3/15/23 Test

Question 1

a policy of staying out of world affairs

Answer 1

isolationism

Question 2

an 1854 treaty between Japan and the United States that opened up ports to American trade in Japan

Answer 2

Treaty of Kanagawa

Question 3

a foreign policy of powerful countries seeking to control the economic and political affairs of weaker countries or regions

Answer 3

imperialism

Question 4

the name for the steam-powered ships of the englarged and modernized American navy of the early 1900s

Answer 4

Great White Fleet

Question 5

a policy issed by Secretary of State John Hay in 1899 that allowed each foreign nation in China to trade freely

Answer 5

open door policy

Question 6

sails to Japan and asks them to trade with the US; he opened the doors of trade to Japan

Answer 6

Commodore Perry

Question 7

Secretary of State who purchased Alaska from Russia for $7.2M

Answer 7

William Seward

Question 8

takes over monarchy after her brother King Kalakaui dies and tries to restore her power

Answer 8

Queen Lily

Question 9

Chinese rebels who were going against the open door policy

Answer 9

Boxer rebellion

Question 10

wrote “Influence of Sea Power Upon History” which criticized the US for having a weak navy

Answer 10

Mahan

Question 11

author of New York World

Answer 11

Pulitzer

Question 12

author of New York Journal

Answer 12

Hearst

Question 13

ship McKinely sends in to protect US citizens and property which explodes on Feb 15, 1898

Answer 13

USS Maine

Question 14

Cuban rebel who helped seize Manila for the Spanish

Answer 14

Aguinaldo

Question 15

cavalry led by Teddy Roosevelt

Answer 15

Rough riders

Question 16

an amendment to the Cuban constitution that allowed the US to intervene in Cuba

Answer 16

Platt Amendment

Question 17

an independent nation

Answer 17

Sovereign nation

Question 18

a nation whose independence is limited by the control of a more powerful country

Answer 18

Protectorate nation

Question 19

an act of cruelty and brutality

Answer 19

atrocity

Question 20

sensational and biased news with exaggerated stories

Answer 20

yellow journalism

Question 21

the war between Spain and the US in 1898

Answer 21

Spanish American War

Question 22

made Puerto Rico a territory of the US and granted citizenship to all Puerto Ricans which was also known as the Jones Act

Answer 22

Foraker Act

Question 23

a narrow strip of land that has water on each side with the strip of land connection 2 larger bodies of land

Answer 23

isthmus

Question 24

extension to the Monroe Doctrine that the US had a right to intervene in Latin America to preserve law and order

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Roosevelt Corollary

Question 25

President's taft's policy of building strong economic ties to Latin America using trade and money to influence control in Latin America

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Dollar diplomacy

Question 26

President Wilson's policy of condemning imperialism, spreading democracy and promoting peace

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Moral diplomacy

Question 27

helped eliminate yellow fever in Cuba and Panama

Answer 27

Col. William Gorgas

Question 28

Roosevelt's policy of sending military

Answer 28

Gunboat diplomacy

Question 29

Mexican rebel who kills 19 Americans in the hills of Mexico

Answer 29

Pancho Villa

Question 30

ruler of Mexico from 1877-1911

Answer 30

Diaz

Question 31

takes over Diaz's position but is eventually murdered

Answer 31

Madero

Question 32

takes over after Madero was murdered

Answer 32

Gen. Huerta

Question 33

goes against Gen. Huerta

Answer 33

Gen. Carranza

Question 34

where US sailors go abroad in Mexico and get arrested and put in Mexican prison

Answer 34

Tampico

Question 35

Mexican port that was seized by US troops after the Tampico police arrested Mexican sailors

Answer 35

Vera Cruz

Question 36

a country or area in which another country has power to affect developments although it has no formal authority

Answer 36

Sphere of Influence