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| 6032162503 | Big Sister Policy | Aimed to rally Latin American nations behind the United States and open Latin American markets to American traders | 0 | |
| 6032162504 | Great Rapprochement | After decades of occasionally "twisting the lion's tail," American diplomats began to cultivate close, cordial relations with Great Britain at the end of the nineteenth century—a relationship that would intensify further during World War I | 1 | |
| 6032162505 | McKinley Tariff | (BH) , 1890 tariff that raised protective tariff levels by nearly 50%, making them the highest tariffs on imports in the United States history, first time farmer products on productive list | 2 | |
| 6032162506 | Insurrectos | Cuban insurgents who sought freedom from colonial Spanish rule. Their destructive tactics threatened American economic interests in Cuban plantations and railroads | 3 | |
| 6032162507 | Maine | A ship stationed near Cuba which exploded on February 15, 1898. The explosion was blamed on the Spanish, and provided a reason for starting the Spanish-American War. Evidence to the contrary was ignored in the rush to War | 4 | |
| 6032162508 | Teller Amendment | Legislation that promised the US would not annex Cuba after winning the Spanish-American war | 5 | |
| 6032162509 | Rough Riders | Volunteer regiment of US Cavalry led by Teddy Roosevelt during the Spanish American War | 6 | |
| 6032162510 | Anti-Imperialist League | A group of anti imperialists that advocated for isolationism | 7 | |
| 6032162511 | Foraker Act | This act established Puerto Rico as an unorganized U.S. territory. Puerto Ricans were not given U.S. citizenship, but the U.S. president appointed the island's governor and governing council | 8 | |
| 6032162512 | Insular Cases | Determined that inhabitants of U.S. territories had some, but not all, of the rights of U.S. citizens | 9 | |
| 6032162513 | Platt Amendment | Legislation that severely restricted Cuba's sovereignty and gave the US the right to intervene if Cuba got into trouble | 10 | |
| 6032162514 | Open Door Note | Message send by secretary of state John Hay in 1899 to Germany, Russia, Great Britain, France, Italy & Japan asking the countries not to interfere with US trading rights in China. | 11 | |
| 6032162515 | Boxer Rebellion | 1899 rebellion in Beijing, China started by a secret society of Chinese who opposed the "foreign devils". The rebellion was ended by British troops | 12 | |
| 6032162516 | Hay-Pauncefote Treaty | 1901 - Great Britain recognized U.S. Sphere of Influence over the Panama canal zone provided the canal itself remained neutral. U.S. given full control over construction and management of the canal | 13 | |
| 6032162517 | Roosevelt Corollary | Addition to the Monroe Doctrine asserting America's right to intervene in Latin American affairs | 14 | |
| 6032162518 | Root-Takahira Agreement | Agreement between US and Japan officially recognizing the territorial sovereignty of each nation | 15 | |
| 6032162519 | Josiah Strong | A Congregationalist minister who added the sanction of religion to theories of racial and national superiority with his book Our Country: Its Possible Future and Its Present Crisis (1885) | 16 | |
| 6032162520 | Alfred Thayer Mahan | Navy officer whose ideas on naval warfare and the importance of sea-power changed how America viewed its navy | 17 | |
| 6032162521 | James G. Blaine | a U.S. Representative, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, U.S. Senator from Maine, two-time United States Secretary of State, and champion of the Half-Breeds. He was a dominant Republican leader of the post Civil War period, obtaining the 1884 Republican nomination, but lost to Democrat Grover Cleveland | 18 | |
| 6032162522 | Richard Olney | Attorney General of the U.S., he obtained an active injunction that state union members couldn't stop the movement of trains. He moved troops in to stop the Pullman strike | 19 | |
| 6032162523 | Liliuokalani | Hawaiian Queen who tried to eliminate white control in the Hawaiian government. The white population revolted and seized power. Under McKinley Hawaii was annexed | 20 | |
| 6032162524 | "Butcher" Weyler | Spanish general Valeriano Weyler called "Butcher Weyler" because hundreds of thousands of people died in his concentration camps | 21 | |
| 6032162525 | Depuy de Lome | Spanish Minister who wrote a letter to a friend in Havana, referring to President McKinley as "weak and a bidder for the admiration of the crowd." | 22 | |
| 6032162526 | George Dewey | A United States naval officer remembered for his victory at Manila Bay in the Spanish-American War, U.S. naval commander who led the American attack on the Philippines | 23 | |
| 6032162527 | Emilio Aguinaldo | Filipino General - helped US take Philipines during Spanish-American war - helped Philippines gain freedom from US | 24 | |
| 6032162528 | William H. Taft | 27th US president, took over presidency after theodore Roosevelt, strengthened ICC, trust buster | 25 | |
| 6032162529 | John Hay | Secretary of State under McKinley and Roosevelt who pioneered the open-door policy and Panama canal | 26 | |
| 6032162530 | Theodore ("Teddy") Roosevelt | 26th president of the US, Republican, had leadership in the progressive movement. In office 1901-1909 | 27 |
