Imperialism in the Americas 19th Century

Geography New

100

This West Central African colony was controlled by the Belgian government

Congo

200

This West Central African colony was controlled by the Portuguese 

Angola 

300

This north African colony was home to the Nile delta 

Egypt 

400

This colony to the south was controlled by both the Dutch and the English and is currently in the news due to Elon Musk

South Africa 

500

This country controlled the only colony in East Africa that appears in your study guide for this unit 

Germany 

Early 19th-century Imperialism

100

The ending of this economic nightmare led to European countries increasing their colonizing efforts in Africa and Asia 

Slave Trade 

200

This was America's threat to protect the integrity of our sister republics against European colonization. 

Monroe Doctrine 

300

Until the 1890s, we lacked a strong, modern one of these that was necessary to keep European countries from messing with our sister republics in the Americas. 

navy 

400

This is the name of a small war fought between France and Mexico over property damages in a bakery. 

Pastry War 

500

this was a famous path taken by travelers trying to reach the American West. 

Oregon Trail.

Fruits of our Labor

100

This fruit became so synonymous with American intervention that we named the puppet governments after it. 

Banana

200

This Mobile fruit peddler amassed such a fortune he paid mercenaries to overthrow a foreign government 

Sam the Banana Man 

300

This Louisiana soldier of fortune went to Central America to overthrow an elected official 

Lee Christmas 

400

These brothers started in the icebox industry before expanding into shipping bananas from Honduras to the Gulf Coast. 

Vaccaro Brothers 

500

This fruit company overthrew Guatemala with the help of the CIA over property value and taxes 

United Fruit Company 

Filibustering

100

This was the name of the belief that God granted WASP Americans a fate to conquer the entire Americas, but they needed to take matters into their own hands

Manifest Destiny 

200

This was the name of the would-be-Napoleon who tried to conquer parts of Mexico and Central America in the 1850s. 

William Walker 

300

This American was not the Grey-Eyed Man of Destiny who tried to conquer Nicaragua, but he did try to civilize the "savage" Blacks and Indians in the area in the name of God. 

Henry Lawrence Kinney 

400

This transportation tycoon encouraged American colonization of Nicaragua in order to stabilize the shipping route that ran through it. 

Cornelius Vanderbilt 

500

the Grey-eyed Man of Destiny offered to "regenerate" Nicaragua, by fixing problems such as this deadly disease that plagued the Transit Route. 

Cholera 

Roosevelt

100

This was made Teddy Roosevelt an international celebrity due to his victory as San Juan Hill as the lead Rough Rider 

Spanish American War 

200

This was Teddy's promise to enforce the Monroe Doctrine 

Roosevelt Corollary 

300

This was the name of the navy Teddy Roosevelt used to demonstrate American power 

Great White Fleet 

400

This was the name of the ship that exploded, which we blamed on Spain 

USS Maine 

500

Besides Guam, the Philippines, and Puerto Rico, we also liberated this island from Spanish control 

Cuba