American Imperialism

American imperialist and admiral who urged the United States to build up its navy and take colonies overseas

• Alfred T. Mahan

• Sanford B. Dole

• Theodore Roosevelt

• Emilio Aguinaldo

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• Theodore Roosevelt was responsible for the construction of the Panama Canal

• Theodore Roosevelt built the Panama Canal all by himself.

• Theodore Roosevelt did not build the Panama Canal

the practice of stronger countries extending economic, political, and military control over weaker nations

• Open Door Notes

• imperialism

• yellow journalism

message sent by John Hay to other countries to protect the US trading rights in China

• Open Door Notes

• Boxer Rebellion

• Great White Fleet

• Treaty of Paris

fleet of ships that Theodore Roosevelt sent around the world to show U.S. dominance in navy

• Great White Fleet

• Panama Canal

• Rough Riders

American businessman who headed the new government of Hawaii after the queen was overthrown

• Sanford B. Dole

• Jose Marti

• Emilio Aguinaldo

• Alfred T. Mahan

port in Hawaii where the United States built a naval base.

• Guantanamo Bay

• Puerto Rico

• Manila Bay

• Pearl Harbor

The Hawaiian queen who was forced out of power by a revolution started by American business interests

• Jose Marti

• Queen Liliuokalani

• Boxer Rebellion

Provisions in the Cuban constitution that gave the United States broad rights in the country

• Treaty of Paris

• Platt Amendment

• Open Door Notes

• Roosevelt Corrolary

U.S. warship that exploded in a Cuban harbor in 1898

• Great White Fleet

• USS Maine

• Boxer Rebellion