click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
CH 9 US HIST
Question | Answer |
---|---|
1. imperialism | When a strong nation expands control over weaker territories. |
2.extractive economy | Imperial country removed materials and shipped them to the home country. |
3. Alfred T. Mahan | Military historian and an officer in the U.S. Navy, a key role in transforming America into a navel power. |
4. Social Darwinism | Belief that life consists of competitive struggle in which only the fittest survive. |
5. Fredrick J. Turner | Noted that the frontier had been closed by gradual settlement in the 19th century. |
6. Matthew Perry | Sailed a fleet of American warships into present-day Tokyo Bay. |
7.Queen Liliuokalani | Resented the increasing power of the white planters, who owned much of the Hawaiian land. |
8.Jose' Marti | Started a war for the independence for Spain. |
9. William Randolph Hearst | Made the public's dislike for Spanish Government stronger. |
10. Yellow Press | Because the press had a comic strip character named The Yellow Kid. |
11. jingoism | Aggressive nationalism, and inflamed relations with Spain. |
12. George Dewey | Steamed his squadron of vessels into Manila Bay, in the Spanish-held Philippinses. |
13. Emilio Aguinaldo | Him and Filipino nationalists were defeating the Spanish army. |
14. Rough Riders | Consistedof rugged westerns and upper-classes easterners who relished what Roosevelt called the "strenuous life". |
15. Treaty of Paris | Ended the Spanish American War. |
16. insurrection | Rebellion against U.S. rule. |
17. guerrilla warfare | form of non-traditional warfare generally involving small bands of fighters to attack behind American lines. |
18. William Taft | President of U.S. Became Governor of Philippines. |
19. spheres of influence | Within its zone, each power had privileged access to Chinese ports and markets. |
20. John Hay | Issued the first of a series of notes to foreign diplomats in 1899. |
21. Boxer Rebellion | Initial force if 2100 soldiers grew more than 20000, including 2000 Americans. |
22. Open Door Policy | As the Boxer Rebellion engulfed China, Secretary of State Hay. |
23. Russo-Japanese War | 1905, representatives from Russia and Japan met in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, to negotiate an end to the war. |
24. Gentlemen Agreement | According to the pact, the school board pledged to end its segregation policy. |
25. Great White Fleet | In 1907, Roosevelt sent this armada of 16 white battleships on a "good will cruise" around the world. |
26. Foraker Act | Established a civil government in Puerto Rico. |
27. Platt Amendment | The amendment restricted the rights of newly independent Cubans and effectively brought the island into the U.S. sphere. |
28. "big stick" diplomacy | It depended on a strong military to achieve America's goals. |
29. Panama Canal | Completion of the canal depended on scientific breakthroughs by doctors as they learned hot to combat tropical diseases. |
30. Roosevelt Corollary | Updated the Monroe Doctrine for an age of economic imperialism. |
31. "dollar diplomacy" | Policy aimed to increase American investments in business and backs throughout Central America and the Caribbean. |
32. "moral diplomacy" | Used military on a number of occasions to guide Latin Americans in the directions that he thought proper. |
33. Fransico "Pancho" Villa | Carranza government was slow in bringing about reforms, and rebels again rose up, this leadership. |