USS Maine

the battleship sent to Havana to protect Americans and their property; an explosion sank it; killing 260 men

the Filipino rebel who helped the US against Spain and then revolted against US treatment

a group of Roosevelt's buddies who volunteered to be in the cavalry to help defeat the Spanish in the Spanish American War

the addition to the new Cuban constitution that said the US had the right to have a naval base in Cuba, and Cuba could not do anything that would threaten her independence

the federal law passed in 1900 which set up a government in Puerto Rico with a US appointed governor

an American expert on tropical diseases; ordered brush to be cleared and swamps drained in Panama to get rid of yellow fever

another name for the Panama Canal

Roosevelt's policy of trying to reach an agreement with another nation over some issue but if no agreement could be made, taking troops into the area

an addition to the Monroe Doctrine stating the US would intervene in Latin American affairs when necessary to keep the Western Hemisphere safe

battleships of the United States navy sent around the world to show American military power

a policy where the US would invest money into a foreign country and then, intervene if something when wrong in that nation

the US general that President Wilson sent into Mexico with thousands of soldiers to look for Poncho Villa

longtime dictator of Mexico

a Mexican rebel general nicknamed Poncho; he crossed into the US where he raided and burned the town of Columbus, New Mexico

the idea that the US and Latin American nations could work together to support peace and to increase trade

the president who used dollar diplomacy in foreign policy

the President who believed that the US should be the police officer of the western hemisphere

the President who believed that the uS should encourage democracy in our foreign policy

an area in a country where a foreign nation controlled economic development or trade

the addition to the war declaration by Congress, that said the US would help Cuba gain independence from Spain after the war