Imperialism Key Terms

Question 1

Imperialism

Answer 1

The policy in which stronger nations extend their economic, political, or military control over weaker territories.

Question 2

Yellow Journalism

Answer 2

The use of sensationalized and exaggerated reporting by newspapers or
magazines to attract readers.

Question 3

USS Maine

Answer 3

A U.S. warship that mysteriously exploded and sank in the harbor of Havana, Cuba, on February 15, 1898.

Question 4

Treaty of Paris (1898)

Answer 4

The treaty ending the Spanish-American War, in which Spain freed Cuba,
tured over the island of Guam and Puerto Rico to the United States, and sold the Philippines to the United States for $20 million.

Question 5

Foraker Act

Answer 5

Legislation passed by Congress in 1900, in which the U.S. ended military rule in Puerto Rico and set up a civil government.

Question 6

Platt Amendment

Answer 6

A series of provisions that, in 1901, the United States insisted Cuba add to its new constitution, commanding Cuba to stay out of debt and giving the United States the right to intervene in the country and the right to buy or lease Cuban land for naval and fueling stations.

Question 7

Boxer Rebellion

Answer 7

A 1900 rebellion in which members of a Chinese secret society sought to free their country from Western influence.

Question 8

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

Answer 8

Treaty that ended the Mexican American war and gave the U.S.
55% of Mexico.

Question 9

Dollar Diplomacy

Answer 9

The U.S policy of using the nations economic power to exert influence over other countries.

Question 10

Nationalism

Answer 10

A devotion to the interests and culture of one’s nation

Question 11

Lusitania

Answer 11

British passenger ship that was sunk by a German U-boat in 1915

Question 12

Zimmerman Note

Answer 12

A message sent in 1917 by the German foreign minister to the German ambassador in Mexico, proposing a German Mexican alliance and promising to help Mexico regain Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona if the United States entered World War I.

Question 13

14 Points

Answer 13

The principles making up President Woodrow Wilson’s plan for world peace following WW1

Question 14

League of Nations

Answer 14

An association of nations established in 1920 to promote international cooperation and peace

Question 15

Treaty of Versailles

Answer 15

The 1919 peace treaty at the end of world war 1 which established new nations, borders, and war reparations.