Imperialism
Hawaii
Spanish-American War
WWI
Unit 2 Potpourri
100

This type of Imperialism was different from "Old" imperialism because now the group conquering included Europeans, US AND Japan

New Imperialism

100

This president annexed Hawaii as a US territory

President McKinley

100

This man was a Cuban rebel who fought to kick the Spanish out of Cuba

Jose Marti

100

This group was created at the end of WWI in order to prevent further world conflicts

League of Nations

100

These were sold to Americans during WWI to fund the war effort

War Bonds

200

This president did NOT authorize the annexing of Hawaii a a territory

Grover Cleveland

200

She was the last monarch of the independent Hawaiian islands

Queen Liliuokolani

200

This is sensationalized reporting in newspapers

Yellow Journalism

200

This document outlined the formal end of the war and severely punished Germany

Treaty of Versailles

200

These were President Wilson's plans for the ending of WWI

Fourteen Points

300

This man purchased Alaska from Russia, starting US Expansion

William Seward

300

This man was the first leader of the Republic of Hawaii

Sanford Dole

300

This ship blew up in the Havana Harbor

USS Maine

300

This was passed in order to draft young men to fight in the war

Selective Service Act

300

This president led the Rough Riders during the Spanish American War

Teddy Roosevelt

400

Name 2 current US territories that were acquired during the time of Imperialism

Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, US Virgin Islands

400

The American businessmen who advocated for annexing Hawaii sold this crop

Sugar

400

He was the Filipino nationalist who fought to free the Philippines from American control

Emilio Aguinaldo

400

This agency's purpose was to influence public opinion to support the U.S. in World War I, particularly at home. 

Committee on Public Information

400

This is intense and aggressive patriotism

jingoism

500

These are the three motivations for US imperialism

Economic, Military, Ideological

500

This was the year Congress approved the annexation of Hawaii

1898

500

This was the treaty between the United States and Cuba that gave the U.S. the right to intervene in Cuban affair 

Platt Amendment

500

This law made it illegal to share information that could harm the war effort or promote the enemies of the U.S.

Espionage Act

500

This man was the publisher of newspapers such as the New York Journal

William Randolph Hearst