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Imperialism 1865-98
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| New Manifest Destiny | Shift from expansion west to expansion overseas |
| White Mans Burden | Imperialist used this as justification for imperialism, saying that it was the American white man's responsibility to change the “less civilized nations” |
| Social Darwinism | Theory that the elite rise to the top and they were born to be successful |
| That the west had been completely settled and the frontier was closed | The 1890 census announced... |
| Alfred T Mahan | Wrote “The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660–1783” in 1890 |
| Venezuelan Boundary Dispute | Disagreement between the US and Great Britain over the Venezuelan border with Columbia. |
| $7.2 million | Alaska was purchased for this amount of money |
| Seward's Folly/Seward's Icebox | What critics called the Alaskan purchase |
| Reciprocity Treaty of 1875 | Free Trade agreement between the United States and Hawaii |
| McKinley Tariff | Raised import rates on foreign sugar. |
| Independent | Queen Liliuokalani wanted Hawaii to remain... |
| Teller/Platt Amendment | said that the US could not annex Cuba after the Spanish-American War |
| USS Maine | sent to Cuba to protect American interests in the war for Cuban Independence |
| Yellow Journalism | Journalism that is exaggerated |
| Battle of Manila Bay | Americans won the battle against Spain and gave the Philippines their independence from Spain. |
| Battle of San Juan Hill | Victory for the United States behind Buffalo soldiers and the Rough Riders |
| The Treaty of Paris (1898) | The Spanish gave up Cuba, the Philippines, Guam, and Puerto Rico to the United States in this treaty |
| Anti-Imperialist League | The league was created to oppose the annexation of the Philippines. |
| Emilio Aguinaldo | Under the leadership of ________, the Philippines fought for their independence from the US. |
| Boxers Rebellion | Rebellion by a patriotic Chinese group. |
| Open Door Policy | Said that all nations would have an equal opportunities to trade in China. |
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