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history ch.21 test
Question | Answer |
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what was this era called | the progressive era |
what did Roosevelt send out | the great white fleet |
why did he send out the great white fleet | to show military strength |
all of the following were major reasons for practicing imperialism at the turn of the century except a) a desire to offer humanitarianism b) a desire to gain wealth from the activities of the colony c) a desire to find a new place for people to settle | c |
america's first ventures in imperialism involved? a) midway and alaska or b) cuba and puerto rico | a |
the spanish-american war occurred because of america's great concern for the welfare of | cuba |
what word denotes america's policy of staying out of world politics during most of the 19th century | isolationism |
what word denotes the acquisition of foreign lands | imperialism |
who was the president in the beginning of this era | McKinley |
the american warship that exploded off the coast of cuba in havanna's harbor | u.s.s. maine |
the two newspaper men who helped to lead america into war by printing sensational stories | hearst and pulitzer |
the spanish minister who wrote a letter criticizing mckinley and offended many americans | dupuy de lome |
the spanish american war was fought to free this country from spanish control | cuba |
the action of one person, group or nation who takes advantage of another person or group of people | exploitation |
the hay bunau varilla treaty negotiated the building of what | panama canal |
what treaty negotiated the building of the panama canal | hay bunau varilla treaty |
offering aid to poor people who need food, medicine, and education | humanitarianism |
we lost more men fighting a rebellion in this country after the war than during the war | philippines |
the man who helped to train young men and woman for the foreign missions during the progressive era | dwight l. moody |
the amendment that stated we only wished to free cuba, not annex it, or add it as an imperial gain | teller amendment |
the acquisition of foreign lands | imperialism |
a country that we gained as a result of the spanish american war and it is now a common wealth of the us | puerto rico |
america gained this territory after the queen of this nation was forced off the throne | hawaii |
the u.s helped panama gain its independence from this country | columbia |
the president during the building of the panama canal | theodore roosevelt |
the manipulation of news stories to gain attention and sell papers | yellow journalism |
regiment that won special fame in for its fight on san juan hill | rough riders |
the army doctor who proved that yellow fever was carried by a certain type of mosquitos | dr. walter reed |
the us naval base in cuba | Guantanamo bay |
the addition made to the monroe doctrine | roosevelt corollary |
the president who used dollar diplomacy | taft |
what most of our soldiers died from in the spanish american war | disease |
roosevelt's foreign policy | big stick policy |
the president who emphasized moral diplomacy | woodrow wilson |
uprising in china when a group of chinese tried to remove all foreigners from their country | boxer rebellion |
what was added to the monroe doctrine to state that the u.s would act as an international police power in the western hemisphere to protect latin america | roosevelt corollary |
what policy was made to state that no nation would have its own sphere any longer | open door policy |
what officially ends the war with spain and america | treaty of paris of 1898 |