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Capitan Alfred Thaye Maham During Roosevelt’s presidency, wrote The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783, which discusses that one ship would be able to rule the entire sea
Depuy de Lome Spanish Minister that sent a letter badmouthing President McKinley and instigated Spanish-American War
General Pershing Chased Pancho Villa in Mexico due to Villa’s raids
George Dewey Defeated Spanish as the commander of small American squadrons
Henry Catbotlodge Massachusetts senator who defeated Wilson’s idea of a League of Nations
James Monroe Wrote the Monroe Doctrine
John Fiske Darwinism-Socialism
John Hay Secretary of State
John Quincy Adams Writer, President of the Monroe Doctrine
Matthew Perry Opened Japan to Western ways
President McKinely Isolationist forced into war by yellow journalism & the sinking of Maine
Queen Liliuokalani Queen of Hawaii, leader when U.S. annexed it in 1898 and lost power
Rydyard Kipling Writer of White Man’s Burden
Samuel Gompers A socialist during WWI who promoted anti-imperialism
Teddy Roosevelt “Big Stick,” Great White Fleet, Spanish-American War (fighter), corollary to Monroe Doctrine, Panama Canal
Valeriano Wyler Policy of gathering Cubans in Spanish general, nicknamed “The Butcher”
William Hearst New York Journal
William Jennings Brown Secretary of State, stood among Mark Twain, Jane Addams, and Andrew Carnegie, as they were all part of the Anti-Imperialist league
William Tuft Dollar Diplomacy
Woodrow Wilson President of U.S. during WWI, 14 Point Plan including the League of Nations, believed in Moral Diplomacy, Noble Peace Prize for settling problem of Russia, in favor of neutrality
Joseph Pulitzer New York World
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