The Spanish American War
Remember this ship! Its explosion kicked started a chain reaction that led to the Spanish American War.
What is The Maine?
This U.S. diplomat was generally ridiculed for purchasing Alaska from Russia.
Who is Seward?
The U.S.'s "god given" right to expand.
What is manifest destiny?
The construction of this allowed the U.S. to cut down transit time from coast to coast by over 8,000 miles.
What is the Panama Canal?
This heir to the throne of Austria Hungary's assassination was the final straw before the start of World War I.
Who is Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
This battle made future president Theodore Roosevelt a household name.
What is the Battle of San Juan Hill?
This future president retired from his post of the secretary of the Navy to fight in the Spanish American War.
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
The notion that it was the responsibility to share "civilized" culture with the rest of the world.
What is the White Man's Burden?
This policy gave the U.S. legal right to keep European countries out of North and South American affairs.
What is The Monroe Doctrine?
This Serbian Nationalist group assassinated the Archduke of Austria Hungary.
Who were the Black Hand?
The U.S.S. Maine was moved to Havana harbour to protect this.
What is U.S. interests (sugar plantations)?
This U.S. president oversaw the Spanish-American War and pushed for territorial expansion.
Who is William McKinley?
This made it easier to move goods from coast to coast by land.
What is the transcontinental railroad?
This island chain was strategically advantageous for the U.S. ships to refuel as it was halfway between the west coast and Asia, it was also notable for the profitability of fruit and sugar plantations found here.
Where is Hawaii?
The prevalence of this technological advancement led to the implementation of a new and brutal battle strategy, trench warfare.
What are machine guns?
This is how some people in positions of power within the United States viewed the Spanish American war because it was so short.
What is a "splendid little war?"
This character was used to portray the United States in many political cartoons.
Who is Uncle Sam?
These were central to Native American culture and had both a practical and religious significance.
What are buffalo (bison)?
This was an expansion of the idea of survival of the fittest extended to include groups of people overpowering others.
What is Social Darwinism?
The resumption of this, combined with the poorly planned Zimmerman telegram, eventually brought the U.S. into World War I.
What is unrestricted submarine warfare?
This territory eventually fought for its own independence after the conclusion of the Spanish American War.
What is the Philippines?
This group was able to find new economic opportunities during World War I by moving from the south to northern cities.
Who are African American people?
This policy is when countries do not interact with foreign influences.
What is isolationism?
This country fought for their independence from Columbia with the knowledge that the U.S. would support them once they gained independence.
What is Panama?
This was Woodrow Wilson's plan for peace in the post war era.
What were the Fourteen Points?