Imperialism

Question 1

Dollar Diplomacy

Answer 1

Taft’s foreign policy: help Latin America’s economy

Question 2

Annexation

Answer 2

Act of taking new territory

Question 3

Expansionism

Answer 3

Practice of annexing (getting) new territory

Question 4

Isolationism

Answer 4

Not wanting to work with other nations

Question 5

Open Door Policy

Answer 5

Attempt to open China to trade with Europe and the US

Question 6

Diplomacy

Answer 6

How the US negotiates (talks ) with other countries

Question 7

Foreign Policy

Answer 7

How the US interacts with other countries

Question 8

Domestic Policy

Answer 8

US policies within its own borders

Question 9

Rough Riders

Answer 9

Volunteer cavalry unit led by Teddy Roosevelt that gained the fame at the battle of San Juan Hill

Question 10

Roosevelt Corollary

Answer 10

Teddy Roosevelt declared that the U.S. would act as an international police power in Latin America

Question 11

Panama Canal

Answer 11

Man-made waterway that connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean. Roosevelt was President when construction began in 1904.

Question 12

De Lome Letter

Answer 12

Letter intercepted from a Spanish ambassador criticizing President McKinley of the United States

Question 13

Yellow Journalism

Answer 13

News that exaggerates the truth in order to get a reaction

Question 14

Spanish Cruelty

Answer 14

Spanish’s military abused power and mistreated Cubans