Unit Imperalism

Question 1

-Yellow Journalism
-The U.S.S Maine was sunk
-Protection of American Business interest in Cuba
-To fight against Spain’s oppressive government

Answer 1

Causes of the war

Question 2

-Cuba
-Philippines
-Guam
-Puerto Rico
-Cuba Protectorate

Answer 2

Results of the war

Question 3

Argued that if the US gave the Philippines independence, the other nations would probably attack the island and take control -president-

Answer 3

William McKinley

Question 4

-President or US from 1901-1909
-Favoured a strong, active US presence in the world
-Leader of the “Rough Riders” before becoming president
-Pushed for the building of the Panama Canal

Answer 4

Theodore Roosevelt

Question 5

-The American ship blown up in Havana Habour in 1898
-It is unknown if it was sunk by Spanish

Answer 5

The U.S.S Maine

Question 6

A large island nation about 90 miles off the coast of Florida that was a colony of Spain until freed in the Spanish-American war

Answer 6

Cuba

Question 7

-The largest and southernmost island in the Marians
-Was turned over to the United States by Spain in 1898

Answer 7

Guam

Question 8

Freedom from control or influence of another or others

Answer 8

Independence

Question 9

Affairs between nations

Answer 9

International Affairs

Question 10

A man-made canal that allows ships go through the country of Panama to the Atlantic Ocean or Pacific Ocean

Answer 10

Panama Canal

Question 11

A country that is a group of islands in southeastern Asia, which became a US possession after the war

Answer 11

Philippines

Question 12

Country that became dependent on the US after the Spanish-American war

Answer 12

Puerto Rico

Question 13

-Troops of en from many different backgrounds organised by Theodore Roosevelt
-Served in the Spanish-American War fighting in Cuba

Answer 13

Rough Riders

Question 14

A. Writing which exaggerates sensational, dramatic, and gruesome events to attract readers
B. Exaggerated stories that helped sell newspapers

Answer 14

Yellow Journalism

Question 15

-Dissolved the Spanish Empire
-Cuba became American Protectorate
-Gave the island of Guam

Answer 15

Treaty of Paris 1898

Question 16

-Prohibited Cuba from making treaties with other nations
-Gave America control of a naval base at Guantanamo Bay
-Gave the US the right to intervene in Cuba affairs if the country’s independence was threatened

Answer 16

Platt Amendment

Question 17

A. Not getting involved in other countries’ conflicts
B. The policy in remaining separate from the other countries

Answer 17

Isolationism

Question 18

Newspaper publisher from 1887 until his death in 1951, used yellow journalism to influence the Spanish-American war

Answer 18

William Randolph Hearst

Question 19

A policy whereby all countries have an equal opportunity to trade freely in a certain place

Answer 19

Open Door Policy

Question 20

He purchased Alaska from the Russians and people thought it was foolish

Answer 20

Steward’s Folly

Question 21

A. A policy of extending your rule over foreign countries
B. The control by one country of the political and economic life of another country or region

Answer 21

Imperialism

Question 22

Roosevelt’s belief that the US should respond to foreign crisis not by threats but by military action

Answer 22

Big Stick Diplomacy

Question 23

The doctrine of expanding the territory or the economic influence of a country

Answer 23

Expansionism

Question 24

A sincere belief in the ideas of democracy

Answer 24

Moral Diplomacy

Question 25

Newspaper publisher who helped start yellow journalism style

Answer 25

Joseph Pulitzer

Question 26

Using money to negotiate with other countries

Answer 26

Dollar Diplomacy

Question 27

Believed in Moral Diplomacy

Answer 27

Woodrow Wilson

Question 28

The habour where the USS Maine was sailing into when it exploded

Answer 28

Havana Habour

Question 29

Negotiation between nations

Answer 29

Diplomacy

Question 30

Believed in Dollar Diplomacy

Answer 30

William Taft