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Expansionism Flash Cards

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The idea that the United States did not allow complete independence in Cuba, made the Cuban Government pass the Platt Amendment, and allow a U.S. military base at Guantanamo Bay would most closely associate to what type of Change?Politcal Change
What is the policy by which stronger nations extend their economic, political, or military control over weaker territories is called?Imperialism
What type of change is most associated with the United States expanding and having more influence on Latin American trade?Ecomomic Change
 What other nations were imperialist powers in the late 1800’s?European
What was the idea that other nations could not intervene in Latin American U.S. relations called?Roosevelt Corollary
Americans gradually approved the idea of expansion primarily because of Cultural Superiority, Military, and what other interest?Economic
What did the Anti-Imperialist league believe in?Peoples right to govern themselves
What does annex mean?Add
What two oceans did the Panama Canal Connect, so that ships did not have to go all the way around South America?Atlantic and Pacific
When was Hawaii annexed by the United States?1898
What was the violent uprising against foreign influence in China Called?Boxer Rebellion
What countries rebelled against Spain right before the Spanish American War?Cuba and Philippines
Which country had control over Panama when the United States wanted to build the Panama Canal?Columbia
What was the main reason why the rebellions in Cuba and the Philippines were such a concern for the United States?Economic Reasons
What Pacific nation exercised imperialism and became a world power by the early 1900’s?Japan
What was the often exaggerated news about Spanish cruelty in Cuba was called?Yellow Journalism
What was the main motivation for keeping the Philippines under American control?Ecomomic Reasons
What American ship was sunk right before the Spanish American War?U.S.S. Maine
What was the main reason why the United States fought Spain in Cuba?Cuban Independence
Which country was the first major battle of the Spanish American War fought?Philippines

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