| A | B |
| Maine | U.S. ship sunk in Cuban harbor |
| Isolationist | countries that do not involve themselves in foreign affairs |
| Interventionist | COUNTRIES THAT GET INVOLVED IN FOREIGN AFFAIRS |
| OPEN DOOR POLICY | TRADE POLICY WITH CHINA |
| MC KINLEY | U.S. PRESIDENT DURING SPAN-AM WAR |
| MAHAN | SUGGESTED THE U.S. GET ISLANDS FOR NAVAL BASES |
| DEWEY | VICTORIOUS IN THE PHILIPPINES AGAINST SPANISH FLEET |
| DELOMA | SPANISH AMBASSADOR WHOSE LETTER WAS INTERCEPTED |
| SAMOA | ISLANDS IN THE PACIFIC |
| CUBA AND THE PHILIPPINES | WHERE THE MAJOR SPAN-AM WAR BATTLES OCCURRED |
| NEW YORK JOURNAL | HELPED CREATE AND PUBLICIZE THE WAR |
| PULITZER AND HEARST | NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS |
| PUERTO RICO | U.S. PROTECTORATE AFTER THE SPAN-AM WAR |
| SEWARD'S FOLLY | ALASKA |
| QUEEN LIL | HAWAII'S LEADER |
| ROOSEVELT | SAID SPEAK SOFTLY AND CARRY A BIG STICK |
| ROOSEVELT'S CORROLLARY | U.S. WOULD USE FORCE IF NECESSARY IN OUR HEMISPHERE TO ENFORCE THE MONROE DOCTRINE |
| IMPERIAL COUNTRY | MAKES COLONIES AND FORMS AN EMPIRE |
| 1918 | SPANISH AMERICAN WAR YEAR |
| ROUGH RIDERS | ROOSEVELT'S CAVALRY GROUP IN CUBA |