Imperialism Starter Pack
This term describes when a stronger nation takes economic, political, or military control over a weaker one.
What is Imperialism?
This type of sensational, exaggerated reporting used "clickbait" style headlines to start a war.
What is Yellow Journalism?
This country originally owned Panama and refused to let the U.S. build the canal until a revolution occurred.
What is Colombia?
This U.S. policy argued that all nations should have "Open" and equal trading rights in China.
What is the Open Door Policy?
This means to communicate and work with other countries
What is diplomacy?
Besides expanding for new trading markets and spreading our ideas to other nations this was the military branch we wanted to expand and make larger.
What is the Navy?
This Spanish General in Cuba became a villain in Cuba because he tortured the Cuban people.
Who is General Weyler?
The Canal was built to create a "fast travel" shortcut between these two massive bodies of water.
What are the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans?
European countries carved China into these "zones" where they had special trading and military rights.
What are Spheres of Influence?
Roosevelt’s "Gunboat Diplomacy" meant he would use this to handle foreign affairs if needed.
What is military force?
These "influencers" traveled to Hawaii and China to spread Christianity and Western values.
Who are missionaries?
"Remember the ______!" became the ultimate trending phrase after this ship exploded in Havana.
What is the U.S.S. Maine?
Carried by mosquitoes, this "final boss" caused the most deaths during the canal's construction.
What is Malaria (or Yellow Fever)?
This group of Chinese patriots tried to get rid of foreigners in China.
Who are the Boxers?
President Taft’s wanted to expand to other nations to increase trade is what type of diplomacy?
What is dollar diplomacy
This 1823 DOCTRINE told Europe that the Western Hemisphere was "closed" for new colonization.
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
These three specific territories were "looted" from Spain and became U.S. possessions after the war.
What are Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines?
This country controls and makes all of the profits of the canal today.
Who is Panama?
What group of islands did the US grant independence to after World War II?
What are the Philippines
President Wilson’s diplomacy focused on peace, protecting rights of others and integrity.
What is Moral Diplomacy
Critics thought buying this "icy" territory from Russia for $7.2 million was a total "L," calling it "Seward’s Folly."
What is Alaska?
This was a group of volunteers to help Teddy Roosevelt fight against the Spanish in Cuba
Who are the Rough Riders
Building the canal is the ultimate example of this President's "Big Stick" energy in Latin America.
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
U.S. Marines and sugar planters overthrew the Queen of this island chain to annex it for its plantations.
What is Hawaii?
This was the nickname of President Roosevelt's policy to use military force in Latin America.
What is the Big Stick Policy?