Territorial Gains
This icy territory was purchased from Russia for $7.2 million in 1867
What is Alaska?
This ship exploded in Havana Harbor on February 15, 1898
What is the USS Maine?
This queen came to power with a "Hawaii for Hawaiians" agenda
Who is Queen Liliuokalani?
Cuba is this many miles south of Florida
What is 90 miles?
This 1898 treaty ended the Spanish-American War
What is the Treaty of Paris?
This policy proposed that nations share trading rights with the U.S. in China
What is the Open Door Policy?
This rallying cry became popular after the Maine explosion
What is "Remember the Maine!"?
This island chain was annexed in 1898 without its people ever getting to vote
What is Hawaii
The Spanish-American War lasted this many weeks
What is 15 weeks?
This Secretary of State arranged the Alaska purchase
Who is William Seward?
This many men were killed when the USS Maine exploded
What is more than 260 (or 260+)?
This 1854 treaty opened two Japanese ports for refueling
What is the Treaty of Kanagawa?
Roosevelt's addition to the Monroe Doctrine, asserting U.S. police power
What is the Roosevelt Corollary?
This type of journalism exaggerates news to lure and enrage readers
What is Yellow Journalism?
The U.S. paid Spain this amount for the Philippines in the Treaty of Paris
What is 20 million?
This Commodore destroyed the Spanish fleet at Manila Bay
Who is George Dewey?
This Cuban poet and journalist launched the 1895 revolution against Spain
Who is José Martí?
Commodore Perry brought this many warships to Tokyo Bay in 1853
What is 4 (four)?
This amendment stated the U.S. had no intention of taking over Cuba
What is the Teller Amendment?
Taft's policy of using U.S. government to guarantee loans to foreign countries
What is Dollar Diplomacy?
These two newspaper publishers competed with sensational Cuban war coverage
Who are William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer?
These four territories were gained by the U.S. from the Treaty of Paris
What are Cuba (freed), Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines?
This famous hill in Cuba was the site of a July 1, 1898 battle
What is San Juan Hill?
This naval officer wrote "The Influence of Sea Power upon History"
Who is Alfred T. Mahan?
By 1900, foreigners and immigrants outnumbered native Hawaiians by this ratio
What is 3 to 1?
This amendment forced Cuba to include provisions limiting its independence
What is the Platt Amendment?
Wilson's policy that denied recognition to undemocratic governments
What is Missionary Diplomacy?
Hearst's newspaper offered this reward for capture of Spanish perpetrators
What is $50,000?
This Caribbean island became a U.S. protectorate under the Platt Amendment
What is Cuba?
This volunteer cavalry unit was led by Theodore Roosevelt and Leonard Wood
What are the Rough Riders?
This Filipino leader believed the U.S. had promised independence
Who is Emilio Aguinaldo?
The Panama Canal cost this much to build (approximately)
What is $380 million?
This 1901 treaty gave the U.S. exclusive rights to build a canal
What is the Hay-Pauncefote Treaty?
This 1823 doctrine warned European countries to stay out of Latin American affairs
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
This private letter criticized President McKinley as "weak"
What is the De Lôme Letter?
In this year, Hawaii officially became the 50th state
What is 1959?
The Philippine-American War cost the U.S. this amount - 20 times the purchase price
What is $400 million?
This newspaper publisher said "You furnish the pictures and I'll furnish the war"
Who is William Randolph Hearst?
This many workers died during Panama Canal construction
What is 5,600+ (or more than 5,600)?
This treaty was signed 15 days after Panama declared independence
What is the Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty?
Roosevelt's foreign policy was based on this West African proverb
What is "Speak softly and carry a big stick"?
This Spanish minister wrote the insulting letter about McKinley
Who is Enrique Dupuy de Lôme?
This act ended military rule in Puerto Rico and set up civil government
What is the Foraker Act?
Approximately this many Filipino rebels died in the Philippine-American War
What is 20,000?
This Mexican revolutionary said "It is better to die on your feet than live on your knees"
Who is Emiliano Zapata?
An estimated this many Cubans were held in Spanish concentration camps
What is 300,000?
This tariff eliminated Hawaii's duty-free sugar status, creating a crisis
What is the McKinley Tariff?
This theory applied "survival of the fittest" to nations
What is Social Darwinism?
This artist was told by Hearst "You furnish the pictures and I'll furnish the war"
Who is Frederic Remington?
The Supreme Court ruled in these cases that the Constitution didn't automatically apply to acquired territories
What are the Insular Cases?
This many American lives were lost putting down the Philippine rebellion
What is 4,000?
This Brigadier General led the expedition into Mexico to capture Pancho Villa
Who is John J. Pershing?
Corn production increased by this percentage, fueling need for foreign markets
What is 264%?
This 1905 treaty ended the war between Russia and Japan
What is the Treaty of Portsmouth?
The use of military force or threats to achieve diplomatic goals
What is Gunboat Diplomacy?
Yellow journalism printed exaggerated accounts of this Spanish general's brutality
Who is Valeriano Weyler (or "Butcher" Weyler)?
This is when the Philippines finally became an independent republic
What is July 4, 1946?
Theodore Roosevelt mediated peace between these two nations in 1905
What are Russia and Japan?
This French agent convinced the U.S. to buy the Panama Canal route claim
Who is Philippe Bunau-Varilla?
The U.S. built this many steel-hulled cruisers between 1883-1890
What is 9 (nine)?
This protocol required China to pay approximately $332 million in damages
What is the Boxer Protocol?
Areas where nations had special rights and economic privileges in China
What are Spheres of Influence?
hese two newspapers were at the center of the "Headline Wars"
What are the New York Journal and the New York World?
This fraction of Hawaii's wealth was controlled by American-owned plantations by the mid-19th century
What is 3/4 (three-fourths)?
Roosevelt won this prestigious prize in 1906 for his peacemaking efforts
What is the Nobel Peace Prize?
This Secretary of State issued the Open Door notes to protect American trade in China
Who is John Hay?
Hawaiian sugar production increased by this multiple in the 15 years after 1875
What is 9 times (9x)?
In this year, Mexico adopted a constitution giving government control of resources
What is 1917?
A country whose affairs are partially controlled by a stronger power
What is a Protectorate?
Yellow journalism claimed Spanish forces did these horrible acts to children
What is poisoned wells and threw children to sharks?