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APUSH Ch. 27
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Reasons for American expansionism | Agricultural/industrial production boomed, thought they had to expand, overseas involvement, "yellow press" described adventures, spread religion/values, imperial power, new steel navy |
| Big Sister policy | Rally Latin American nations behind U. S. leadership and open Latin American markets to Yankee traders |
| Why did U. S. want Hawaii? | It was a way station for shippers, sailors, and whalers |
| What was Cleveland's response to wanting Hawaii? | Rejected the treaty that it was ready for annexation, sent investigator there and found that the natives didn't want annexation |
| Insurrectos | Cubans who torched cane fields and sugar mills and dynamited passenger trains |
| General "Butcher" Weyler | Spanish general who came to Cuba to crush the rebels by putting them in concentration camps, removed in 1897 |
| William Randolph Hearst | One of the publishers of "yellow journalism", competed with Pulitzer |
| Yellow Journalism | Similar to newspapers, included headlines and hair-raising "scoops" |
| De Lome Letter | Letter written by Spanish minister that bashed President McKinley, caused uproar, and made de Lome resign |
| USS Maine | Blew up, killed 260 people, explosion caused by spontaneous combustion |
| Manila | 6 U. S. ships, 10 Spanish ships which were overmatched and destroyed, 400 Spaniards killed/wounded, no U. S. deaths |
| Battle of San Juan Hill | Heavy casualties |
| Rough Riders | Volunteers, unprepared, unequipped |
| Treaty of Paris | Ended Spanish American War, America got Guam/Puerto Rico/Philippines ($20 million), and Cuba was independent from Spain |
| Why did McKinley think the U. S. must keep the Philippines? | If they governed themselves, a major power would seize them and cause a world war, U. S. had to fight a war to free Cuba, wanted to Christianize and civilize them, |
| Anti-Imperialist League | Fought against the McKinley admins expansionist moves, wanted to free Filipinos and up list/exploit underprivileged, underfed, and under clad of the world |
| Dr. Walter Reed/Col. Wiliam Gorgas | Preformed experiments on American soldiers who volunteered |
| Teller Amendment | Stated that the U. S. withdrew from Cuba |
| Platt Amendment | Constitution the Cubans had to write to not be taken over by a grasping power |
| What were inhabitants of conquered territories? | Subjects |
| Splendid Little War | U. S. ended up with opportunities in its grasp, pleased British bc of new friendship, Germany was envious, Latin America was suspicious of their greed, U. S. became a Far Eastern power |
| Open Door Policy | U. S. would respect certain Chinese rights and the ideal of fair competition, but Chinese were never consulted about this |
| Background Events of Open Door Policy | European powers moved in and would tear away economic spheres of influence from the government |
| Reason(s) for Boxer Rebellion | Chinese didn't like being used as a doormat by western powers |
| Outcome(s) of Boxer Rebellion | Soldiers came to quell the rebellion, American troops left the Philippines to protect U. S. rights to keep the Open Door Policy alive |
| McKinley | Republican, won a war, acquired rich real estate, safeguarded gold standard, brought promised prosperity of full dinner pail, freed 7,000,000 Filipinos |
| Roosevelt | Democrat, thought that the paramount issue was Republican overseas imperialism |
| Personal Beliefs of Roosevelt | Better to wear out than rust out, "Speak softly and carry a big stick, [and] you will go far.", big ego, no respect for checks/balances, thought the president can take any action in the general interest that's not forbidden by the laws of the Constitution |
| How did Roosevelt view the power of the presidency? | Thought the president should lead boldly |
| How did we acquire the land for the canal? | Paid $40,000,000 for canal strip and was 10 miles wide |
| Significances of building the canal? | Strengthen the navy by increasing its mobility |
| Preventative Intervention | No outsiders could push around the Latin nations except the U. S. or policemen of the Caribbean |
| Portsmouth Conference | TR guided the parties so that it satisfied neither side, Japanese resentful and became enemies with U. S., Russia accused the U. S. of robbing them of military victory |
| Why did TR get a Nobel Peace Prize? | For achieving the peace between Japan and Russia |
| San Francisco School Incident | San Francisco's school board ordered the segregation of Chinese, Japanese, and Korean students in a different school to free more space for whites, became an international crisis |
| Gentlemen's Agreement | Tokyo withheld passports to stop the immigrants from Japan |
| Sailing |
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