Vocab

1. Sensational, exaggerated news reporting to attract readers.
4. U.S. policy opposing European interference in the Western Hemisphere.
8. U.S. policy allowing all nations to trade freely with China.
9. Deadly mosquito-borne diseases causing fever and symptoms.
12. Anti-foreign uprising in China (1899–1901) aiming to expel foreign influence.
13. U.S. naval officer and strategist who wrote “The Influence of Sea Power Upon History”
14. Spanish general known for brutal tactics against Cuban rebels.
15. Policy of extending power through colonization, military, or economics.

2. U.S. battleship sunk in Havana Harbor, sparking Spanish-American War.
3. Diplomacy Taft’s policy using U.S. investments to promote influence abroad.
5. of expanding a country’s territory or influence.
6. 1898 war between U.S. and Spain over Cuban independence.
7. Sixteen U.S. battleships sent on world tour to show naval power.
10. Volunteer cavalry led by Roosevelt in Spanish-American War.
11. Publishers who used yellow journalism to promote the Spanish-American War.