Terms
a policy in which a strong nation seeks to take over another country for economic benefit.
Imperialism
Name three of the main causes of the Spanish American War.
The explosion of the USS Maine in Havana Harbor, and U.S. support for Cuban independence from Spain.
Name the 2 nations who fought in the Spanish-American War
The United States and Spain
The country where the U.S. intervened to give them independence and a VERY large canal was built
The Panama Canal
a major impact of the United States building the Panama Canal
Travel and trade between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans became quicker
The United States had the economic benefits of the Panama Canal for almost 100 years
Latin American countries worried about the United States limiting their independence
Agreement to stop fighting
Armistice
Name one political/military factor that motivated American imperialism in the late 1800s and early 1900s
ambition to become a global power, protect trade and land from others
Journalism that is based upon sensationalism (the use of shocking stories or language at the expense of accuracy, in order to provoke public interest or excitement)
Yellow Journalism
President who fought in the Spanish-American War and secured the purchase of the land used to build a very famous canal.
Theodore Roosevelt
The goals of the Progressive Movement were...
Address problems of industrialization, urbanization, and corruption.
Improve working conditions and reduce child labor.
Regulate big business.
Expand democracy.
Building up strong armed forces
Militarism
Name two of the main causes of WWI.
Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism,
a battleship that exploded and sank in Havana, Cuba in 1898. The disaster led to the Spanish-American War.
U.S.S. Maine
The group of soldiers led by President Theodore Roosevelt in the Spanish American War
The Rough Riders
The idea is negotiating peacefully but also having strength in case things go wrong.
Big Stick Diplomacy
Peace treaty that ended WWI
Treaty of Versailles
The U.S. joined WWI because...
German submarine warfare (the sinking of the Lusitania), The Zimmerman Telegram, and economic ties with allied countries (Britain and France)
Name the two of the three main territories taken DIRECTLY by America at the end of the Spanish-American War
Guam and the Philippines
The acting President during the Spanish-American War
William McKinley
This territory was taken by America in the Spanish American War and its statehood is still up for debate today
Puerto Rico
The right to vote
Suffrage
The Progressive Movement addressed problems cause by....
Industrialization, Urbanization, and Corruption
The mistreatment of this country led to the beginning of the Spanish-American War
Cuba
Founded Hull House to help immigrants
Jane Addams
This treaty gave the U.S. control of three lands/territories....
Treaty of Paris (1898)