| A | B |
| New imperialism of 1870's | Finding foreign markets for U.S. goods. |
| Pan American Union | Group from all countries in Western Hemisphere. |
| Reservations | Places were Indians were forced to live. |
| 1880's-armed forces | Expansion of the navy. |
| Missionaries | Americans who worked overseas. |
| Nicaragua | Country that U.S. first wanted to build a canal through. |
| James G. Blaine | Secretary of State who promoted Pan Americanism. |
| Cuba | Wanted independence from Spain in 1895. |
| Sino-Japanese War | America annexed the Philippines. |
| Hawaii | Annexed by US in 1898. |
| Sinking of the Maine | Led to Spanish-American War. |
| 1900 Treaty of Paris | U.S. received Puerto Rico and Guam |
| Boxer Rebellion | Chinese struck at foreign settlements. |
| Panama Canal | Connection between oceans. |
| "Big stick" diplomacy | US right to intervene in Latin America. |
| Open Door policy in China | Equal opportunity of trade. |
| Dollar diplomacy | American investment in foreign countries. |