Who was a yellow journalist and owner of the New York Journal?
100
"big stick" diplomacy
What is Teddy Roosevelt's foreign policy of trying to talk out problems with other countries, but having a strong military as a back up?
100
Social Darwinism
What is idea that stronger countries have the right to take over weaker countries because they are more civilized and more "fit" to rule?
100
Yellow Journalism or newspapers
What caused the American people to be aware of and upset by how the Spanish were treating the Cubans.
200
Joseph Pulitzer
Who was the yellow journalist and owner of the New York World?
200
"dollar diplomacy"
What is William H. Taft's policy of encouraging Americans to invest money in companies in foreign countries called?
200
Yellow Press
What is the nickname for the newspapers that printed sensational headlines and exaggerated stories in order to inflame the public and sell more papers?
200
sugar cane
What product was grown in Cuba that the US wanted?
300
Emilio Aguinaldo
Who was a Filipino rebel leader who helped the US fight Spain, but got angry when the US did not give freedom to the Philippines right away?
300
"moral" diplomacy
What is Woodrow Wilson's policy of promoting human rights rather that using military force against other countried called?
300
Rough Riders
What is the name for the private calvary put together by Teddy Roosevelt that went to Cuba and defeated the Spanish at San Juan Hill?
300
U.S.S. Maine
What is the name of the US battleship that was blown up in Havana harbor?
400
George Dewey
Who was the US Commodore that located and destroyed the Spanish fleet in the Philippines during the Spanish-American war?
400
Great White Fleet
What is the name of the group of sparkling war ships sent to sea by Teddy Roosevelt?
400
Insurrection
What is a fancy word for a rebellion or uprising that starts with the letter I?
400
Teller Amendment
What is the name of the US resolution from congress that said the US would not annex Cuba.
500
Poncho Villa
Who was the Mexican rebel that was chased by John J. Pershing for 11 months and escaped?
500
illegal
Was the annexation of Hawaii to the United States legal or illegal according to the laws of the United States?
500
Guerilla Warfare
What is the name for the hit and run fighting style of the Filipino rebels in the Spanish-American war?
500
Enrique Dupuy de Lome
Who insluted President McKinley by calling him a "weak and stupid politician" in a letter that got published in papers in the US?