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Ch 22 Imperialism
Question | Answer |
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Allowed U.S. warships to travel swiftly between the Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean. | Panama Canal |
How long did it took before the Panama Canal was finished? | Almost 10 Years |
President during the Spanish American war. | William McKinely |
An addition to the Monroe doctrine which gave the USA the power to police the western hemisphere. | Roosevelt Corollary |
A principle of US policy, originated by President James Monroe in 1823, that any intervention by external powers in the politics of the Americas is a potentially hostile act against the US. | Monroe Doctrine |
The Spanish Empire surrendered control of Cuba and giving Puerto Rico, parts of the Spanish West Indies, the island of Guam, and the Philippines to the United States. | Treaty of Paris |
A policy of remaining apart from the affairs or interests of other groups, especially the political affairs of other countries. | Isolationism |
An amendment to a joint resolution of the United States Congress, enacted on April 20, 1898, in reply to President William McKinley's War Message. | Teller Amendment |
A policy proposed by the US in 1899, under which ALL nations would have equal opportunities to trade in China. | Open Door Policy |
War between the United States and Filipino revolutionaries from 1899 to 1902, an insurrection that may be seen as a continuation of the Philippine Revolution against Spanish rule. | Philippine Insurrection |
Barbed wire enclosed camps made by Spanish general "Butcher" Weyler to crush the rebellion. | Reconcentration Camps |
This amendment gave the US the right to take over the Island of Cuba if that country entered into a treaty or debt that might place its freedom in danger. | Platt Amendment |
Opposed to wars of conquest, and expanding the country by taking someone else's land, especially when they do not have the same language and/or culture. | Anti-Imperialists |
Who was Emilio Aguinaldo? | Filipino freedom fighter |
Granted US citizenship to Puerto Ricans | Puerto Rico (jones act) |
The Treaty of Paris gave the U.S. which territories? | Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines |
was a General in the United States Army, best known for his role in the Spanish–American War and the Philippine–American War. | Frederick Funston |
Efforts of the US to further its foreign policy through use of economic power by guaranteeing loans to foreign countries. | Dollar Diplomacy |
Who wrote "the influence of sea power upon history"? | Alfred T. Mahan |
The desire to acquire an empire. | Imperialism |