Spanish American War: A conflict fought between Spain and the US in the aftermath of internal explosion of the USS Maine in Havana harbor.
Roosevelt Corollary: an extension of the Monroe Doctorine declaring that United States would police unstable Latin American debtor; also known as the Big Stick Policy.
Panama Canal: an artifical waterway in Panama that connects the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans.
Santa Anna & Mexico: Santa Anna was an american born Spaniard who fought to defend royalist New Spain and then for Mexican independence. He was also known as the napoleon of Mexico.
Benito Juarez: one of the 16 delegaciones (boroughs) into which Mexico's Federal District is divided.Pancho Villa: a Mexican Revolutionary general and one of the most prominent figures of the Mexican Revolution.
Emiliano Zapata: a leading figure in the Mexican Revolution, the main leader of the peasant revolution in the state of Morelos
