Spanish American War

What was once a colony of Spain until freedom in the Spanish-American war?

Cuba

What were the reasons for the Spanish-American war?

Cubans wanted independence from Spain; protection of American businesses in Cuba; The sinking of the USS Maine; exaggerated news /yellow journalism.

Who is the person who determines the final content of the text especially a newspaper or magazine?

Editor

The rules or guidelines a country has an followers and it's dealings with other countries is

Foreign-policy

What is a small island in the Pacific controlled by Spain until the Spanish-American war?

Guam

What territories did the US gain as a result of the Spanish-American war?

Guam, the Philippines, and Puerto Rico

What is the name of the harbor in Havana, Cuba where ships can dock?

Havana harbor

When a stronger nation holds or expands control or dominates influence over weaker foreign lands without settling there it is called?

Imperialism

As American business and industry grew in the late 1800s trade with other nations around the globe was also?

Increasing

The Roosevelt corollary to the Monroe doctrine claimed that the United States right to exercise?

International police power and advocated big stick diplomacy.

What is the profession of reporting or photographing or editing new stories for one of the media newspapers or magazines?

Journalism

What is a statement that declared the US would not interfere with any existing European colonies in the Americas but that it would oppose new colonies?

Monroe Doctrine

What is considered one of the great engineering feats of a modern times and in an enormous benefit to world trade and travel?

Panama canal

What is the name of the canal constructed in the early 1900s by the United States across Panama that connects the Atlantic and Pacific oceans?

Panama canal

Which president sent an American battleship, the USS Maine, to Cuba to protect American lives and interests?

President William McKinley

An island in the Caribbean near Cuba that was controlled by Spain before coming under American control is?

Puerto Rico

What are statements made by President Roosevelt they claim the US had a right to step in and solve disputes that were affecting countries in the Americas?

Roosevelt corollary to the Monroe doctrine

What was a volunteer Calvary of soldiers that rode horses in the Spanish-American war?

Rough riders

Important locations in the Spanish American war.

See map image.

Other nations represented new markets in which the US could?

Sell products and find new sources of raw materials.

What does it mean to present information in a way that provokes public interest and excitement at the expense of accuracy?

Sensationalize

Americans supported cuban rebels to gain independence from?

Spain

What is the war in 1898 between Spain and the US that begin mainly to help free Cuba from abusive Spanish government?

Spanish-American war

Who played a highly visible role as a leader of the Roughriders that fought in the Spanish-American war before becoming president?

Theodore Roosevelt

Who was the president of the US from 1901-1909?

Theodore Roosevelt

What had America invested in in Cuba?

Tobacco and sugar

What is a battleship sent by the US to Cuba to protect American citizens during the rebellion by Cubans against the Spanish government?

USS Maine

Guam was controlled by Spain until the Spanish-American war and is now a territory of the?

United States

What year did Cuba gain its independence?

1898

What year did the US give ownership of the canal to Panama?

1999

What is a term that is used to criticize President Roosevelt's hardball style of dealing with foreign countries?

Big stick diplomacy

Which countries are in the area of the Caribbean Sea like Cuba?

Caribbean countries

Americans wanted to protect their business interests in?

Cuba

What is a large island nation about 90 miles off of the coast of Florida?

Cuba

What recent wars has the US been involved in?

The Gulf War.

What is a group of islands in the Pacific near China that was controlled by Spain before it came under American control?

The Philippines

What asserted the United States right to interfere in the economic matters of other nations in the Americas?

The Roosevelt corollary to the Monroe doctrine

What were the results of the Spanish-American War?

The United States emerged as a world power; Cuba gained independence from Spain; the United States gained possession of the Philippines, Guam, and Puerto Rico.

Rising tensions between Spain and the United States was a result of the sinking of the?

USS Maine in Havana Harbor.

When should the United States become engaged in war?

When there is a threat to our nation or economy.

During the Spanish-American war America becomes a?

World power

What is exaggerated news reports of events?

Yellow journalism

What is sensationalistic often exaggerated style of news reporting commonly found in newspapers for the late 1800s and early 1900s?

Yellow journalism

Was Roosevelt claiming that the US be a kind of international policeman to protect countries in the Caribbean, Central America, and South America from bullying countries in Europe?

Yes

Should we have fought in the Gulf War? Why?

Yes. To protect us from terrorism.