Becoming a World Power V

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Organized Cuban resistance against Spain by using active guerrilla campaign and destroying property including american sugar mills and plantations.

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Jose Marti'

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Document that placed restrictions on Cuba's Independence.

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Platt Amendment

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Open Door Policy

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Opened China for trade with other countries.

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Which of the following was NOT a cause of the Spanish-American War?
USS Maine Explosion, Yellow Journalism, The Cuban rebels launched a  rebellion in February 1895.
, US sugar growers in Cuba overthrow Fidel Castro.

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US sugar growers in Cuba overthrow Fidel Castro.

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Rough Riders

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The First United States Volunteer Calvary unit led by Theodore Roosevelt that participated in the invasion of Cuba.

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1903- The 48-mile international waterway in Panama that allows ships to pass between the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean, saving about 8,000 miles. Expansion of World trade.

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Panama Canal

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U.S. would collect debts for investors who worked with Latin America, acting as an “international police power.” Known as the Big Stick Policy.

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Roosevelt Corollary

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This is sensationalist reporting in which writers often exaggerated stories to attract readers.

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Yellow Journalism

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Economic and political domination of a strong nation over other weaker nations. Called for the U.S. to annex these islands as new overseas colonies.

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Imperialism

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Alfred Thayer Mahan supported moving the US into a position of power by

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strengthening US naval capacity