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What is Imperialism
The policy by which stronger nations extend their economic, political, or military control over weaker nations.
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What is the Rough Riders?
The first United States volunteer Calvary.
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What is the Boxer Rebellion
Chinese resentment toward foreigners' attitude of cultural superiority led to what uprising?
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Who is William Seward?
A strong backer of expansion and the secretary of state under Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Jackson.
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What is the Platt Amendment?
Gave the United States the right to intervene in Cuban affairs if there is a threat to personal liberty, property, or life.
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What is the Panama Canal
The United States built what for a shortcut that connected the Atlantic and Pacific oceans?
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What is yellow journalism?
A sensational type of writing. Mostly about Spanish cruelty
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What is the Anti-imperialist League
Jane Addams, Mark Twain, and Andrew Carnegie joined what group to say that people had the right to self-government?
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What is Roosevelt Corollary?
Was an addition to the Monroe Doctrine that prevented other nations from intervening in Latin America.
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What is the U.S.S. Maine?
A ship sent to Cuba to protect U.S. citizens but was later blown up that was never determined if it was an accident or on purpose.
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What is Spheres of Influence
After the war Japan and other major European powers extended what into China?
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What is Queen Liliuokalani?
Who was the leader of Hawaii
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How did the Spanish-American war officially start?
A resolution was signed giving Cuba their independence and for the Spanish to remove their troops. The Spanish refused
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What is an open door policy?
No single country should have monopoly trade with China.
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