Spanish American War | MMS

Match the following

• where the Spanish American War ended

• San Juan Hill

• Volunteer soldiers led by Teddy Roosevelt

• Rough Riders

• African American soldiers who fought in the American West and Spanish American War

• Buffalo Soldiers

The 3 results of the Spanish American War...

1) ​ (a)   gained its independence from Spain​

2) ​ (b)   becomes a world power​

3) ​ (c)   of Philippines, Puerto Rico, and Guam

• Cuba
• United States
• Possession

Purchased from Russia in 1867 by William Seward; became the 49th state in 1959

• Virginia

• Hawaii

• Alaska

• Texas

Known for its tropical climate and fruits; annexed by the US in 1898 and became the 50th state in 1959.

• Alaska

• Hawaii

• Puerto Rico

• Guam

A policy of extending a country’s power and influence through diplomacy or military force.

• imperialism

• diplomacy

• Big Stick Policy

• expansionism

The process of conducting negotiations between countries.

• annex

• imperialism

• empire

• diplomacy

a group of of countries, states, or territories controlled by one ruler; created through imperialism.

• the Philippines

• Panama Canal

• empire

• states

An organized division of a country that does not have the full rights of a state. 

• annex

• region

• empire

• territory

Americans investing in sugar, bananas, and tobacco in Cuba meant that they had ________ there.

• monopolies

• business interests

• industrialization

• child labor

This picture is an example of...

• blue journalism

• yellow journalism

• child labor

• a newspaper headline