| A | B |
|---|
| William Seward | Sec of State under Lincoln/Johnson, imperialist ambitions- most known for "Seward's Folly"- Alaska |
| Napoleon III/Maximilian | French leaders who tried to establish a puppet govt. in Mexico- defeated --> Cinco de Mayo |
| Richard Olney | Sec of State under Cleveland- mediated an end to the Venezuela Border Dispute |
| Frederick Jackson Turner | Author of the "Frontier Thesis" about the importance of the frontier- in response to Census of 1890 |
| Josiah Strong | Proponent of the "white man's burden"- author of "Our Country" (1885) |
| Alfred Thayer Mahan | Author of "The Influence of Sea Power Upon History (1890)"- writings led to increase of naval power |
| Queen Liliuokalani | Hawaii monarch who was overthrown by American sugar planters |
| Stanford Dole | Leader of the American sugar planters who overthrew the Queen and asked Cleveland for annexation |
| Grover Cleveland | Refused to annex Hawaii after the American sugar planters overthrew the Queen |
| Jose Martà | Leader of the Cuba Libre Movement for independence |
| Valeriano Weyler | Spanish general in Cuba whose reconcentrado policy brought atrocities to the Cuban people |
| Joseph Pulitzer | Yellow journalist, editor of the "New York World"- rival of William Randolph Hearst |
| William Randolph Hearst | Yellow journalist, editor of the "New York Journal"- rival of Joseph Pulitzer- fueled American passions toward war |
| William McKinley | President during the S-A War, controversial decision to annex the Philippines, assassinated by an anarchist |
| Theodore Roosevelt | Assistant Sec. of the Navy who sent Dewey to Philippines, hero of San Juan Hill, POTUS because of assassination of McKinley, imperialist |
| Theodore Roosevelt (as President) | Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine, Gentlemen's Agreement, Panama Canal, Treaty of Portsmouth, "Big Stick" Diplomacy, etc. |
| Admiral George Dewey | Sent by TR to Philippines where he whipped the Spanish in Manila Bay |
| Emilio Aguinaldo | Filipino revolutionary who was brought by the Americans to fight the Spanish- turned on the Americans and led the revolt, revolt ended with his capture |
| William Jennings Bryan | Candidate for POTUS (D) in 1900- Anti-Imperialist |
| John Hay | Secretary of State- coined "Splendid Little War"- behind the Open Door Notes and treaties getting rights to Panama Canal |
| Matthew Perry | Sent by President Pierce to open Japan to American trade (1854) |
| Walter Reed | American doctor who linked yellow fever with mosquitos- led eradication campaign |
| William Howard Taft | Governor of the Philippines, as POTUS known for his "Dollar Diplomacy" |
| Elihu Root | Sec. of War who implemented reforms to modernize the U.S. military establishment after the S-A War (Root Reforms) |
| Woodrow Wilson | Very much motivated by idealism and moralist crusades, intervened numerous times in Latin America (Mexico, Haiti, etc.)- sent Pershing on Punitive Expedition |
| Victoriano Huerta | President of Mexico who had Francisco Madero murdered- Wilson refused to recognize his government |
| Pancho Villa | Mexican revolutionary who raided Columbus, NM- prompting the Punitive Expedition, not captured by Pershing |
| John J. Pershing | Commander of the Punitive Expedition to capture Pancho Villa in Mexico, later commander of the American Expeditionary Force in WWI |
