First Semester Exam Review US II

Ship that exploded & US blamed Spain

• Lusitania
• USS Maine
• John J Pershing
• Puerto Rico

international conflict that proved the U.S. was a world power with significant influence in foreign affairs

• Spanish-American War

• civil rights

• Progressive Movement

• U.S.S Maine incident

naval officer who campaigned for expansion of U.S. territories

• Alfred Thayer Mahan

• Theodore Roosevelt

• Sanford Dole

• William Taft

Means “to take/claim” territory (e.g., Hawaii)

• Cede

• Annex

• Conquer

• In

Exaggerated, “fake news” meant to sell papers.

• Tabloid Press

• Hot Mess News

• Yellow Journalism

• Enquirers Delight

This gave quicker access between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans.

• Hawaii

• Panama Canal

• Cuba

• Guam

Demanded equal access to China’s ports and trade.

• Dollar Diplomacy

• Open Door Policy

• Oriental Policy

• Roosevelt Corrolary/Big Stick Diplomacy

Which President built the Panama Canal?

• William McKinley

• Teddy Roosevelt

• William Howard Taft

• Woodrow Wilson

Author who wrote The Influence of Sea Power on History (1890)

• Henry Cabot Lodge

• Sanford B Dole

• Alfred Thayer Mahan

• Matthew Perry

What are areas where foreign nations control trade and  natural resources?

• imperalism
• isolationism
• spheres of influence
• dollar diplomacy