Spanish American War
Roosevelt backed a rebellion by this country against Columbia in order to build a canal.
What is Panama?
In 1893, with the help of the United States Marines, sugar planters removed Queen Lilliuokalani from power and annexed this territory
What is Hawaii?
The belief that life consists of competitive struggles in which only the fittest survive.
What is Social Darwinism?
His assassination led to Roosevelt's presidency.
Who was William McKinley?
Give one reason why the United States invaded Cuba?
Spain was treating their people horribly by putting their people who were considered rebels into reconcentration camps
Resources sugar and tobacco
the addition of a new territory to an existing country is know as
What is annexation
The United States annexed the Philippines after the Spanish-American war, however what other Pacific island did the United States also annex because of the Spanish-American war?
Guam
This term refers to when people have extreme pride or patriotism in their country.
Nationalism
The two main goals for U.S expansion (Give One Reason)
What were naval bases and markets for product
The United States bought what territory from Russia (Seward's Folly)?
What is Alaska
This amendment to the Cuban constitution allowed the U.S. the right to the navy base at Guantanamo Bay.
What is the Platt Amendment?
Name one of the two newspapermen responsible for the yellow press.
Who are Joseph Pulitzer and/or William Randolph Hearst?
Wrote The Influence of Sea Power on History.
Who is Alfred T. Mahan?
The Boxer Rebellion took place in this country _______, because the local population wanted to get rid of foreign influence in their country.
China
Theodore Roosevelt created this volunteer militia to fight in the Spanish-American War
What were the Rough Riders?