Imperialism

A volunteer cavalry unit with Teddy Roosevelt leading as 2nd in command. They helped take control of Cuba by winning the battle of San Juan Hill.
 

• William Randolph Hearst 
• Commander George Dewey
• Rough Riders
• Teddy Roosevelt 

Leader of the US Navy when they destroyed the Spanish fleet in the Philippines (Manilla Bay)
 

• William Randolph Hearst
• Commander George Dewey
• Rough Riders
• Theodore Roosevelt 

newspaper man who wrote sensational (exaggerated) stories and who owned a publishing empire
 

• William Randolph Hearst
• Commander George Dewey
•  Rough Riders
• Theodore Roosevelt 

Journalists writing exaggerated news stories to sell newspaper. Examples stories about the de Lome letter and the USS Maine

• Imperialism
• Yellow journalism
• Protectorate 
• Open Door Policy

 all countries would be allowed to trade with China

• Imperialism
• Yellow journalism
• Protectorate
• Open Door Policy

economic and political control of a weaker nation by a stronger nation. (Bigger countries control the smaller countries in the world.)

• Imperialism
• Yellow journalism
• Protectorate
• Open door policy 

 when a stronger country “protects” a weaker country; The weaker country does what the stronger country says it has to do. (ex: Cuba)

• Imperialism
• Yellow journalism
• Protectorate
• Open Door Policy

What did fierce competition in journalism lead to?

•  yellow journalism
• declining sales 
• increased violence

What were the terms of the Platt Amendment? 

• It allowed the US to build the Panama Canal. 
• It made Cuba a protectorate.
• It allowed the US to have military bases in Hawaii.

What was the outcome of the Boxer Rebellion?  

• China was divided up into small colonies.
• China closed off trade with all foreign countries
• The US was allowed to keep trade routes in China