Spanish American War
The Pacific
Teddy Roosevelt
Cuba
Miscellaneous
100
The two fronts of the Spanish American War
What is the Philippines and Cuba/Caribbean?
100
Island annexed by the U.S. immediately after the Spanish-American War
What is Guam?
100
He was governor of this state before becoming vice president
What is New York?
100
Term for exaggerated newspaper reporting in order to sell stories
What is yellow journalism?
100
He was president during the Spanish American War
Who is William McKinley?
200
Joined the Rough Riders to fight in the Spanish-American War
Who is Teddy Roosevelt?
200
Naval commander who led the opening of Japan's trading ports in 1852
Who is Matthew Perry?
200
Pronouncement that China should allow all countries to trade
What is the Open Door Policy?
200
He was president when the revolutionary movement broke out in Cuba
Who is Grover Cleveland?
200
Term for European areas of trade and political power on the continents of Asia and Africa
What is spheres of influence?
300
Legislation that made Cuba a U.S. protectorate
What is the Platt Amendment?
300
Last queen of Hawaii
Who is Lilioukalani?
300
Location for the shooting of William McKinley
What is Buffalo, New York?
300
He was the owner of the New York Journal
Who is William Randolph Hearst?
300
Name of the military base on Cuba obtained after the Spanish-American War
What is Guantanamo Bay?
400
U.S. naval commander who took Manila in the Philippines
Who is George Dewey?
400
Year for the annexation of Hawaii
What is 1898?
400
Treaty that gave the United States the right to begin building the Panama Canal
What is the Hay-Paunceforte Treaty?
400
Democrat candidate for the election of 1900
Who is William Jennings Bryan?
400
U.S. Secretary of State who advocated the Big Sister Policy
Who is James G. Blaine?
500
Legislation that annexed Puerto Rico
What is the Foraker Act?
500
Year for the American possession of Samoa
What is 1899?
500
Correct spelling for the name of McKinley's assassin
What is Leon Czolgosz?
500
The date for the explosion of the Maine
What is February 15, 1898?
500
U.S. Navy commander who promoted increasing the size and strength of the U.S. Navy
Who is Alfred T. Mahan?