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| 3682223921 | Alfred Thayer Mahan | "The influence of Sea Power upon history," argued that control of the sea was key to world dominance. Helped stimulate the naval race among great powers. | 0 | |
| 3682223922 | Theodore Roosevelt | 26th President of the United States, hero of the Spanish-American War; Panama Canal was built during his administration; said 'Speak softly but carry a big stick' (1858-1919) | 1 | |
| 3682223923 | George Dewey | Commodore of the Pacific fleet of American ships in the Spanish-American War. He attacked the Philippines when war was declared by the US. | 2 | |
| 3682223924 | Emilio Anguinaldo | philipino rebel leader who believed that the U.S had promised independence | 3 | |
| 3682223925 | John Hay | Secretary of State under McKinley and Roosevelt who pioneered the open-door policy and Panama canal | 4 | |
| 3682223926 | Jingosim | extreme nationalism characterized by overzealousness to go to war | 5 | |
| 3682223927 | Imperialism | A policy in which a strong nation seeks to dominate other countries poitically, socially, and economically. | 6 | |
| 3682223928 | Spheres of influence | areas in which countries have some political and economic control but do not govern directly | 7 | |
| 3682223929 | Yellow peril | the threat to Western civilization said to arise from the power of Asiatic peoples | 8 | |
| 3682223930 | Pan-American Conference | Conference called by James Blaine that created an organization of cooperation between the US and Latin American countries | 9 | |
| 3682223931 | Maine | The sinking of this U.S. battleship in Havanna, Cuba which the U.S. blamed on Spain was the main cause of the Spanish-American War. | 10 | |
| 3682223932 | Teller Amendment | Legislation that promised the US would not annex Cuba after winning the Spanish-American war | 11 | |
| 3682223933 | Rough Rider | a member of the volunteer cavalry regiment led by Theodore Roosevelt in the Spanish-American War (1898) | 12 | |
| 3682223934 | Treaty of Paris | Signed by the United States and Spain in December 1898, this treaty ended the Spanish-American War. Under its terms, Spain recognized Cuba's independence and assumed the Cuban debt; it also ceded Puerto Rico and Guam to the United States. At the insistence of the U.S. representatives, Spain also ceded the Phillipines. The Senate ratified the treaty on February 6, 1899. | 13 | |
| 3682223935 | Anti-Imperialist League | objected to the annexation of the Philippines and the building of an American empire. Idealism, self-interest, racism, constitutionalism, and other reasons motivated them, but they failed to make their case; the Philippines were annexed in 1900 | 14 | |
| 3682223936 | Platt Amendment | Legislation that severely restricted Cuba's sovereignty and gave the US the right to intervene if Cuba got into trouble | 15 | |
| 3682223937 | Philippine Insurrection | Seceret orders for Roosevelt to block all ships leaving the asiatic coast if war was declared. | 16 | |
| 3682223938 | The Rough Rider | Teddy Roosevelt was called "The Rough Rider" | 17 | |
| 3682223939 | big-stick diplomacy | The policy held by Teddy Roosevelt in foreign affairs. The "big stick" symbolizes his power and readiness to use military force if necessary. It is a way of intimidating countries without actually harming them. | 18 | |
| 3682223940 | Panama Canal | a ship canal 40 miles long across the Isthmus of Panama built by the United States (1904-1914) | 19 | |
| 3682223941 | Roosevelt Corollary | Roosevelt's 1904 extension of the Monroe Doctrine, stating that the United States has the right to protect its economic interests in South And Central America by using military force | 20 | |
| 3682223942 | Portsmouth Conference | The meeting between Japan, Russia, and the U.S. that ended the Russo-Japanese War in 1905. Roosevelt won the Nobel Peace Prize for stopping the fighting between those two countries. | 21 | |
| 3682223943 | Gentlemen's Agreement | Agreement when Japan agreed to curb the number of workers coming to the US and in exchange Roosevelt agreed to allow the wives of the Japenese men already living in the US to join them | 22 | |
| 3682223944 | Great White fleet | 1907-1909 - Roosevelt sent the Navy on a world tour to show the world the U.S. naval power. Also to pressure Japan into the "Gentlemen's Agreement." | 23 |
