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EOC SG 2
study for End of Coarse exam
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Cuba | we promise independence; Jose Marti is the revolutionary |
| Puerto Rico | we promise independence; Rivera is the revolutionary |
| Phillipines | we promise independence; Emilio Aguinaldo is the revolutionary |
| Pulitzer | New York Newspaper |
| Hearst | San Francisco Newspaper |
| Delome letter | letter by a Spanish diplomat saying President William McKinley is weak |
| Concentration camps | arrested 200000 Cubans and put them in horrid prison camps |
| USS Maine | Cuban revolutionaries blow up ship; Pulitzer/Hearst blame Spain; U.S. declares war |
| Treaty of Paris | ended Spanish-American war |
| Platt Amendment | we make Cuba agree to - Navy base in Guantamino Bay - we become their protectorate - they can't borrow money from foreign countries |
| imperialism | taking over smaller, weaker countries to utilize their resources |
| Alaska | U.S. bought it for $7.2 million from Russia |
| Panama Canal | Theodore Roosevelt overthrows the Venzualion government and creates Panamanion government, then builds Panama Canal, cuts time down by 2 weeks |
| yellow fever | disease throughout Panama, Cuba, and Puerto Rico; U.S. kills mosquitoes and saves millions of lives |
| China | U.S. writes 'Open Door notes' by John Hay, saying U.S. will have control of the trade with China or else war |
| Influence of Sea Power | book ritten by Alfred T Mahan explaining that alarge Navy could control the whole world |
| Roosevelt Coralary | tells nations of the world to stay out of Latin America |
| Big Stick policy | Theodore Roosevelt's idea that you should never make threats but carry a big stick (have a large military) that you use when you are pushed |
| expansionism | U.S. expanded throughout the world and became a global empire |
| Dewey | U.S. soldier that destroys the Spanish fleet in Manila, Phillipines and ultimately forced the Spanish to lose the Spanish-American War |
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