Multiple Choice Questions

The grossly overweight commander of the American forces invading Cuba in 1898.
  • Colonel Leonard Wood
  • General William R. Shafter
  • William Jennings Bryan
  • Captain Alfred Thayer Mahan
25th president responsible for Spanish-American War, Philippine-American War, and the Annexation of Hawaii, imperialism. Is assassinated by an anarchist
  • Great White Fleet
  • Grover Cleveland
  • William McKinley
  • Theodore Roosevelt
Spanish minister, in Washington, he wrote a letter where he called President McKinley weak and bitter. The letter was stolen and delivered to Hearst, who played it up using yellow journalism.
  • Dupoy de Lome
  • William mckinley
  • Valeriano "butcher" Weyler
  • Dr. walter Reed
Agreement in 1903 Agreement that gave the United States unending sovereignty over a 10 mile wide canal across the Isthmus of Panama
  • Hay-Bunau-Varilla treaty
  • William McKinley
  • William Jennings Bryan
  • Captain Alfred Thayer Mahan
an act of extreme cruelty
  • Acquisition
  • Absolutism
  • Idemnity
  • Atrocity
[aka Yellow Terror] color metaphor for race that originated in late-19th with immigration of Chinese laborers. term refers to skin color of East Asians and the belief that mass immigration of Asians threatened white wages and standards of living
  • Insular Cases
  • Anti-Imperialist League
  • preparedness
  • Yellow Peril
wrote about "The White Man's Burden," urging America to keep the Philippines and "civilize them."
  • Rudyard Kipling
  • Emilio Aguinaldo
  • Grover Cleveland
  • William Jennings Bryan
Congress accorded the Puerto Ricans a limited degree of popular gov't and in 1917, granted then US citizenship. Worked wonders in education, sanitation, transportation, + more
  • Foraker Act of 1901
  • Foraker Act of 1899
  • Foraker Act of 1910
  • Foraker Act of 1900
a proposition that follows from one already chosen
  • corolarry
  • bellicose
  • proviso
  • idemnity
the state of having been made ready or prepared for use or action (especially military action)
  • bellicose
  • preparedness
  • william r. hearst
  • arbitration
Given to the US by Spain as a payment for the cost of the Spanish American War
  • Philippines
  • Guam
  • Rough Riders
  • Puerto Rico
Journalism that exploits, distorts, or exaggerates the news to create sensations and attract readers
  • Yellow Journalism
  • Roosevelt Corollary
  • Arbitration
  • Sphere Of Influence
a prisoner who is held by one party to insure that another party will meet specified terms
  • proviso
  • bellicose
  • preparedness
  • hostage
A payment for damage or loss
  • Bellicose
  • Corolarry
  • Idemnity
  • Proviso
Spanish colony in the Pacific whom the US helped free from the Spanish, but soon after took as their own colony
  • Guam
  • Philippines
  • Puerto Rico
  • Rough Riders
McKinley and the U.S. were trying to assimilate the Philippines to help them become better. American dollars went to the Philippines to improve roads, sanitation, and public health. Although the U.S. might have looked intrusive, they were actually trying to improve the condition of the Philippines.
  • benevolent assimilation
  • Yellow Peril
  • Anti-Imperialist League
  • Open Door Note
Leader of the Filipino independence movement against Spain (1895-1898). He proclaimed the independence of the Philippines in 1899, but his movement was crushed and he was captured by the United States Army in 1901.
  • Rough Riders
  • Commodore George Dewey
  • Queen Liliuokalani
  • Emilio Aguinaldo
16 American battleships, painted white, sent around the world to display American naval power.
  • Roosevelt Corollary
  • Sphere Of Influence
  • Rough Riders
  • Great White Fleet
22nd and 24th president, Democrat, Honest and hardworking, fought corruption, vetoed hundreds of wasteful bills, achieved the Interstate Commerce Commission and civil service reform, violent suppression of strikes
  • Rutherford Hayes
  • Grover Cleveland
  • Benjamin Harrison
  • William Jennings Bryan
The Isthmus of Panama had been part of Columbia. U.S. tried to negotiate with Columbia to build the Panama Canal. Columbia refused, so U.S. encouraged Panama to revolt. Example of Big Stick diplomacy.
