Unit 12

Front 1

Anglo Saxonism

Back 1

Belief that the English speaking countries were superior and were destined to dominate the world.

Front 2

Queen Lilouiokalani

Back 2

Hawaiian monarch who tried to resist American expansion into the islands.

Front 3

De Lome Letter

Back 3

Letter by the Spanish ambassador to the US whose criticism of President McKinley enraged the American public

Front 4

Pan Americanism

Back 4

The idea of U.S. and Latin American countries working together to support peace and increase trade.

Front 5

USS Maine

Back 5

The United States battleship that exploded in Havana Harbor, Cuba. The explosion was blamed on the Spanish and increased resentment

Front 6

Teller Ammendment

Back 6

Amendment stating that the United States could not annex Cuba upon winning the war but must return control to the people of Cuba.

Front 7

George Dewey

Back 7

American Naval commander who destroyed the Spanish fleet in the Philippines.

Front 8

Rough Riders

Back 8

Nickname given to a unit of volunteer cavalry in Cuba during the Spanish-American War that had Teddy Roosevelt as one of its leaders.

Front 9

Platt Ammendment

Back 9

Amendment added to the Cuban Constitution that established governmental ties between the U.S. and Cuba after the war.

Front 10

Insular Cases

Back 10

Series of Supreme Court cases in which the Court ruled that the U.S. Constitution did not extend to newly gained territories.

Front 11

Emilio Aquinaldo

Back 11

Filipino rebel leader who originally helped the U.S. in the Spanish- American war but opposed the U.S. in the Philippine-American War.

Front 12

Open Door Policy

Back 12

American policy that called for free trade in China.

Front 13

Boxer Rebellion

Back 13

Chinese revolt against foreign influence in their country

Front 14

Big Stick Diplomacy

Back 14

Theodore Roosevelt’s foreign policy that called for using force to promote U.S. interests in Latin America.

Front 15

Great White Fleet

Back 15

American naval fleet that Roosevelt sent around the world to demonstrate new American military might. A key part to Roosevelt’s new aggressive foreign policy.

Front 16

Panama Canal

Back 16

Man-made waterway that connected the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

Front 17

Roosevelt Corollary

Back 17

Foreign policy that called for U.S. intervention in Latin America when necessary to maintain economic and political stability.

Front 18

Dollar Diplomacy

Back 18

President Taft’s foreign policy that called for economic ties with other countries through investments and trade.

Front 19

Moral Diplomacy

Back 19

Woodrow Wilson’s idea for a foreign policy that promoted cooperation and promotion of American political ideals instead of the use of force.