2 pt 3 pt 4 pt 5pt 1 pt 2 pt 3 pt 4 pt 5 pt 1 pt 2pt 3 pt 4pt 5 pt 1pt 2pt 3 pt 4 pt 5 pt 1 pt 2 pt 3 pt 4pt 5 pt 1pt People Span-Am War People Panama Canal Vocabulary
Who led the Rough Riders?
Roosevelt
Naval commander who defeated the Spanish fleet in the Philippines
Dewey
He purchased Alaska from Russia.
Seward
Filipino rebel who assisted the US navy in defeating the Spanish?
Aguinaldo
Who declared China “open” for trade?
Hay or McKinley
What nation rebelled against the US after the Spanish-American War?
Philippines
What Caribbean nation did the US assist in their rebellion against Spain?
Cuba
What argument did anti- imperialists use against the War?
Expensive, Un- American, Domestic problems
What document helped bring the US into war?
DeLome letter
Name the three countries that became US territories after the War.
Guam, Philippines, Puerto Rico
Ruler who believed in a “Hawaii for Hawaiians”
Queen Liliuokalani
In which bay did Dewey defeat the Spanish fleet?
Manila
President of the republic of Hawaii
Dole
Chinese group that rebelled against foreign “spheres of influence”
Boxers
President that declared war on Spain
McKinley
What is the narrow piece of land which the canal was build across called?
Isthmus
Which country first attempted to build a canal?
France
What nation did the US support Panama’s revolution against?
Colombia
How did canal builders solve the elevation problem?
locks
What year was the Canal finished?
1914
What were areas of China in which certain European nations claimed exclusive trading rights called?
Spheres of influence
Where did the Rough Rides fight?
Cuba, Kettle Hill
What US policy’s intention was to eliminate the spheres of influence in China?
Open Door
What was Roosevelt’s foreign policy known as?
Big stick Diplomacy
What document allowed the US the right to intervene in Cuban affairs?
Platt Amendment