Key Terms
The belief that a country has the right to take over another country to expand its territory, religion, and beliefs.
What is Imperialism
This war led to the U.S. getting territories like PR, Guam, and the Philippines
What is the Spanish-American War?
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
This Caribbean island became a U.S. territory following the Spanish-American War
What is Puerto Rico?
When a country adds new land to its area
What is annexation
This event involved the U.S. taking control of an Pacific island kingdom with a rich monarchy
What is the annexation of Hawaii?
He was the U.S. President during the Spanish-American War
Who is Willaim Mckinley?
The Southeast Asian country that fought for independence after the U.S acquired it
What is the Phillippines?
This type of journalism was used as an exaggeration to sway public opinion
What is a Yellow Journalism?
This major engineering project in 1914 created a faster route between the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean
What is the Panama Canal?
This U.S. president usually initially kept America neutral in WW1
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
This Caribbean nation was a Spanish colony before a U.S. protectorate after the Spanish-American War
What is Cuba?
This term describes a country that is controlled and protected by another
What is a protectorate?
This started the naval arms race in the East
What is the Angolo-German trade?
This secretary of state imposed imperialism and advocated for peace
Who is William Jennings Bryan?
90% of this country was colonized by European powers
What is Africa
The theory applied survival of the fittest to justify stronger nations dominating other ones
What is Social Darwinism?
This 1884 conference was held to set the rules for division of Africa among the European powers
What is the 1884 Berlin Conference
This British leader was a strong supporter of British imperialism and oversaw the navy
Who is Winston Churchill?
What is Hawaii?