Spanish American War

What ship had a huge explosion that killed 260 Americans?

• The Magic
• The Titanic
• The Lusitania
• The USS Maine

______________ is a name for false or exaggerated reporting.

• Red-top
• Government
• Newspaper lying
• Yellow Journalism

Made America the world's policeman

• Monroe Doctrine
• Roosevelt Corollary
• Domestic Policy
• Imperialism

Incident that started the Spanish American war

• The Maine blows up
• The lusitania blows up

Why did we care about Cuba?

• We had businesses there
• Cuba belonged to us

Threatening use of force in Latin America if need be

• Dollar Diplomacy
• Moral Diplomacy
• Big Stick Diplomacy
• Shuttle Diplomacy

As a result of the Spanish American war, the US became  _______ ___________

• A world power
• Isolationist

Yellow Journalism is....

• The Loudoun Sun Times
• Exaggerated News Reports
• Yellow Paper Reports
• Nonfiction News Reports

Why did the US want to build a canal in Panama?

• to help the Panamanian people in their Revolution.
• to provide jobs for people
• to make it easier to move ships around the world
• to stop the invasion of South America

What was the cause of the conflict between Cuba and Spain?

• Cuba wanted to enslave Spain
• Spain wanted to convert the Cuban government to communism
• Spain wanted to turn Cuba into a sugar can colony
• Cuba wanted independence from Spain