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Chpt. 18 GCIT US
America Claims an Empire
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Forced Cubans to relocate to concentration camps, where many of them died. | General Valeriano Weyler |
| a sensational style of writing that exaggerates the news to lure readers. | Yellow Journalism |
| United States paid 20 million dollars to Spain for this land | Philippine Islands |
| Naval commander who led the American forces into Manila Bay and destroyed the Spanish fleet | George Dewey |
| Criticizes the American president and calls him “weak”. | De Lome Letter |
| This volunteer cavalry unit fought in a famous land battle near Santiago, Cuba. | Rough Riders |
| Soon after this was destroyed, the U.S declared war on Spain. | U.S.S. Maine |
| Teddy Roosevelt was declared the hero of this battle | San Juan Hill |
| This Cuban poet and Journalist launched a Cuban revolution in 1895 | Jose Marti |
| Gained its independence in the Spanish-American War | Cuba |
| Boxer Rebellion took place in this country | China |
| Foraker Act directly affected what country? | Puerto Rico |
| Emilio Aguinaldo fought for this nation’s independence | Philippines |
| John Hay’s “Open Door Notes” referred to this nation | China |
| The Treaty of Paris guaranteed independence to this country | Cuba |
| Platt Amendment made this nation a U.S. protectorate | Cuba |
| What nation was not affected by the Spanish-American war? | China |
| In which nation did the U.S. use the same sort of concentration camp practices that it had condemned Spain for using in Cuba? | Philippines |
| The Panama Canal was build during his presidency | Teddy Roosevelt |
| During his presidency, the United States and Mexico came close to war. | Woodrow Wilson |
| He led American forces into Mexico in pursuit of a Mexican revolutionary leader | John J. Pershing |
| American Troops were sent into Mexico to try to capture this Mexican revolutionary leader | Francisco “Pancho” Villa |
| This term refers to the policy of using the U.S. government to guarantee loans made to foreign countries by American business-people | Dollar Diplomacy |
| Its construction ranks as one of the world’s greatest engineering feats. | Panama Canal |
| This term refers to the policy of denying recognition of Latin American governments that the United States viewed as oppressive, undemocratic, or hostile to U.S. interests. | Missionary Diplomacy |
| What is Roosevelt Corollary? | United States could send its military forces into Latin American nations to protect American economic interests. |
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