Second half of Chapter 20 in The American Promise History text book
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| 1655433709 | Queen Liliuokalani | Last monarch and only queen regnant of Kingdom of Hawaii; Wanted to preserve native history and amend the constitution to gain more power as monarch; Businessmen and farmers wanted to overthrow her for fear of loss of revenue | 0 | |
| 1655433710 | John Hay | Private secretary of Abe Lincoln; Made the Open Door Policy and preparations for Panama Canal | 1 | |
| 1655433711 | Valeriano Weyler | Spanish politic and military noble, captain general of Cuba during independence uprising | 2 | |
| 1655433712 | William Randolph Hearst | The New York Journal, yellow journalism | 3 | |
| 1655433713 | Joseph Pulitzer | New York World, national figure in Democratic party, created "new journalism" styles | 4 | |
| 1655433714 | George Dewey | Admiral of US navy, fought at Manila Bay during Spanish American war (1st battle of the war) | 5 | |
| 1655433715 | Emilio Aguinaldo | Filipino general, politician, independence leader; Helped Philippine's independence over Spain + America | 6 | |
| 1655433716 | Expansionism | Policy of territorial / economic expansion | 7 | |
| 1655433717 | Manifest Destiny | 19th century belief that USA has the "obvious right" to expand the nation form ocean to ocean; both justified and inevitable | 8 | |
| 1655433718 | Annexation of Hawaii 1898 | Expansionists wanted islands to be annexed to avoid high McKinley tariff on sugar; support Manifest Destiny and expansionism | 9 | |
| 1655433719 | Boxer Uprising | Xenophobic movement in China that turned into the expulsion of Westerners + foreign influences | 10 | |
| 1655433720 | Monroe Doctrine | Originated by President James (1823); any intervention by external powers in politics in the Americas = potentially hostile to the US | 11 | |
| 1655433721 | Venezuelan Crisis | (1895), America risked war with Britain when it tried to claim Venezuela; Britain gave up Canada to US to prevent war with Latin America | 12 | |
| 1655433722 | Samoan Islands | Conflict with US, Germany, Great Brit. during Samoan Civil War; the 3 countries wanted to control Pacific Asian Trade | 13 | |
| 1655433723 | Open Door Policy | Let Americans / Great Powers take control of affairs + trade in China; No one has control over the country | 14 | |
| 1655433724 | Spanish-American War | War between Spain and America, resulted from American intervention in Cuban War of Independence | 15 | |
| 1655433725 | Maine | US ship that was claimed to be destroyed by the Spanish, one of the sparks for the war | 16 | |
| 1655433726 | Battle of San Juan | Bloodiest and most famous battle of Span.-Amer. War; the decisive battle for both sides | 17 | |
| 1655433727 | Imperialism | A policy of extending a country's power + influence through diplomacy / military force | 18 | |
| 1655433728 | Platt Amendment | Independence in Cuba, become an American Protectorate, US withdraws remaining troops from Cuba | 19 | |
| 1655433729 | Treaty of Paris 1898 | Spain recognizes Cuba's independence + remove troops from there; Gives Guam + Puerto Rico to USA; USA compensates $20 million to Spain for losses | 20 |
