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| 139707541 | Three ways to make an empire are... | Buy it, take it, make it economically dependent | |
| 139707542 | Spanish document that insulted McKinnley was the... | DeLome Letter | |
| 139707543 | Most people died from what during the war? | Yellow fever | |
| 139707544 | What was another name for the Spanish War given to it by John Hay? | The "Splendid Little War" | |
| 139707545 | America essentially went from "second class" in the world to the top because of what? | Industrial production | |
| 139707546 | Pan American Conference | Conference held to make better relations with Latin Americans, wanted to lower tariff to be able to trade more | |
| 139821182 | Alfred Thayer Mahan | Wrote the book "The Influence of Sea Power Upon History," which argued that the control of the sea was the key to world dominance | |
| 139821183 | James G. Blaine | Pushed his "big sister" policy that aimed to rally the Latin American nations behind the United States' leadership and to open Latin American markets to Yankee traders. Presided over the Pan American Conference | |
| 139821184 | Monroe Doctrine | The document America accused the British of going against by attempting to dominate Venezuela and gain more territory in the dispute over the jungle boundary between British Guiana and Venezuela. They recommended arbitration because of it. | |
| 139821185 | Richard Olney | Authorized by President Cleaveland when he decided to protest against the British during the Venezuelan jungle border dispute to present a note to London: told them they were "flouting" Monroe Doctrine and should submit dispute to arbitration. | |
| 139821186 | Joseph Pulitzer | Yellow press | |
| 139821187 | William Randolph Hearst | Yellow press | |
| 139821188 | Henry Cabot Lodge | Interpreted Darwinism to mean that the earth belonged to the strong and the fit | |
| 139821189 | The result of the Venezuelan dispute's arbitration was... | Final decision awarded a lot of what Britain had wanted in the first place, Venezuela got a lot of it back. | |
| 139821190 | Queen Liliuokalani was removed from power because...? | She stood in the way of annexation of Hawaii | |
| 139821191 | Was Roosevlet an imperialist or an isolationist? | Imperialist | |
| 139821192 | Was Alfred Thayer Mahan an imperialist or an isolationist? | Imperialist | |
| 139821193 | Was McKinnley an imperialist or an isolationist? | Imperialist | |
| 139821194 | Was Cleaveland an imperialist or an isolationist? | Isolationist | |
| 139821195 | Was Bryan an imperialist or an isolationist? | Isolationist | |
| 139821196 | When was the first time the United States looked like an empire and like it was imperialist? | When it annexed Hawaii | |
| 139821197 | Why did the United States get involved in Cuba? | Because of the sugar issue. Cuba burned all the sugar crops to get America's attention because it was one of two places of huge sugar crops (Hawaii was the other one). | |
| 139821198 | How did the United States react to Cuba's problems? | Sent the Maine, got blown-up. Was blamed on the Spanish. | |
| 139821199 | What was the real reason that McKinnley declared war? | Yellow journalism had influenced Americans into pressing him for a war, also he was offended by the DeLome letter | |
| 139821200 | What was the irony of the United States declaring war on Spain? | They already had it worked out and were cooperating | |
| 139821201 | What was a major reason that the United States won the Spanish-American war? | We had steel ships, whereas they had wooden ones in awful conditions | |
| 139821202 | Emilio Aguinaldo | Well-educated, part-Chinese leader who commanded Filipino insurgents in helping American troops. | |
| 139821203 | Rough Riders | Regiment of volunteers, principally organized by Theodore Roosevelt, but led by Leonard Wood. Part of the invading army. Tampa Bay, Florida. Later became known as "Wood's Weary Walkers." | |
| 139821204 | Leonard Wood | Leader of the Rough Riders | |
| 139821205 | *The Spanish fleet was destroyed at what battle? | Manila, 1898 | |
| 139821206 | What was something that was controversial that came out of the war? | We took the Philippines as plunder and then didn't give it back | |
| 139821207 | What were things that could be considered plunder from the war? | Cuba, Philippines, Puerto Rico, and Guam | |
| 139821208 | What was McKinnley's reasoning for keeping the Philippines? | He said that "they needed our help" and eventually we might "give it back" | |
| 139821209 | Why did Puerto Ricans come to the United States? | For jobs | |
| 139821210 | Did the Constitutional laws apply to the Philippines, Cuba, and Puerto Rico? | No, US laws do not apply | |
| 139821211 | What did the Spanish-American war signify over all? | That the United States was no longer "the good guy," but now an empire | |
| 139821212 | What areas do the United States focus on while building up their empire? | The South Pacific and Asia | |
| 139821213 | Put these events in order: - Declaration of War - Teller Amendment - Platt Amendment - Sinking of the Maine | 1. 2. 3. 4. Platt Amendment | |
| 139821214 | Platt Amendment | Cubans were forced to write it into their Constitution. Restricted them by making them promise not to impair their independence by treaty or by contracting a debt beyond their resources, allowing U.S. to intervene to restore order with troops/offer mutual protection at any given time, promised to sell/lease needed coaling or naval station to U.S. | |
| 139821215 | Weyler | Spanish general that suppressed rebellion of Cubans by putting them in barbed wire concentration camps, many killed | |
| 139821216 | Teller Amendment | Proclaimed that when the United States had overthrown Spanish misrule, it would give the Cubans their freedom. Written by Henry Teller. | |
| 139821217 | George Dewey | Commanded by Roosevelt to descend upon Spain's Philippines in the event of war. Won magnificently at battle of Manila, 400 Spanish wounded/killed. No one on the U.S.'s side died. Killed the entire Spanish fleet. Became a national hero overnight. | |
| 139821218 | Admiral Cervera | Spanish admiral who was in the navy, constantly protesting because he said it was basically "suicide" considering the condition of the ships. Surrendered at Santiago. | |
| 139821219 | General Nelson A. Miles | Led an army to Puerto Rico, where most of the people there treated them as liberating heroes | |
| 139821220 | Josiah Strong | a popular American minister in the late 1800s who linked Anglo-Saxonism to Christian missionary ideas | |
| 139821221 | Sanford Dole | He asked US to annex Hawaii. | |
| 139821222 | Foraker Act | Gave Puerto Rico limited popular government, then later gave Puerto Ricans full citizenship |
