Key Figures
The President during the Spanish-American War?
Who is William McKinley?
The year the Spanish-American War started.
What is 1898?
Led the Filipino revolt against U.S. rule
Who was Emilio Aguinaldo?
President Taft’s foreign policy focused on using economic investment instead of military force
What is Dollar Diplomacy?
Group opposed U.S. expansion overseas, arguing it violated American democratic principles.
The future president led the Roudh Riders during the Spanish-American War.
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
This event triggered U.S. involvement in the Spanish-American War.
What was the explosion of the USS Maine?
The policy proposed by Secretary of State John Hay aimed to ensure equal trading rights in China.
What was The Open Door Policy?
President Wilson’s policy that promoted democracy and moral values in foreign affairs
What is Moral Diplomacy?
Name one famous member of the Anti-Imperialist League.
Who are Mark Twain, Andrew Carnegie, or William Jennings Bryan?
Wrote The Influence of Sea Power upon History, arguing that naval power was key to national strength.
Who was Alfred Thayer Mahan?
The phrase that summarized the call for war after the Maine exploded.
What is "Remember the Maine! To Hell with Spain!?"
The 1900 uprising in China opposed foreign influence and Christian missionaries.
What was the Boxer Rebellion?
1823 policy that first warned European powers not to interfere in the Western Hemisphere
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
The imperialists' argument for the benefit of U.S. colonization.
What is spread civilization, democracy, and economic progress?
Filipino revolutionary leader who fought both Spain and the U.S. for independence.
Who was Emilio Aguinaldo?
The treaty that ended the Spanish-American War.
What is the Treaty of Paris?
U.S. President who oversaw the construction of the Panama Canal.
Who was Theodore Roosevelt?
President used the phrase “Speak softly and carry a big stick”
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
Supreme Court cases ruled that people in U.S. territories did not automatically have full constitutional rights.
What are The Insular Cases?
A famous author and humorist criticized U.S. imperialism as a member of the Anti-Imperialist League.
Who was Mark Twain?
The three territories U.S. gained from Spain as a result from the war.
What are Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines?
U.S. strategies to acquire the rights to build the Panama Canal.
What is supporting Panama's revolt against Colombia and signing the Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty?
Main goal of Roosevelt’s “Big Stick” policy.
What is to use military strength to influence Latin American affairs and protect U.S. interests?
1901 amendment gave the U.S. the right to intervene in Cuban affairs.