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Ch 11-12Imperialism

Spalding Academy 10th Grade 2012

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Year: Wabash v. Illinois 1886
Year: Sherman Anti-Trust Act is signed 1890
Year: Populist National Convention in Omaha, NE 1892
Year: Plessy v. Ferguson 1892
Year: Pendleton Act is passed 1883
Year: Grange is founded 1866
Year: Farmers Alliance is founded 1877
Year: Colored Farmers’ National Convention is founded 1886
Who were the stalwarts, half breeds, and mugwumps? Mugwumps: Republican à Democrats, Halfbreeds: Republican reformers, Stalwarts: Republican political machines
Type of sensational, biased, and often false reporting for the sake of attracting readers Yellow journalism
The separation or isolation of a race, class, or group Segregation
The actions used by one nation to exercise political or economic control over a smaller or weaker nation Imperialism
T/F The three causes of the Spanish-American war were imperialist attitudes, yellow journalism, and the sinking of the Maine. T
T/F Teddy Roosevelt became the president after McKinley died. The Republican party was very excited that he was their new president. F not excited
T/F President Roosevelt won a Noble Peace Prize for his excellent negotiation work between the Chinese and Koreans F Japan/Russia
T/F Prez Roosevelt helps Panama win freedom from Colombia. After independence, U.S. buys rights to build canal. T
T/F President McKinley was elected president in 1896 and 1900. T
T/F Officials were absolutely sure that the Maine sunk because of the Spanish. F. Not sure
T/F Most of the workers on the Panama Canal died from malaria or tuberculosis. T
T/F Before Roosevelt became president he was the leader of the group known as the Terrible Dozen, who took the battle at San Juan Hill. F. Rough Riders
T/F After the Spanish-American War the United States found themselves with an empire consisting of Guam, the Philippines, and Jamaica. F. Not Jamaica
Statues or laws created to enforce segregation Jim Crow laws
Owner of the New York Journal William Randolph Hearst
Led 4 warships into Tokyo Bay Matthew Perry
How does the U.S. acquire Hawaii? Us fruit planters want cheaper taxes. Overthrow HI gov’t. Put Queen Liliuokalani in prison. Dole in charge. 1899: US annexed HI
How did the sinking of the USS Maine cause the Spanish-American War? 1898 Maine sinks and American die. Caused by Spanish, sabotage, or explosion? US blames Spain. WAR!!!
Farmer who works land for an owner who provides equipment and seed and receives a share of the crop Sharecropper
Explain the concept: “white man’s burden.” How was this concept expressed in American imperialist attitudes toward Hawaii, the Philippines, and Cuba? WMB: burden of civilizing/Christianizing non-white nations. HI: non-white population. Us needs sugar. Takes over. Philippines: US takes it from Spain. Can’t govern themselves. US wants naval base. Cuba: US takes it from Spain. Has right to intervene
Describe how African Americans were disenfranchised in the 1880s. Poll tax, literacy test, grandfather clause
Cuban revolutionary leader Jose Marti
A policy that allowed each foreign nation in China to freely trade in the other nation’s spheres of influence Open Door policy
A policy of joining the business interests of a country with its diplomatic interests abroad Dollar diplomacy
A piece of U.S. paper money first issued by the North during the Civil War Greenback
A country that is technically independent but is actually under the control of another country Protectorate
A clause that allowed individuals who did not pass the literacy test to vote if their fathers or grandfathers had voted before Reconstruction had began Grandfather clause
Rough Rider who fought in the Battle of San Jacinto Theodore Roosevelt
Ran for president 3 times. Never elected William Jennings Bryan
Owner of the New York World Joseph Pulitzer
Last queen of Hawai’i Liliuokalani
Filipino revolutionary leader Emilio Aguinaldo
Assassinated while in office William McKinley
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