In the 1890s, U.S. leaders sought overseas colonies, naval bases, and markets for American goods. What foreign-policy course did these goals support?

Alfred Thayer Mahan argued that national power depended on a strong navy and overseas coaling stations. What naval action fit that argument?

U.S. factories produced more goods in the late 1800s, and business leaders looked abroad for buyers. What expansion motive does this show?

In the late 1800s, Protestant missionaries working in Hawaii and China urged the United States to expand overseas. What motive for expansion did they represent?

The 1890 census reported that the western frontier had closed. What expansion motive did this news strengthen?

A U.S. battleship exploded in Havana Harbor on February 15, 1898, increasing calls for war with Spain. What ship was it?

On May 1, 1898, Commodore George Dewey defeated the Spanish fleet in the Philippines. What battle was this?

Congress's April 1898 war resolution said the United States would not annex Cuba after Spanish rule ended. What amendment made that pledge?

At San Juan Heights on July 1, 1898, U.S. and Cuban forces gained ground near what Spanish-held city?

Representatives of Spain and the United States signed what agreement on December 10, 1898, to end the Spanish-American War?

Use the map. After the Spanish-American War, the United States took direct control of the marked Caribbean island, which Spain ceded. What is it?

Use the map. The 1898 peace settlement required Spain to cede one island in the Ladrones, or Mariana Islands, to the United States. What is the marked island?

Use the map. Spain ceded the highlighted Pacific archipelago to the United States for $20 million in the 1898 Treaty of Paris. What territory was it?

Use the map. The Newlands Resolution annexed the marked mid-Pacific island group to the United States in 1898, during the Spanish-American War. What is it?

Use the map. The United States sought control of a route across the highlighted Central American place to build a canal between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. What is it?

The Panama Canal opened in 1914. What effect did it have on ocean shipping?

Secretary of State John Hay's Open Door Notes addressed foreign spheres of influence in China. What U.S. goal did the notes promote?

The American Anti-Imperialist League formed in 1898 to oppose U.S. annexation of what territory after the war with Spain?

The Platt Amendment set terms for ending the U.S. occupation of Cuba. What power did it give the United States?

The Roosevelt Corollary expanded the Monroe Doctrine in 1904. What role did it claim for the United States in the Western Hemisphere?