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American Imperialism
American Imperialism in Asia
Misc.
Spanish American War
Policy
100
This cold, large territory was purchased by the US from the Russians for millions of dollars.
What is Alaska?
100
Policy that would open all of trade in China to all nations.
What is the Open Door Policy?
100
This person won a Nobel Peace Prize in 1906 for negotiating peace between Japan and Russia.
Who is Teddy Roosevelt?
100

The amount of time this war lasted

What is four months

100
What are the 4 reasons for Imperialism?
What is Economic gain, Military/Political gain, Humanitarian gain and Social Darwinism?
200
Reasons the U.S. was interested in Hawaii.
What is economic opportunity (sugar plantations) and a naval port (military advantages)?
200
Rebels who wanted to rid China of foreign influence.
Who are the Boxers?
200

Define Sphere of Influence?

an area where a stronger country (from Europe for example) controlled resources & economic development of a weaker country

200
A type of journalism that presents little or no legitimate well-researched news and instead uses eye-catching headlines to sell more newspapers.
What is Yellow Journalism?
200
The main principle of the foreign policy in the United States, established in 1823 says that any foreign (European) intervention in the politics of the Americas is a potentially hostile act against the U.S.
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
300
What was the controversy that surrounded the explosion of the USS Maine at Havana Harbor in Cuba?
What is... ~ The Spanish sabotaged the US ship/it exploded because of a Spanish mine. ~ It exploded because of internal faults/problems with the magazines.
300
Attack on foreign diplomats in Beijing, foreign powers sent reinforcements and defeated the rebels after two months of fighting.
What is the Boxer Rebellion?
300
Was the Secretary of State in 1899; dispatched the Open Door Notes to keep the countries that had spheres of influence in China from taking over China and closing the doors on trade between China and the U.S.
Who is John Hay?
300

This was the name for the naval base US obtained in Cuba

Guantanamo Bay

300

What is Isolationism?

Staying separate from international affairs and concentrating on domestic

400
The uses for the Panama Canal.
What is trade and military use?
400
What was the US seeking when they extended their imperial power?
What is trade and natural resources?
400
Filipino who led the Philippine Revolution against Spain and then again against the United States.
Who is Emilio Aguinaldo?
400
Name 3 of the 4 areas that the US exercised some level of control over after the Spanish American War?
What is Cuba, Guam, Puerto Rico & the Philippines?
400
The policy adopted by Teddy Roosevelt to negotiate from strength and making it clear that military action is a possibility.
What is Big Stick Diplomacy?
500

What year did Hawaii officially become a state?

1959

500
Connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific Ocean, built from 1904 - 1914.
What is the Panama Canal?
500

Who was Queen Liliuokalani?

She was the Queen of Hawaii who took power in 1891 and was deposed by the US and wanted to return control to the native Hawaiians

500
What were three of the requirements that the US demanded of Cuba in the Platt Amendment?
What is... ~ The Cuban government could not enter any foreign agreements/make treaties. ~ The United States is allowed to establish naval bases. ~ Cuba was not allowed to go into debt. ~ The United States has the right to intervene whenever necessary.
500

United States Secretary of State, William Seward, purchased Alaska from Russia for $7.2 million which was considered to be a massive mistake by many Americans. ... In hindsight Seward's Folly should have been called Seward's Fortune!

What was known as "Seward's Folly?