  • Panama Revolution
  • Theodore Roosevelt
  • Emilio Aguinaldo
  • Platt Amendment
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)
  • Dr. Walter Reed
  • Great White Fleet
  • Annexation of Hawaii
  • Theodore Roosevelt
Spanish General in Cuba who herded many civilians into barbed-wire reconcentration camps so they could not help the insurrectos. Called "Butcher Weyler" because hundreds of thousands of people died in his concentration camps
  • Captain alfred thayer mahan
  • William seward
  • Dupoy de Lome
  • Valeriano "Butcher" Weyler
Pacific island that was acquired by the United States as a result of the Spanish-American War
  • Philippines
  • Guam
  • Rough Riders
  • Puerto Rico
Secretary of State under Cleveland, he was authorized by the President to deliver a message to London that the British were ignoring the Monroe Doctrine in their attempt to dominate Venezuela.
  • Richard Olney
  • Grover Cleveland
  • William Jennings Bryan
  • Dr. Walter Reed
the geographical area in which one nation is very influential
  • Great White Fleet
  • Roosevelt Corollary
  • Sphere of Influence
  • Protectorate
commanded the Rough Riders.
  • William Jennings Bryan
  • Grover Cleveland
  • Colonel Leonard Wood
  • Commodore George Dewey
the act of dividing or partitioning
  • Americanization
  • Big Sister
  • Atrocity
  • partition
Burning live stock and crops to prevent the enemy from living off the land
  • Endless Negotiations
  • Rough Riders
  • Scorched-Earth Policy
  • Sphere Of Influence
Roosevelt's handpicked successor. Taft was a Republican lawyer from Ohio and was associated with the "Old Guard" or very conservative politicians. He favored protective tariffss and trust regulation.
  • William H. Taft
  • Insular Cases
  • Open Door Note
  • Roosevelt Corollary
Created the Open Door Note
  • Secretary of State John Hay
  • Boxers
  • General William R. Shafter
  • Emilio Aguinaldo
Constitution didn't have full authority of how to deal with islands (Puerto Ricans & Cubans subject to American rule, but didn't have all rights)
  • William H. Taft
  • Open Door Note
  • preparedness
  • Insular Cases
A ship stationed near Cuba which exploded on February 15,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
  • Rough Riders
  • Puerto Rico
  • Maine
  • Richard Olney
An agreement with Japan where Japan agreed to limit immigration, and Roosevelt agreed to discuss with the San Francisco School Board that segregation of Japanese children in school would be stopped. The agreement prevented a war that would have been caused by California, who was in Japan's eyes, oppressing their children.
  • Roosevelt Corollary
  • Gentlemen's Agreement
  • Teller Amendment
  • Root-takahira Agreement
Commodore during the Spanish-American War who captured the Philippines and Guam. Followed Roosevelt's order to attack Spanish forces in the Philippines when war was declared; completely destroyed the Spanish fleet stationed at Manila Bay. His victory shed light on the adjusted purpose of war with Spain, from just freeing Cuba to stripping Spain of all of its colonies.
  • Emilio Aguinaldo
  • Rough Riders
  • Roosevelt Corollary
  • Commodore George Dewey
Act of Congress in 1898 that stated that when the United States had rid Cuba of Spanish rule, Cuba would be granted its freedom. It prevented Cuba from turning hostile towards the U.S.
  • Great White Fleet
  • Root-takahira Agreement
  • Roosevelt Corollary
  • Teller Amendment
Vigorous promoter of sensationalistic anti-Spanish propaganda and eager advocate of imperialistic war
  • William R. Hearst
  • Preparedness
  • Roosevelt Corollary
  • Mark Hanna
a member of the aristocracy
  • bellicose
  • blue blood
  • proviso
  • corolarry
U.S. wanted Hawaii for business and so Hawaiian sugar could be sold in the U.S. duty free, Queen Liliuokalani opposed so Sanford B. Dole overthrew her in 1893, William McKinley convinced Congress to annex Hawaii in 1898
  • Yellow Journalism
  • Annexation of Hawaii
  • Roosevelt Corollary
  • Great White Fleet
the Hawaiian queen who was forced out of power by a revolution started by American business interests
  • Rough Riders
  • Queen Liliuokalani
  • Emilio Aguinaldo
  • Grover Cleveland
volunteer soldiers led by Theodore Roosevelt during the Spanish-American War
  • Roosevelt Corollary
  • Puerto Rico
  • Rough Riders
  • Great White Fleet
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