America Claims an Empire - Chapter 18

Question 1

The treaty that ended the Spanish-American War

Answer 1

Treaty of Paris

Question 2

U.S. secretary of state

Answer 2

John Hay

Question 3

Secretary of state under Presidents Lincoln and Johnson

Answer 3

William Seward

Question 4

Fighting unit led by Theodore Roosevelt in Cuba

Answer 4

Rough Riders

Question 5

Mexican revolutionary

Answer 5

Francisco “Pancho” Villa

Question 6

General sent from Spain to Cuba to restore order in 1896

Answer 6

Valeriano Weyler

Question 7

U.S. general who led troops to capture Villa

Answer 7

John J. Pershing

Question 8

U.S. warship that exploded in a Cuban harbor in 1898

Answer 8

U.S.S Maine

Question 9

Provisions in the Cuban constitution that gave the United States broad rights in that country

Answer 9

Platt Amendment

Question 10

The practice of strong countries taking economic, political, and military power over the weaker countries

Answer 10

Imperialism

Question 11

The policy of intervening in other countries to protect U.S. business interests

Answer 11

Dollar Diplomacy

Question 12

Location of an important American land victory in Cuba

Answer 12

San Juan Hill

Question 13

American imperialist and admiral who urged the United States to build up its navy and take colonies overseas

Answer 13

Alfred T. Mahan

Question 14

Reporting in newspapers and magazines that exaggerates the news in order to make it more exciting

Answer 14

Yellow Journalism

Question 15

A channel across Central America, between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, opened in 1914

Answer 15

Panama Canal

Question 16

Political activist who worked for Cuban independence

Answer 16

José Martí

Question 17

Law which ended military rule in Puerto Rico

Answer 17

Foraker Act

Question 18

The Hawaiian queen who was forced out of power by a revolution started by American business interests

Answer 18

Queen Liliuokalani

Question 19

Filipino rebel leader

Answer 19

Emilio Aguinaldo

Question 20

Mexican rebel

Answer 20

Emiliano Zapata

Question 21

Naval port in Hawaii

Answer 21

Pearl Harbor

Question 22

Chinese rebellion against Western influence, 1900

Answer 22

Boxer Rebellion

Question 23

U.S. naval commander who led the American attack on the Philippines

Answer 23

George Dewey

Question 24

Message sent by John Hay to other countries to protect U.S. trading rights in China

Answer 24

Open Door Notes

Question 25

Roosevelt’s 1904 extension of the Monroe Doctrine, stating that the United States has the right to protect its economic interests in South and Central America by using military force

Answer 25

Roosevelt Corollary

Question 26

American businessman who became president of the new government of Hawaii after the queen was pushed out

Answer 26

Sandford B. Dole

Question 27

A country that is partly controlled by another, stronger country

Answer 27

Protectorate