| A | B |
|---|
| Guantanamo Bay | U.S. military base in Cuba |
| USS Maine | Spanish sank this ship which led to the Spanish-American War |
| Treaty of Paris | ended the Spanish-American War |
| Open Door Policy | ensured equal trading rights in China |
| Spheres of Influence | areas where Europeans claimed trading rights |
| Rough Riders | a regiment led by TR that fought in the Spanish-American War |
| Spanish-American War | War fought between U.S. and Spain in 1898 |
| Panama | U.S. started a revolution in this country for strategic reasons |
| Emilio Aguinaldo | led and uprising against the U.S. in the Philippines |
| Yellow Journalism | style of writing that exaggerates the truth to sell newspapers |
| Imperialism | extending rule or authority over a certain area either socially, economically, or religiously |
| Boxer Rebellion | Rebellion that began in China in protest to foreign influence |
| William McKinley | President who was assassinated in office |
| Theodore Roosevelt | led the Rough Riders in the Spanish-American War |
| De Lome Letter | Letter that was used by Yellow journalists as a means to start the Spanish American War |
| John D. Rockerfeller | U.S. oil tycoon who controlled 90% of oil refineries |
| Andrew Carnegie | U.S. steel giant |
| William Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer | used yellow journalism to push the UNited States in the Spanish American War |
| John Hay | called Spanish American War the "splendid little war" |
| Alexander Bell | Invented the telephone |
| Thomas Edison | made the light bulb practical |
| George Eastman | invented th first Kodak camera |
