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What were the results of the Spanish-American War?
The United States emerged as a world power; Cuba gained independence from Spain; the United States gained possession of the Philippines, Guam, and Puerto Rico.
Americans supported cuban rebels to gain independence from?
Spain
Americans wanted to protect their business interests in?
Cuba
Rising tensions between Spain and the United States was a result of the sinking of the?
USS Maine in Havana Harbor.
What is exaggerated news reports of events?
Yellow journalism
What asserted the United States right to interfere in the economic matters of other nations in the Americas?
The Roosevelt corollary to the Monroe doctrine
The Roosevelt corollary to the Monroe doctrine claimed that the United States right to exercise?
International police power and advocated big stick diplomacy.
What is a term that is used to criticize President Roosevelt's hardball style of dealing with foreign countries?
Big stick diplomacy
Which countries are in the area of the Caribbean Sea like Cuba?
Caribbean countries
What is a large island nation about 90 miles off of the coast of Florida?
Cuba
What was once a colony of Spain until freedom in the Spanish-American war?
Cuba
What year did Cuba gain its independence?
1898
Who is the person who determines the final content of the text especially a newspaper or magazine?
Editor
The rules or guidelines a country has an followers and it's dealings with other countries is
Foreign-policy
What is a small island in the Pacific controlled by Spain until the Spanish-American war?
Guam
Guam was controlled by Spain until the Spanish-American war and is now a territory of the?
United States
What is the name of the harbor in Havana, Cuba where ships can dock?
Havana harbor
When a stronger nation holds or expands control or dominates influence over weaker foreign lands without settling there it is called?
Imperialism
Important locations in the Spanish American war.
See map image.
What is a battleship sent by the US to Cuba to protect American citizens during the rebellion by Cubans against the Spanish government?
USS Maine
What is sensationalistic often exaggerated style of news reporting commonly found in newspapers for the late 1800s and early 1900s?
Yellow journalism
What is the war in 1898 between Spain and the US that begin mainly to help free Cuba from abusive Spanish government?
Spanish-American war
What territories did the US gain as a result of the Spanish-American war?
Guam, the Philippines, and Puerto Rico
What is the profession of reporting or photographing or editing new stories for one of the media newspapers or magazines?
Journalism
What is the name of the canal constructed in the early 1900s by the United States across Panama that connects the Atlantic and Pacific oceans?
Panama canal
What is considered one of the great engineering feats of a modern times and in an enormous benefit to world trade and travel?
Panama canal
What year did the US give ownership of the canal to Panama?
1999
What is a group of islands in the Pacific near China that was controlled by Spain before it came under American control?
The Philippines
An island in the Caribbean near Cuba that was controlled by Spain before coming under American control is?
Puerto Rico
Who was the president of the US from 1901-1909?
Theodore Roosevelt
Who played a highly visible role as a leader of the Roughriders that fought in the Spanish-American war before becoming president?
Theodore Roosevelt
What was a volunteer Calvary of soldiers that rode horses in the Spanish-American war?
Rough riders
What does it mean to present information in a way that provokes public interest and excitement at the expense of accuracy?
Sensationalize
What are statements made by President Roosevelt they claim the US had a right to step in and solve disputes that were affecting countries in the Americas?
Roosevelt corollary to the Monroe doctrine
Was Roosevelt claiming that the US be a kind of international policeman to protect countries in the Caribbean, Central America, and South America from bullying countries in Europe?
Yes
As American business and industry grew in the late 1800s trade with other nations around the globe was also?
Increasing
During the Spanish-American war America becomes a?
World power
What were the reasons for the Spanish-American war?
Cubans wanted independence from Spain; protection of American businesses in Cuba; The sinking of the USS Maine; exaggerated news /yellow journalism.
Other nations represented new markets in which the US could?
Sell products and find new sources of raw materials.
When should the United States become engaged in war?
When there is a threat to our nation or economy.
What recent wars has the US been involved in?
The Gulf War.
Should we have fought in the Gulf War? Why?
Yes. To protect us from terrorism.
What had America invested in in Cuba?
Tobacco and sugar
Which president sent an American battleship, the USS Maine, to Cuba to protect American lives and interests?
President William McKinley
What is a statement that declared the US would not interfere with any existing European colonies in the Americas but that it would oppose new colonies?
Monroe Doctrine
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