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| Big Stick Policy/Roosevelt Corollary |
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| Theodore Roosevelt's policy of negotiating peacefully while carrying a big stick (or the use of military) |
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| Volunteer regiment of US Cavalry led by Teddy Roosevelt during the Spanish-American War. |
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| War fought between the US & Spain in Cuba & the Philippines; resulted in Cuba's independence as well as the US annexing Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines. |
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| One of the causes of the Spanish-American War (1898) - this was when newspaper publishers like Hearst and Pulitzer sensationalized news events (like the sinking of the Maine) to anger American public towards Spain. |
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| Another cause of the Spanish-American War b/c Americans believed the Spanish has blown the ship up and wanted revenge |
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| The Teller Amendment was an amendment to a joint resolution of the United States Congress, enacted on April 20, 1898, in reply to President William McKinley's War Message. It placed a condition on the United States military's presence in Cuba. |
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| A league that fought against McKinley expansionists ways, while getting the Philippines from Spain. |
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| Forced Cubans to form a constitution. |
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| when a country uses its financial power to international influence people. |
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| A United States foreign policy doctrine, adopted by Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1933, designed to improve relations with Latin America. |
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-wanted to get rid of all foreign influence
-thought that the westerners took away their jobs
-thought that westerners angered the Chinese spirits because they were in a time of famine
-Anti-Christian: killed missionaries and chinese people who converted |
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| The Open Door Policy is a term in foreign affairs initially used to refer to the United States policy established in the late 19th century and the early 20th century, as enunciated in Secretary of State John Hay's Open Door Note, dated September 6, 1899 and dispatched to the major European powers.urged counties to respect China |
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| Hawaii's last queen, before being dethroned my Americans in 1893 |
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| Wrote The Influence of Sea Power upon History, which argued that control of the sea was the key to world dominance;it stimulated the naval race among the great powers. |
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| American secretary of state who attempted to preserve Chinese independence and protect American interests in China |
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