Chapter 20

Question 0

A show of force by Commodore Perry in 1853 led _________ to sign a trade agreement

Answer 0

Japan

Question 1

Guerrillas in __________ urged the US in a rebellion against Spain

Answer 1

Cuba

Question 2

Yellow Journalism

Answer 2

Rallied support against Spain

Question 3

Hawaii

Answer 3

Annexed by the US in 1898 as a naval outpost in the pacific

Question 4

Thousands on both sides were killed when the US battled rebels in the _________

Answer 4

Philippines

Question 5

Building empires by exerting political, economic, and military control

Answer 5

Imperialism

Question 6

The Panama Canal

Answer 6

Greatly reduced shipping distance from the east to west coast

Question 7

Midway island

Answer 7

Annexed in 1867

Question 8

Independent country controlled by an outside power

Answer 8

Protectorate

Question 9

Remember the Maine

Answer 9

Ship that exploded

Question 10

Some believe that the US has a duty to spread values like _________ around the world

Answer 10

Democracy

Question 11

The Roosevelt Corollary

Answer 11

Stated that the US could act as a “police power” with its neighbor s to restore order

Question 12

Avoiding involvement in other countries

Answer 12

Isolationism

Question 13

The US assisted rebels in a revolt against _____________ to have a canal built in Panama

Answer 13

Columbia

Question 14

Many called the war with Spain the ____________

Answer 14

Splendid little war

Question 15

Dollar Diplomacy

Answer 15

Sought to expand influence with economic aid

Question 16

Roosevelt

Answer 16

Led the rough riders in a charge on San Juan Hill

Question 17

Open door

Answer 17

What the US wanted to China’s market

Question 18

Monroe Doctrine

Answer 18

Stating that the US has a say in the Western Hemisphere

Question 19

A peace treaty in 1898 granted ________,________,________ to the US

Answer 19

Philippines
Guam
Puerto Rico

Question 20

Narrow strip connecting two large areas

Answer 20

Isthmus

Question 21

Yellow Fever and ___________ killed thousand of canal builders

Answer 21

Malaria

Question 22

Turner

Answer 22

Thesis said frontier mentality defined America

Question 23

___________ Destiny

Answer 23

Manifest

Question 24

Speak softly, and carry a big ________.

Answer 24

Stick

Question 25

Platt Amendment

Answer 25

Allowed for naval bases in Cuba

Question 26

Woodrow Wilson sent US troops into Mexico to capture Pancho _________.

Answer 26

Villa

Question 27

Alaska

Answer 27

Purchased by Seward in 1867