theory that life consists of competitive struggles in which only the strong survive is called

Social Darwinism

400


Following the overthrow of its monarchy in 1894, what territory was annexed to the United States in 1898?

Hawaii

500

A country that can affect developments of other countries

Sphere of Influence

500

Filipinos rebelled against US, wanted independence, l

Philippine Insurgence

500

 Whose  policy of “speak softly and carry a big stick” symbolizes America’s interests in —

T. Roosevelt

500

The big Stick policy and Dollar Diplomacy were attempts to do what?

Increase U.S. power in LAtin America

500

The United States’ policy of acting as an international police force in the Western Hemisphere can be traced back to the early 1900s and the-

Roosevelt Corollary