Spanish American War

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What were the results of the Spanish-American War?
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The United States emerged as a world power; Cuba gained independence from Spain; the United States gained possession of the Philippines, Guam, and Puerto Rico.
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Americans supported cuban rebels to gain independence from?
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Spain
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Americans wanted to protect their business interests in?
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Cuba
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Rising tensions between Spain and the United States was a result of the sinking of the?
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USS Maine in Havana Harbor.
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What is exaggerated news reports of events?
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Yellow journalism
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What asserted the United States right to interfere in the economic matters of other nations in the Americas?
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The Roosevelt corollary to the Monroe doctrine
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The Roosevelt corollary to the Monroe doctrine claimed that the United States right to exercise?
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International police power and advocated big stick diplomacy.
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What is a term that is used to criticize President Roosevelt's hardball style of dealing with foreign countries?
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Big stick diplomacy
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Which countries are in the area of the Caribbean Sea like Cuba?
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Caribbean countries
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What is a large island nation about 90 miles off of the coast of Florida?
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Cuba
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What was once a colony of Spain until freedom in the Spanish-American war?
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Cuba
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What year did Cuba gain its independence?
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1898
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Who is the person who determines the final content of the text especially a newspaper or magazine?
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Editor
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The rules or guidelines a country has an followers and it's dealings with other countries is
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Foreign-policy
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What is a small island in the Pacific controlled by Spain until the Spanish-American war?
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Guam
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Guam was controlled by Spain until the Spanish-American war and is now a territory of the?
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United States
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What is the name of the harbor in Havana, Cuba where ships can dock?
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Havana harbor
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When a stronger nation holds or expands control or dominates influence over weaker foreign lands without settling there it is called?
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Imperialism
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Important locations in the Spanish American war.
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See map image.
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What is a battleship sent by the US to Cuba to protect American citizens during the rebellion by Cubans against the Spanish government?
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USS Maine
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What is sensationalistic often exaggerated style of news reporting commonly found in newspapers for the late 1800s and early 1900s?
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Yellow journalism
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What is the war in 1898 between Spain and the US that begin mainly to help free Cuba from abusive Spanish government?
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Spanish-American war
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What territories did the US gain as a result of the Spanish-American war?
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Guam, the Philippines, and Puerto Rico
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What is the profession of reporting or photographing or editing new stories for one of the media newspapers or magazines?
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Journalism
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What is the name of the canal constructed in the early 1900s by the United States across Panama that connects the Atlantic and Pacific oceans?
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Panama canal
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What is considered one of the great engineering feats of a modern times and in an enormous benefit to world trade and travel?
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Panama canal
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What year did the US give ownership of the canal to Panama?
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1999
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What is a group of islands in the Pacific near China that was controlled by Spain before it came under American control?
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The Philippines
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An island in the Caribbean near Cuba that was controlled by Spain before coming under American control is?
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Puerto Rico
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Who was the president of the US from 1901-1909?
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Theodore Roosevelt
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Who played a highly visible role as a leader of the Roughriders that fought in the Spanish-American war before becoming president?
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Theodore Roosevelt
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What was a volunteer Calvary of soldiers that rode horses in the Spanish-American war?
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Rough riders
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What does it mean to present information in a way that provokes public interest and excitement at the expense of accuracy?
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Sensationalize
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What are statements made by President Roosevelt they claim the US had a right to step in and solve disputes that were affecting countries in the Americas?
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Roosevelt corollary to the Monroe doctrine
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Was Roosevelt claiming that the US be a kind of international policeman to protect countries in the Caribbean, Central America, and South America from bullying countries in Europe?
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Yes
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As American business and industry grew in the late 1800s trade with other nations around the globe was also?
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Increasing
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During the Spanish-American war America becomes a?
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World power
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What were the reasons for the Spanish-American war?
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Cubans wanted independence from Spain; protection of American businesses in Cuba; The sinking of the USS Maine; exaggerated news /yellow journalism.
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Other nations represented new markets in which the US could?
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Sell products and find new sources of raw materials.
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When should the United States become engaged in war?
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When there is a threat to our nation or economy.
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What recent wars has the US been involved in?
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The Gulf War.
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Should we have fought in the Gulf War? Why?
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Yes. To protect us from terrorism.
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What had America invested in in Cuba?
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Tobacco and sugar
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Which president sent an American battleship, the USS Maine, to Cuba to protect American lives and interests?
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President William McKinley
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What is a statement that declared the US would not interfere with any existing European colonies in the Americas but that it would oppose new colonies?
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Monroe Doctrine