American Imperialism

›Policy by which stronger nations extend their economic, political or military control over weaker nations

• isolationism

• imperialism

• Seward's Folly

• annex

A style of writing that exaggerates and sensationalizes the news

• foreign policy

• Roosevelt Corollary

• Social Darwinism

• yellow journalism

›A foreign policy to avoid or withdraw from economic, military or political relations with other countries

• isolationism

• imperialism

• Spanish-American War

• Monroe Doctrine

›U.S. warship that exploded off Havana, Cuba on Feb 15, 1898

• USS Enterprise

• USS Ronald Reagan

• USS Maine

• USS John C. Stennis

›1898 war that began when the United States demanded Cuba’s independence from Spain

• Civil War

• World War I

• World War II

• Spanish-American War

›Policy of refusing to take sides in a dispute

• foreign policy

• domestic policy

• neutrality

• interventionism

›Decisions and actions taken by a country outside of their borders

• domestic policy

• foreign policy

• return policy

• sphere of influence

›To obtain or take for one-self; to add territory

• Homestead Act

• westward expansion

• manifest destiny

• annex

›Foreign policy set by Pres. James Monroe-stated that the US would not allow foreign countries to create colonies in North or South America

• Foreign policy

• Remember the Maine

• Monroe Doctrine

• Roosevelt Corollary

›United States claim of the right to interfere in the affairs of Latin American countries

• Monroe Doctrine

• Roosevelt Corollary

• Manifest Destiny

• Western Hemisphere Doctrine