Eyes on the Pacific: Spanish-American War and Imperialism

1. THIS IS JEOPARDY

2. Your With Host... Mr.Duffy

3. Spanish-American War Eyes on the Pacific 2 Eyes on the Pacific Vocabulary Random Random 2 100 100 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500 500 500

4. Who fought in the Spanish-American War? A 100

5. Spain & United States A 100

6. Which future President was the head of the Rough Riders? A 200

7. Theodore Roosevelt A 200

8. The United States acquired which territories because of the War? Which ones did they attack to take over? A 300

9. Guam, Philippines, Puerto Rico Philippines, Puerto Rico A 300

10. What were the main causes of the Spanish-American War? A 400

11. United States had investments in Cuba and they wanted their independence from Spain. The U.S.S. Maine mysteriously blows up and sinks. Yellow Journalism- Newspapers bent the truth to get the American people behind the war effort. Many anti-Spanish feelings were happening because of this. A 400

12. What began to happen throughout the United States because of Yellow Journalism? Why do you think they felt this way? A 500

13. Anti-Spanish feelings spread throughout the U.S. People began to think very negatively about Spain. A 500

14. What is isolationism? Which President suggested this? B 100

15. Avoiding involvement in other countries affairs. George Washington B 100

16. What is imperialism? How is it different from Isolationism? B 200

17. Building empires by imposing political and economic control over peoples around the world. Different because it made the United States become involved rather than staying alone. B 200

18. Who was Commodore Matthew C. Perry? What did he accomplish? B 300

19. Commodore of the United States Navy. He sailed in Tokyo Bay with heavily armed U.S. warships and presented a letter from the President asking for right to trade with Japan. Eventually, they agreed B 300

20. What is reconcentration? Which country did this happen in? B 400

21. Forced movement of large numbers of people into detention camps for military or political reasons. This happened in Cuba. Spain did this to them. B 400

22. What is a protectorate? Where did this occur? B 500

23. An independent country whose policies are controlled by an outside power. This happened with Puerto Rico. B 500

24. The expansionist mood allowed the United States to acquire which territories in the Pacific? Which ones eventually became states? C 100

25. Guam, Philippines, Alaska, Hawaii & Samoa. C 100

26. Describe how the United States opened up trade with Japan. What did Japan realize after meeting the U.S. for the first time? C 200

27. Commodore Matthew C. Perry sailed into Tokyo Bay with heavily armed U.S. warships. He presented a letter from the president asking for trading right with the U.S. They were awed by their powerful ships and weapons. They set out to industrialize and compete in the modern world. C 200

28. Describe the purchasing of Alaska. Who did we purchase it from? What was it often called? Were the critics right? How do you know? C 300

29. Secretary of State William Seward purchased Alaska from Russia for $7.2 million. He saw it as a stepping stone for trade with Asia and the Pacific. Often called, “Seward’s Folly” Referred to as a frozen wasteland. Wrong b/c they found gold and a ton of natural resources. C 300

30. DAILY DOUBLE DAILY DOUBLE Place A Wager C 400

31. What policy did the United States follow? What did they switch to? Because of the new policy U.S. acquired Hawaii? How? C 400

32. They followed a policy of Isolationism & switched to a policy of imperialism. Hawaii was overtaken by some U.S. sugar plantation owners who got a U.S. official to send 50 Marines to overtake the island and set up a pro-American government. Good for a military and commercial outpost in the Pacific. President said it was illegal, however, the next president signed it and accepted Hawaii as a territory. C 400

33. Describe the Spheres of Influence. Name ALL nations affected by this. C 500

34. Areas where another nation has economic and political control in a different nation from their own. China was affected by this when Great Britain, France, Germany, Russia & Japan took it over. C 500

35. What were the American goals in the Pacific and Asia? D 100

36. Expand their empire and spread American values. D 100

37. How did China feel about being split up by different nations? How do you know? D 200

38. They had strong resentful feelings towards these nations. The had the Boxer Rebellion against these nations who tried to take them over. D 200

39. Describe the Boxer Rebellion. D 300

40. A lot of resentment towards these invaders. Secret society called the Righteous and Harmonious Fists (called Boxers by the Europeans) revolted. Many foreigners were killed. As a result U.S. and other nations came in to stop the rebellion and free the captured people. Rebellion was crushed quickly. D 300

41. What was asked in the Open Door Policy? Which country requested it? D 400

42. U.S. Secretary of state John Hay asked the powers that carved up China to guarantee the rights of all nations to trade with China on an equal basis. D 400

43. American acquisition of territory in the Pacific region was controversial. How? D 500

44. D 500

45. Who is a suffragist? E 100

46. People who worked for women’s right to vote. E 100

47. Which Amendment was passed that allowed women to vote? E 200

48. 19th Amendment E 200

49. What is lynching and why was it so important to try to stop it from happening? E 300

50. Lynching is murder by a mob. Usually, by hanging. E 300