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Define Imperialism
a) policy to extend political, military, and economic control over weaker territories
b) a territory that powerful countries use to remove valuable raw materials
c) military historian that said the United States needed a strong navy in order to protect its interests around the world
d) the belief that only the strongest countries will survive and the rest will be fall under their control

Who was Alfred T. Mahan?
a) military historian that said the United States needed a strong navy in order to protect its interests around the world
b) belief that only the weakest countries will survive and the rest will be fall under their control
c) Hawaiian king who was overthrown after threatening to nationalize (take control of) land owned by American planters
d) President of the U.S that advocated isolationism

Define Annex (Annexation)
a) belief that the expansion of the US throughout the American continents was God given right and both justified and inevitable
b) to add (an area or region) to a country, state, etc. : to take control of (a territory or place)
c) the use of sensational and exaggerated stories in newspapers
d) aggressive nationalism

U.S.S. Maine
a) the cavalry unit organized and led by Teddy Roosevelt that fought in Cuba during the Spanish American War
b) U.S Battleship that was attacked by German U-BOATS
c) aggressive nationalism
d) U.S. Battleship that sunk off the coast of Cuba. Spain was blamed for the accident

Spanish American War
a) war between the U.S and Spain that resulted in the U.S becoming a world power
b) military tactic that uses small groups of soldiers that fight in untraditional ways
c) American governor of the Philippines (before becoming president) who placed strict controls of the people
d) Teddy Roosevelts plan for using the American military to bully or threaten weaker nations to achieve America’s foreign policy

Big Stick Diplomacy
a) Teddy Roosevelts plan for using the American military to bully or threaten weaker nations to achieve America’s foreign policy
b) Foreign Policy set forth in 1823 that discouraged European intervention in the Western Hemisphere
c) Henry Fords idea to threaten striking employees
d) U.S. Battleship that sunk off the coast of Cuba. Spain was blamed for the accident

Panama Canal
a) a giant airfield built to accommodate B-52 bombers
b) a deep valley constructed by the Chinese emperors to trade silk
c) a waterway constructed by the United States that improved movement between Atlantic and Pacific ports
d) a territory that powerful countries use to remove valuable raw materials

Territories gained following the Spanish American War
a) Guam, Philippines, Puerto Rico
b) Cuba, Virgin Islands, Trinidad and Tobago
c) Florida, Florida Keys, Cancun
d) Puerto Dormido, Muchas Islas, Fantasy Island

Dollar Diplomacy
a) Substituting dollars for bullets. Increasing economic investment to obtain influence in Central America
b) Narrow piece of land through the Panama Canal would be dug.
c) Small Central American countries dominated politically and economically by U.S. fruit companies
d) Foreign Policy set forth in 1823 that discouraged European intervention in the Western Hemisphere

Define Nationalism
a) a territory that powerful countries use to remove valuable raw materials
b) policy to extend political, military, and economic control over weaker territories
c) people being loyal to and proud of their country often with the belief that it is better and more important than others
d) to add (an area or region) to a country, state, etc. : to take control of (a territory or place)

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