Imperialism/Spanish American War Vocabulary Quiz

25th president responsible for Spanish-American War, Philippine-American War, and the Annexation of Hawaii, imperialism. Is assassinated by an anarchist

• William McKinley

• Expansionism

• Rough Riders

• Annexation

• Alfred Thayer Mahan

U.S. Admiral who urged the US to build up its naval power in order to compete with other nations.

• William McKinley

• Expansionism

• Rough Riders

• Annexation

• Alfred Thayer Mahan

Volunteer regiment of US Cavalry led by Teddy Roosevelt during the Spanish American War.

• William McKinley

• Expansionism

• Rough Riders

• Annexation

• Alfred Thayer Mahan

The belief that a country should grow larger; a policy of increasing a country's size by expanding its territory.

• William McKinley

• Expansionism

• Rough Riders

• Annexation

• Alfred Thayer Mahan

When one country forces another territory or country to merge with it.

• William McKinley

• Expansionism

• Rough Riders

• Annexation

• Alfred Thayer Mahan

How countries conduct negotiations and deals with one another.

• Foreign Policy

• McKinley Tariff

• Diplomacy

• Domestic Policy

• Dollar Diplomacy

Administrative decisions which are directly related to all issues and activity within a nation's borders.

• Foreign Policy

• McKinley Tariff

• Diplomacy

• Domestic Policy

• Dollar Diplomacy

Protective tariff which raises the tax on foreign products to a peacetime high of over 48%.

• Foreign Policy

• McKinley Tariff

• Diplomacy

• Domestic Policy

• Dollar Diplomacy

The US policy of using the nation's economic power to exert influence over other countries.

• Foreign Policy

• McKinley Tariff

• Diplomacy

• Domestic Policy

• Dollar Diplomacy

The ways a government advances its interests in world politics.

• Foreign Policy

• McKinley Tariff

• Diplomacy

• Domestic Policy

• Dollar Diplomacy