Unit 7 Flash Cards
1
Q
What area was acquired from Russia by W. Seward and was viewed as a folly?
A
Alaska
2
Q
The Dole family and other large plantation owners helped to over throw the monarch of \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ leading to the creation of a pro-USA government.
A
Hawaii
3
Q
A sensational and
exaggerated form
of journalism.
A
Yellow
Journalism
4
Q
Name warnings
G. Washington
gave in his
farewell address?
A
Two party system, getting into alliances, and stay an isolationist nation.
5
Q
The policy of remaining apart from the affairs/problems of other groups/countries.
A
Isolationism
6
Q
A country/area in which another country has power to affect its development without having formal authority.
A
Sphere of
Influence
7
Q
Who led
the Rough
Riders?
A
Teddy
Roosevelt
8
Q
Name of ship
that exploded
in Havana
harbor?
A
USS
Maine
9
Q
Wrote a popular
book about
having a strong
naval force.
A
Alfred
Mahan
10
Q
Country the US went to war with over its mistreatment of Cuban citizens.
A
Spain
11
Q
Many of the US
imperialistic gains
were made with
the US ______.
A
Navy
12
Q
Amendment that
granted US
access to a naval
base in Cuba.
A
Platt
Amendment
13
Q
The Roosevelt
Corollary was
an addition to
the ______.
A
Monroe
Doctrine
14
Q
The Roosevelt
Corollary dealt
with what area
of the world?
A
Latin
America
15
Q
What nation did the US help foster a revolution so the Panama Canal could be built?
A
Columbia
