Reasons 4 Imperialism
This reason for American imperialism is best summed up by the phrase, whoever rules the waves rules the world
Desire for sea power
Critics of the purchase of this land named it "Seward's Folly".
Alaska
This amendment granted women's suffrage
19th amendment
New York City saw an influx of ____ who changed the dynamics and history of the city in the late 1800s.
immigrants
True or False: Hawaii's Queen Liluokalani supported American rule over the Hawaiian islands
False
This reason reflects the racist concept that it is western civilization's duty to Christianize and democratize Asia, Latin America, and Africa.
The White Man's Burden
Name the major nation the US fought for control over in the three years following the Spanish-American war.
Philippines
This amendment created a ban on alcohol
18th amendment
This is the term used to describe investigative journalists in the early 1900s.
Muckrakers
Teddy Roosevelt used the Monroe Doctrine to influence and control this region of the world
Latin America (the Caribbean and Central America in particular)
This reason is a product of the fact that by 1890 one-half of America's oil was imported.
Dependency on foreign trade
This amendment can be interpreted as an example of the US bullying Cuba at the end of the Spanish-American War.
Platt Amendment
Upton Sinclair's "The Jungle" was a major critique of this industry
The photographs of Jacob Riis primarily depicted ____
NYC tenement housing in the early 1900s.
By the 1890s, the United States was bursting with a new sense of power generated by an increase in these three things
population, wealth, and industrial production
These two reasons are best summed up in the idea of FOMO
European Imperialism & Fear of Competition
Historical evidence indicates this was the actual cause of the explosion of the USS Maine
This woman wrote about the horrors of lynching in the American south in pamphlets distributed throughout the country.
Ida B. Wells
This tragedy, which led to progressive workplace reforms, was the deadliest workplace disaster until 9/11.
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
This term is the early 20th century version of sensationalist news stories.
Yellow journalism
This reason could also be titled, "America tryna be Alpha"
A New Assertiveness
How did Teddy Roosevelt help Panama?
Membership in these groups increased dramatically during the early 1900s.
Unions
This progressive reformer worked to create social services for women and children in major cities like Chicago and NYC.
Jane Adams
List the three main reasons the US was interested in maintaining control of the Philippines
access to Asian markets, strategic military position, and to spread Christianity