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A Pacific Empire
Chapter 23 Section 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What does isolationism mean? | To have little to do with political affairs |
| What does expansionism mean? | Extending it's national boundaries |
| What why and who did president Millard Fillmore send to Japan? | He sent Matthew Perry with 4 war ships to give Japan officials a letter asking Japan to open training relationships with the U.S. |
| What is the Treaty Of Kanagawa? | The U.S. would get: Japan would help shipwrecked sailors, and they opened ports for American trade Japan would get: become a modern industrial nation using the U.S. as on of it's models |
| What was Secretary William Seward's goal? | To have the U.S. to dominate trade in the pacific |
| What does annex mean? | To take over |
| What was Americans first reaction to the purchase of Alaska? and what changed there minds? | At first they thought that it was very foolish but then they found gold there |
| What does imperialism mean? | powerful countries seeking to control the economic and political affairs of the weaker countries or regions |
| Why did imperialism grow? | The industrial nation of Europe needed raw materials and new markets |
| what did Alfred Mahan support/believe? | Leading supporter of American imperialism Influence of Sea power upon history; Mahan arrgued that the prosperity of the United States dependence on foreign trade Believed the United States could not expand its navy unless it controlled naval bases thro |
| What is the great White Fleet? | steam powered ships, steel hulls we're all painted white |
| Why did Germany, Great Britain, and the US all competed for Samoa? | Samoa had good harbors that could serve as a naval base and commercial port |
| Why did the U.S. have interest in Hawaii | Hawaii has rich soil, warm climate, plentiful rainfall, allowing farmers to grow crops all year round |
| Why did American missionaries start to arrive in Hawaii? | They were eager to convert Hawaiians to Christianity |
| What happened when Kalakaua died in 189? and what happened? | Liliuokalani become Queen andIn 1893 American planters rebel against the Queens attempt to limit their power later on she gives up her throne due to Americans |
| What is the Sphere of influence? | an area usually around a seaport where a nation had special trading privileges |
| Who were boxers and what did they do? | They were Chinese resented for an influence, they formed the secret society |
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