American Imperialism Test

Gains independence from the U.S. in 1946; first battle of Spanish American War

• Phillipines

• Treaty of Paris

Led the Rough Riders at San Juan Hill

• Joseph Pulitzerff/William Randolf Hearst

• Theodore Roosevelt

What ended the Spanish American War?

• Treaty of Paris

• Foracker Act/Jones Act

Acts of legislation that help America rule its empire

• Treaty of Paris

• Foracker Act/Jones Act

• Philippines

When one country dominates a weaker country either economically, politically, culturally, or militarily

• Imperialism

• Yellow Journalism

What critics called the purchase of Alaska

• Seward's Folly

• Hawaii

Becomes a U.S. territory in 1898

• Seward's Folly

• Hawaii

Newspaper moguls who engage in the "Headline Wars"

• Joseph Pulitzer/William Randolf Hearst

• Theodore Roosevelt

Sensational Exaggeration of the news to lure and enrage readers

• Imperialism

• Yellow Journalism

Before acquiring Hawaii as a territory, the US built a naval base at _______.

• Pearl Harbor
• San Juan Hill