Newspapers that used sensational headlines and exaggerated stories in order to promote readership.
What is yellow journalism?
100
A rebellion.
What is insurrection?
100
President Taft's policy of expanding American investment abroad?
What is dollar diplomacy?
100
President Roosevelt support the rebellion of Panama against Colombian rule. United states wanted navy routes and trade routes.
What is Panama Canal?
200
The policy by which strong nations extend their political, military, and economic control over weaker territories.
What is imperialism?
200
Spain gave up control of Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Pacific islands of Guam. It also sold the Philippines to the United States for $20 million.
What are the terms of the Treaty of Paris?
200
Pact between the United States and Japan to end segregation of Asian children in San Francisco public schools. In return, Japan agreed to limit the immigration of its citizens to the United States.
What is the "Gentlemen's Agreement"?
200
An amendment that stated:
United States had the right to intervene to preserve order in Cuba.
Prevented Cuba from signing a treaty with another nation without American approval.
Required Cuba to lease naval stations to the United States.
What is the Platt Amendment?
200
An U.S. Secretary of State that established the Open Door Policy.
Who is John Hay?
300
A military historian and an officer in the Untied States Navy, played a key role in transforming America into a naval power.
Who is Alfred T. Mahan
300
William Jennings Byran and Mark Twain formed a league that condemned imperialism as a crime and attached it as "open disloyalty to the distinctive principles of our government."
What is anti-Imperialist League?
300
A policy that stated the government did not want colonies in China, but favored free trade there.
What is the open door policy?
300
President Roosevelt's extension to the Monroe Doctrine to keep the Western Hemisphere free from intervention by European powers.
What is the Roosevelt Corollary?
300
The belief that some nations and races are superior to others; imperialists used this idea a justification for controlling other countries.
What is Social Darwinism?
400
We annexed this island for sugar, fruit, naval base and refueling station.
What is Hawaii?
400
Cuban Rebellion
U.S.S. Maine Explosion
de Lome Letter
Yellow Journalism
What are the causes of the Spanish and American War?
400
A region dominated and controlled by an outside power. (examples Cuba,and China)
What is a sphere of influence?
400
President Roosevelt's policy of creating and using, when necessary, a strong military to achieve American's goals.
What is Big Stick Diplomacy?
400
A non-traditional military tactic that relies on surprise raids; Filipinos relied on it in their uprising against U.S. forces.
What is guerrilla warfare?
500
Secretary of State William Seward bought this territory from Russia for $7.2 Million. This purchase double the country's size and turn out be rich in timber, oil and valuable other natural resources.
What is Alaska?
500
An amendment that stipulated that the United States had no intention of annexing Cuba.
What is the Teller Amendment?
500
President Roosevelt sent 16 battleships on a "good will cruise" around the world. This voyage demonstrated America's increased military power to the world.
What is the Great White Fleet?
500
Woodrow Wilson's policy that the U.S. would not use force to assert influence in the world, but would instead work to promote human rights.