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Spanish American War

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The policy by which strong nations extend their political, military, andeconomic control over weaker territories

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What is imperialism?

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To incorporate a territory into an existing political unit, such as astate or a nation

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What is annexation?

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Military historian and an officer in theUS Navy; he called upon America to build a great fleet

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Who is Alfred T. Mahan?

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Newspaper editors who heightened thepublic’s dislike of the Spanish government by using yellow journalism

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Who are William Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer?

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The use of sensationalized and exaggerated reporting by newspapersto attract readers

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What is yellow journalism (yellow press)?

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Aggressive nationalism

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What is jingoism?

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To arouse an intense emotional response

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What is sensationalism?

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Splendid Little War

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What is the Spanish American War?

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US Navy ship destroyed by unknownreasons but it led to US declarationof war on Spain

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What is the USS Maine?

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Volunteer cavalry unit who fought in a famous land battle on San Juan Hill

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Who are the Rough Riders?

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All black regiment of the Spanish American War

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Who are the Buffalo Soldiers?

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Ended the Spanish American War;Spain freed Cuba, turned over the islands of Guam and Puerto Ricoand sold the Philippines to the USfor $20 million

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What is the Treaty of Paris?

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Growth of US economy based onexports; US had a right to interveneabroad to keep foreign markets open & feared that the closing of an area to American products threatened US survival

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What is the Open Door Policy?

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Members of a Chinese secret society sought to free their country from Western influence in 1900

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What is the Boxer Rebellion?

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Commanded Cuba to stay out of debtand giving the US the right to intervenein the country and the right to buy or lease Cuban land for naval and fuelingstations

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What is the Platt Amendment?

$100 Question from Alaska & Hawaii

Nickname given to William Seward’s purchase of Alaska for $7.2 million

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What is Seward’s Folly?

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lumber, coal, gold, oil, fish & copper

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What are the natural resources foundin Alaska?

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The Hawaiian League was instrumentalIn overthrowing Queen Liliuokalani. One of its leaders was…

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Who is Sanford Dole?

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The year Hawaii became a USpossession

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When was 1898?

$100 Question from Spanish American War

Name one of the three reasons givenfor why the US went to war with Spain in 1898

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What are economic, expansionismand humanitarian?

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Name one of the three causes for why the US went to war with Spain in 1898

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What are yellow journalism, USS Maineand De Lome letter?

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The name given to the all black regimentled by Black Jack Pershing in the Spanish American War

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Who are the Buffalo Soldiers?

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The group led by Teddy Roosevelt who beat the Spanish on San Juan Hill

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Who are the Rough Riders?

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President during the Spanish American War

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Who is William McKinley?