A policy in which a strong nation seeks to dominate other countries politically, economically, or socially.

A country whose affairs are partially controlled by a stronger power.

William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer published sensational stories and used this form of journalism to promote the Spanish-American War.

U.S. Battleship that exploded in Havana Harbor in 1898; Evidence suggests an internal explosion, however Spanish military was framed by Yellow Journalism; The incident was a catalyst for the Spanish American War

The First United States Volunteer Calvary, a mixure of Ivy League athletes and western frontiermen, volunteered to fight in the Spanish-American War. Enlisted by Theodore Roosevelt. Won Kettle Hill and subsequently San Juan Heights.

The treaty that concluded the Spanish American War, Commissioners from the U.S. were sent to Paris on October 1, 1898 to produce a treaty that would bring an end to the war with Spain after six months of hostility. From the treaty America got Guam, Puerto Rico and they paid 20 million dollars for the Philippines. Cuba was freed from Spain.

A canal that crosses the isthmus of Panama connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Built by the United States between 1904 and 1914.

A statement of foreign policy which proclaimed that Europe should not interfere in affairs within the United States or in the development of other countries in the Western Hemisphere.

Established the principle that the United States has the right to act as the "policeman of the Western Hemisphere" and intervene in the internal affairs of Latin American nations.

A notion held by a nineteenth-century Americans that the United States was destined to rule the continent, from the Atlantic the Pacific.

Roosevelt's philosophy - In international affairs, ask first but bring along a big army to help convince them. Threaten to use force, act as international policemen

the doctrine of expanding the territory or the economic influence of a country

Statement of U.S. foreign policy toward China. Issued by U.S. secretary of state John Hay (1899), the statement reaffirmed the principle that all countries should have equal access to any Chinese port open to trade.

Areas in which countries have some political and economic control but do not govern directly (ex. Europe and U.S. in China)

Legislation that severely restricted Cuba's sovereignty and gave the US the right to intervene if Cuba got into trouble. Cuba was a protectorate.

Legislation that promised the US would not annex Cuba after winning the Spanish-American war

(1905) ended the Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905). Negotiations brokered by Theodore Roosevelt (for which he won the Nobel Peace Prize). Japan had dominated the war and received an indemnity, the Liaodong Peninsula in Manchuria, and half of Sakhalin Island, but the treaty was widely condemned in Japan because the public had expected more.

Book written by Alfred Thayer Mahan that convinced the US, a strong navy was important to country's ambitions of securing foreign markets and becoming a world power.

U.S. businessmen overthrew Queen Liliuokalani in 1893, William McKinley convinced Congress to annex these islands in 1898.

Anti-American, undemocratic; hypocritical (We fought a revolutionary war to break away from "mother" country b/c we did not like being ruled... now we are doing the same); Mark Twain, Andrew Carnegie, Samuel Gompers (AFL), Speaker of the House, Thomas Reed (resigns in protest).

William H. Taft's foreign policy of using economic means to influence other countries.

Spanish ambassador's telegram which criticized our president as "weak".

A refusal to get involved in world affairs.

The duty of white people to bring civilization to the less industrialized countries and people.

using American investment and government loans to prop up friendly foreign nations

Led the Filipino against American occupation of the Philippines

This policy would give equal rights to all nations to trade in China, not just those with a sphere of influence

Society of Harmonious Fists, or White Lotus, opposed the influence of Western nations, they rebelled against missionaries and foreigners in China

attempted to lead the Cuban revolt, but the Spanish sent an army to brutally crush the rebels.

These newspaper deliberately sensationalized the news

a stronger nations takes over a weaker nations

wrote the "The influence of Sea Power Upon History" He said you must have a navy to expand your government

Was the Provisional President in Hawaii. He owned the sugar Plantations in Hawaii

Used to justify immigration policy against Japanese. Western fears that Asians, in particular the Chinese, would invade their lands and disrupt Western values, such as democracy, Christianity, and technological innovation.

Imperialist Secretary of State under McKinley and Roosevelt who pioneered the Open-door policy, Panama Canal,

Mexican hero of the Revolution of 1910. Led an attack by Mexican rebels into Columbus, New Mexico in 1916. Woodrow Wilson sends Pershing and 6,000 troops to capture him. Evades capture until his death in 1923.