US Imperialism Word Scramble
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| Question | Answer |
| An economic and political domination of a strong nation over other weaker nations | Imperialism |
| Causes of American Imperialism | 1. Thirst for new markets 2. Belief in Cultural superiority 3. Desire for military strength and power |
| The idea that the English -speaking nations had superior character, ideas, and systems of government and were destined to dominate the planet | Anglo- Saxonism |
| The supposed or presumed responsibility of white people to govern and impart their culture to nonwhite people | White Man's Burden |
| powerful senator, pushed for the construction of a new navy | Henry Cabot Lodge |
| Stated that a nation needed a large navy to protect its merchant ships and to defend its right to trade with other countries. | Alfred T. Mahan |
| Sent to Japan to negotiate a trade treaty | Commodore Matthew Perry |
| "Discovered" the Hawaiian Islands | James Cook |
| Hawaiian queen who wanted to return the power of the Hawaiian monarchy but was deposed by American business owners | Queen Liliuokalani |
| Hawaii's first President | Sanford B. Dole |
| Attaching a territory (or place) to a larger or more significant place (or country) | Annex |
| Leader of the Cuban Rebellion | Jose Marti |
| Yellow Journalist who controlled the New York Journal | William Randolph Hearst |
| Yellow Journalist who controlled the New York World | Joseph Pulitzer |
| Shocking stories and outrageous illustrations based on little factual information | Yellow Journalism |
| Aggressive patriotism to the point of wanting warm | Jingoism |
| American battleship which blew up (event started the Spanish American War) | USS Maine |
| Reasons for the Spanish American War | 1. Yellow Journalism 2. Comparison between American Revolution and Cuban Revolution 3. Explosion of the Maine |
| Leading cause of death during the Spanish American War | Disease |
| Leader of the Philippine Rebellion who once fought with the USA during the Spanish American War | Emilio Aguinaldo |
| Leader of the Rough Riders | Theodore Roosevelt |
| Voluntary cavalry during the Spanish American War that consisted of a diverse group of men | Rough Riders |
| Treaty that ended the Spanish American War | Treaty of Paris |
| Territories gained by the USA during the Spanish American War | 1. Cuba 2. Guam 3. Philippines 4. Puerto Rico |
| specified that Cuba had to allow the United States to buy or lease naval stations in Cuba and The United States had the right to intervene in Cuban affairs. | Platt Amendment |
| Protectorate | A country that is technically independent but is actually under the control of another country |
| Key issue for the USA because of new territories | Constitutional Rights of the people living in the new territories |
| an area where a foreign country controls all economic development | Spheres of Influence |
| policy that declared that other nations must share trading rights with the US | Open Door Policy |
| The art or practice of conducting international relations, as in negotiating alliances, treaties, and agreements. | Diplomacy |
| President who supported Big Stick Diplomacy | Theodore Roosevelt |
| stated that the U.S. would intervene in Latin American affairs when necessary to maintain peace and stability in the Western Hemisphere | Roosevelt Corollary |
| Fleet of US battleships that traveled the globe to demonstrate military might | Great White Fleet |
| Canal built by the USA to connect the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans | Panama Canal Zone |
| Type of Diplomacy that was supported by Taft | Dollar Diplomacy |
| US President who supported moral diplomacy | Woodrow Wilson |
| Type of diplomacy that focused on using the economy and business to push US influence and diplomacy | Dollar Diplomacy |
| Moral diplomacy only pledged to support countries who had similar what to the USA | Goverments |
| Type of diplomacy that used military force to push American diplomacy | Big Stick Diplomacy |
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