| A | B |
| Teddy Roosevelt | Leader of the Rough Riders |
| Colonel William Gorgas | Wiped out mosquitos in Panama |
| George Dewey | Destroyed the Spanish fleet in Manila Bay |
| Boxers | Their symbol was a fist |
| William McKinley | President who was NOT a member of the American Anti-Imperialist League |
| Russia & US | Seward's Folly involved these countries |
| Hawaii | First American colony |
| Manifest Destiny | American belief the US had the right to expand |
| Loss of Chinese markets | What Americans feared because of spheres of influence in China |
| Imperialism | Taking of the Philippines by the US in an example of this |
| Atlantic & Pacific | Panama Canal linked these 2 oceans |
| Maine | Sent to protect Americans in Cuba |
| Gunboat Diplomacy | Threatening the use of force by showing armored fleet |
| Great White Fleet | 16 white battleships sent by President Roosevelt on a 14 month tour of the world |
| Coaling stations | Needed to provide fuel for American steamships in the Pacific Ocean |
| Yellow journalism | Sensationalized newspaper articles |
| William Randolph Hearst | Newspaper publisher whose daughter was kidnapped by the SLA in the 70's |
| Rough Riders | They won the battle at San Juan Hill |
| Pulitzer | Newspaper publisher who created a much sought after publishing award |
| Cuba | Country that revolted against Spain and helped start the Spanish American War |
| Jose Marti | Led the Cuban rebellion against Spanish rule |
| Guam, Philippines, Puerto Rico | Lands gained by the US after the Spanish American War |
| Wanted their Independence from the US | Why the Filipinos kept fighting after the Spanish American War |
| Malaria & yellow fever | Diseases that killed thousands of workers building the Panama Canal |
| Seward's Folly & Seward's Icebox | Nicknames of Alaska |