Imperialism and Spanish American War

The island in the Caribbean that was under Spanish control before and during the Spanish-American War was?

• Cuba

• Guam

• The Phillippeans

• Mexico

Policy in which stronger nations extend economic, political, or military control over weaker territories:

• Communism

• Socialism

• Imperialism

• Fascism

Led the Cuban revolution against Spain in 1895:

• William Randoph Hearst

• Jose Jalapeno

• Jose Marti

• Joseph Pulitzer

Reporting that exaggerates the truth to lure readers:

• Red journalism

• TMZ journalism

• yellow journalism

• blue journalism

Three factors that fueled America’s Imperialism"

• new markets (economic competition)

• military competition

• belief in cultural superiority

• isolationism

The three suggestions made by Alfred T. Mahan:

• establish naval bases in the Caribbean

• construct the Panama Canal

• take Hawaii

• leave other countries alone

Exploded off of the coast of Cuba killing 260 Americans

• USS Arizona

• USS Maine

• USS Utah

• USS Virginia

The three main points to the Treaty of Paris 1898

• Cuba is free

• U.S. takes Guam/Puerto Rico

• U.S. pays $20 million for the Philippines

• U.S. has to pay Spanish war reparations

10 mile wide canal that connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific Ocean

• Panama Canal

• Chile Canal

• Uruguay Canal

• Pensacola Canal

This is the phrase coined by Roosevelt pertaining to how the US should handle foreign involvement in Latin America:

• "Speak softly but carry a big stick"

• "Don't shoot the teddy bear"

• "Taft is not good for America"

• "Safaris are fun"