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Led President Theodore Roosevelt to encourage a revolt for Panamanian independence

turned american away from isolationism and toward international involvements in the 1890s

Set off a bitter debate about imperialism in the Senate and the country

Brought American armed forces onto the Asian mainland for the first time

Aroused strong sympathy from most Americans

Created an emotional and irresistible public demand for war with Spain

Enhanced American national pride and made the United States an international power in East Asia

Strengthened the Monroe Doctrine and made Britain more willing to accommodate U.S. intrest

Set off the first debate about the wisdom and rightness of American overseas imperialism

Led to the surprising U.S. victory over Spain at Manila Bay

American clergyman who preached Anglo-Saxon superiority and called for the stronger U.S. missionary efforts overseas

American naval officer who wrote influential books emphasizing sea power and advocating a big navy

Filipino leader of a guerilla war against American rule from 1899 to 1901

Native Hawaiian ruler overthrown in a revolution led by white planter and aided by US troops

US secretary of state whose belligerent notes to Britan during the Guiana Boundary crisis nearly caused a war

Spanish General whose brutal tactics against Cuban rebels outraged American Public opinion

Vigorous promoter of sesationalisitc anti-Spanish propaganda and eager advocate of imperialistic war

President who initally opposed war with Spain but eventually supported the US accquistition of the Philippines

Naval commander whose spetacular May Day victory in 1898 opened the doors to American imperialism in Asia

Imperialist advocate, aggressive assistant navy secretary, Rough Rider, vice president, and president

American secretary of state who attempted to preserve chinese independence and protect American interests in China

Scheming engineer who helped stage a revolution in Panama and then became the new country's instant foreign minister

Harvard philosopher and one of the leading anti-imperialists opposing US acquisition of the Philippines

Democrtic party nominee who campaigned and lost on a platform opposing imperialism in the presidential election of 1900

American military engineer who built the Panama Canal