Period 7

Battleship Maine

The USS Maine blew up in Cuba, and the U.S. blamed Spain, helping start the Spanish American war

William McKinley

President during Spanish American war

Theodore Roosevelt and the Rough Riders

Led the volunteer soldiers called Rough Riders in the Spanish American war

Teller Amendment

A promise that the U.S. wouldn't take over Cuba after the war

Platt Amendment

Led the U.S. control some Cuban affairs and get a base at Guantanamo Bay

Emilio Aguinaldo

Filipino leader who fought Spain and then the U.S.

George Dewey and the Battle of Manila Bay

Won a major naval battle in the Philippines, defeating Spain

William Randolph Hearst

Used dramatic news that increased support for war

Joseph Pulitzer

Used dramatic news that increased support for war

Treaty of Paris

Treaty that ended Spanish American war and gave U.S. new territories

Queen Liliuokalani

Hawaiis last queen before the U.S. took control

Boxer Rebellion

Chinese uprising where people tried to remove foreign influence

John Hay

Pushed the Open Door Policy so all nations could trade with China

Commodore Matthew Perry

Opened Japan to U.S. trade in the 1850s

Philippine Government Act

U.S. law that set up a government in the Philippines under american control

Panama Canal

Canal built by the U.S. that connects the Atlantic and Pacific ocean

Imperialism

When a strong country takes control of weaker territories for power, resources, or influence

Protectorate

A country that controls another nations affairs while letting it appear independent

Sphere of influence

An area where one country has special economic or political control

Spanish American War

A war where the United States defeated Spain and gained territories, expanding U.S. power overseas.

Alfred T. Mahan

Argued that strong navies and overseas bases made nations powerful

Josiah Strong

Believed Americans had a duty to spread Christianity and 'civilization'

Open door policy

U.S. policy saying all nations should have equal trading rights in China

Big Stick diplomacy

Roosavelt's foreign policy to use diplomacy but be ready to use force

Roosavelt Corollary

Addition to the Monroe Doctrine saying the U.S. could intervene in Latin America to keep order

Dollar Diplomacy

A policy under president Taft encouraging U.S. investment in Latin America to increase American influence

Woodrow Wilson

President who led the U.S. through WWl and promoted moral diplomacy

Moral Diplomacy

Wilson's idea that the U.S. should support countries with democratic values and oppose corrupt or undemocratic governments