U.S. Foreign Policy, 1865 – 1914
Unit Guide
Key Terms:
1. William Seward
2. Alaska purchase (1867)
3. “new imperialism”
4. international Darwinism
5. Alfred Thayer Mahan, The Influence of
Sea Power Upon History
6. Monroe Doctrine
7. Pan-American Conference (1889)
8. Venezuela Boundary Dispute
9. Cuba
10. jingoism
11. Valeriano Weyler
12. yellow journalism
13. Spanish-American War
14. De Lome Letter
15. USS Maine
16. Teller Amendment
17. Battle of San Juan Hill (July 1, 1898)
18. Battle of Santiago Bay (July 3, 1898)
19. Philippines
20. George Dewey
21. Theodore Roosevelt
22. Rough Riders
23. Hawaii, Liliuokalani
24. Puerto Rico; Guam
25. Philippine annexation
26. Emilio Aguinaldo
27. Anti-Imperialist League
28. insular cases
29. Platt Amendment (1901)
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John Hay
spheres of influence
Open Door Policy
xenophobia
Boxer Rebellion
big-stick policy
Hay-Pauncefort Treaty (1901)
Panama Canal
George Gothals & William Gorgas
Roosevelt Corollary
Santo Domingo
Russo-Japanese War (1905)
Treaty of Portsmouth
gentlemen's agreement
Root-Takahira Agreement (1908)
great white fleet
William Howard Taft
dollar diplomacy
Henry Cabot Lodge
Lodge Corollary
Woodrow Wilson
New Freedom
moral diplomacy
Jones Act (1916)
Mexican civil war
Tampico incident
ABC (Argentina, Brazil, Chile) powers
Pancho Villa
expeditionary force
John J. Pershing
Essential Question:
 Why did the United States join the Imperial Club at the end of the 19th century? (Primary
motivation/goal)