Module 7 Flashcards
(41 cards)
Who was responsible for destroying the Spanish fleet at Manila?
George Dewey
Why did Woodrow Wilson order John J. Pershing and his expeditionary force home?
The United States was facing World War I in Europe.
Who was responsible for placing hundreds of thousands of Cubans in barbed-wire concentration camps?
General Valeriano Weyler
Under what policy did the United States claim the right to intervene in the domestic affairs of Latin American nations?
the Roosevelt Corollary
Events in what country triggered the Spanish-American War?
Cuba
Which incident led to Congress’s declaring war on Spain?
explosion of the Maine
Why was President Roosevelt in favor of building a canal across Panama?
It would reduce travel time for commercial and military transport.
What was the purpose of the Open Door Policy?
to allow all nations to have equal access to trade in China
Sensational, biased, and often false reporting is called?
yellow journalism.
An American empire that dominated the Caribbean, Central America, and the Pacific was the goal of?
William H. Seward.
With what did President Theodore Roosevelt display the nation’s naval power in 1907?
the “Great White Fleet”
Why did American planters want Hawaii to become a territory of the United States?
they wanted to avoid paying the tariff
The first action of the Spanish-American War took place in?
The Philippines
The practice of extending a nation’s power by gaining territories for a colonial empire is called?
Imperialism.
Non-involvement in world affairs is called?
isolationism.
President __________ supported Panama’s revolt against __________ as a way to gain control of the land needed to build a canal connecting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans?
Teddy Roosevelt; Columbia
Which leader wanted Hawaiians to regain economic control of their islands?
Queen Liliuokalani
The mosquitoes in Panama carried the deadly diseases of?
yellow fever and malaria.
Hero of Cuban independence?
Jose Marti
Who said, “Sea power is essential to the greatness of every splendid person?
Alfred Thayer Mahan
The United States could not have built the Panama Canal without controlling?
Diseases
Which of the following areas did the United States gain control of as a result of the Spanish-American War?
Puerto Rico
Name two obstacles that the United States encountered when building the Panama Canal and describe how each of these obstacles were overcome?
They needed permission and the disease yellow fever.
A narrow strip of land connecting two larger bodies of land is called?
an isthmus.
