Spanish-American War

-Yellow Journalism -The U.S.S. Maine was sunk -Protection of American business interest in Cuba -To fight against Spain's oppressive government

-Cuba -Philippines -Guam -Puerto Rico -Cuban Protectorate

argued that if the US gave the Philippines independence, some other nations would probably attack the islands and take control -president-

-president or the US from 1901-1909 -favored a strong, active US presence in the world -leader of the "Rough Riders' before becoming president -pushed for the building of the Panama Canal

-the American ship blown up in Havanah harbor in 1898 -it is unknown if it was sunk by the Spanish

a large island nation about 90 miles off the coast of Florida that was a colony of Spain until freed in the Spanish-American War

-The largest and southernmost island in the Marianas -was turned over to the United States by Spain in 1898

freedom from control or influence of another or others

affairs between nations

a man-made canal that allows ships to go through the country of Panama to the Atlantic or Pacific Ocean

a country that is a group of islands in southeastern Asia, which became a US possession after the war

Country that became dependent on the US after the Spanish-American War

-troop of en from many different backgrounds organized by Theodore Roosevelt -served in the Spanish-American War fighting in Cuba

a. writing which exaggerates sensational, dramatic, and gruesome events to attract readers b. exaggerated stories that helped sell newspapers

-dissolved the Spanish empire -Cuba became and American protectorate -gave the island of Guam

-prohibited Cuba from making treaties with other nations -gave America control of a naval base at Guantanamo Bay -gave the US the right to intervene in Cuban affairs if the country's independence was threatened

a. not getting involved in other countries' conflicts b. the policy in remaining separate from other countries

newspaper publisher from 1887 until his death in 1951, used yellow journalism to influence the Spanish-American War

A policy whereby all countries have an equal opportunity to trade freely in a certain place

He purchased Alaska from the Russians and people thought it was foolish

a. A policy of extending your rule over foreign countries b. the control by one country of the political and economic life of another country or region

Roosevelt's belief that the US should respond to foreign crisis not by threats but by military action

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

a sincere belief in the ideas of democracy

Newspaper publisher who helped start yellow journalism style

using money to negotiate with other countries

believed in Moral Diplomacy

the harbor where the USS Maine was sailing into when it exploded

negotiation between nations

believed in Dollar Diplomacy