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The 25th president of the United States served until his assassination six months into his second term. He led the U.S. to victory in the Spanish-American War, raised protective tariffs that promoted American industry, and maintained the gold standard.
William Mckinley
Following its military occupation, the United States successfully pressured the Cuban government to write this amendment into its constitution. It limited Cuba’s treaty-making abilities, controlled its debt, and stipulated that the United States could intervene militarily to restore order when it saw fit.
Platt Amendment
A treaty signed between the U.S. and Great Britain, giving Americans a free hand to build a canal in Central America. The treaty nullified the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty of 1850, which prohibited Britain or the United States from acquiring territory in Central America.
Hay-Pauncefote Treaty:
Filipino leader and politician who fought first against Spain and later against the United States for the independence of the Philippines.
Emilio Aguinaldo
On September 17, 1862, this bloody battle in Maryland ended the first Confederate invasion of the North.
the Battle of Antietam
Following the assassination of President William McKinley, became the 26th and youngest President in the Nation’s history (1901-1909). He brought new excitement and power to the office, vigorously leading Congress and the American public toward progressive reforms and a strong foreign policy.
Theodore Roosevelt
A proviso to President William McKinley’s war plans that proclaimed to the world that when the United States had overthrown Spanish misrule, it would give Cuba its freedom. The amendment testified to the ostensibly “anti-imperialism” designs of the initial war plans.
Teller Amendment
After decades of occasionally “twisting the lion's tail,” American diplomats began cultivating close, cordial relations with Great Britain at the end of the nineteenth century–a relationship that would intensify further during WW1
Great Rapprochement
Senior U.S. Army officer who led campaigns during the Philippine-American War, helping to establish U.S. control in the Philippines. He also commanded the Punitive Expedition into Mexico in 1916, pursuing Pancho Villa and asserting U.S. influence in Latin America.
John J. Pershing
n 1817, Congress divided a territory that became these two states that are practically mirror images of each other.
Alabama and Mississippi
US Navy flag officer, geostrategist, and historian. His most prominent work, The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660–1783, had a widespread impact on global navies and United States imperialism.
Alfred Thayer Mahan
Statement warning European powers to refrain from seeking new territories in the Americas. The United States largely lacked the power to back up the pronouncement, which was actually enforced by the British, who sought unfettered access to Latin American markets.
Monroe Doctrine
An uprising in China directed against foreign influence. It was suppressed by an international force of some eighteen thousand soldiers, including several thousand Americans. This paved the way for the revolution of 1911, which led to the establishment of the Republic of China in 1912.
Boxer Rebellion
Mexican revolutionary leader who became a significant figure in U.S. history due to his involvement in the Mexican Revolution and his 1916 raid on Columbus, New Mexico.
Pancho Villa
It's the only continent with no active volcanoes.
Australia
The last sovereign of Hawai'i. Many continue to admire for her resolute and peaceful resistance to the U.S. businessmen who ended her reign and to the United States' annexation of Hawai'i during the 1890s.
Queen Liliuokalani
Secretary of State James G. Blaine's foreign policy aimed at rallying Latin American nations behind American leadership and opening Latin American markets to Yankee Traders. The policy bore fruit in 1889, when Blaine presided over the first International Conference of American States.
Big Sister Policy
Cuban insurgents who sought freedom from colonial Spanish rule. Their destructive tactics threatened American economic interests in Cuban plantations and railroads.
Insurrectos
American military units deployed abroad for specific missions, often during times of conflict or in pursuit of U.S. interests. These forces often supported broader U.S. goals of expansion and influence.
Expeditionary Forces
Creators of Casper say this film's logo plagiarized one of their characters.
Admiral of the Navy, the only person in United States history to have attained that rank. He is best known for his victory at the Battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish–American War, in which only a single crewman on the American side was lost.
George Dewey
Theodore Roosevelt advocated a brazen policy of “preventive intervention” in his Annual Message to Congress in 1904. Adding ballast to the Monroe Doctrine, his corollary stipulated that the United States would retain a right to intervene in the domestic affairs of Latin American nations to restore military and financial order.
Roosevelt Corollary
A style of sensationalized and often exaggerated news reporting popular in the late 19th century. In U.S. history, it played a significant role in stirring public support for the Spanish-American War.
In 1875 this Tammany Hall "boss" escaped from prison and fled to Cuba and then to Spain.
William Magear "Boss" Tweed
In Disney's Cinderella, what are the names of Cinderella's two stepsisters
Anastasia and Drizella