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SS8
Imperialism Test Review
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| William Seward | Purchased Alaska |
| Liliuokalani | Government leader was overthrown by a US backed rebellion. |
| Matthew Perry | Threatened force to open up Japanese ports to US trade. |
| Theodore Roosevelt | Created the big stick policy. Became a hero for leading a charge that defeated the Spanish at San Juan Hill in Cuba |
| Boxer rebellion | A movement against foreign influence in China. |
| Isolation | Having little to do with foreign Nations. |
| Sphere of Influence | Area in which a nation claims special economic privileges |
| Roosevelt Corollary | Statement that the US has the right to intervene in the affairs in Latin American Nations. |
| Platt Amendment | Added on to Cuba's Constitution giving the US the right to a Naval base and future involvement in Cuban affairs. |
| First Major battle of Spanish American War | The Philippines |
| Ant-Imperialist League | Members disagreed with US treatment of former Spanish colonies after the Spanish American War |
| Queen Liliuokalani | the Hawaiian queen who was forced out of power by a revolution started by American business interests |
| Queen Liliuoklini is overthrown | She wanted to limit the power of American planters in Hawaii. |
| Roosevelt Corollary to Monroe Doctrine | Authorized the right of the US to exercise police power in Latin America. |
| Filipinos fight alongside Americans in The Spanish American War | Because they believed that defeating Spain would bring them Independence. |
| US Responds to the expansion of Japanese and European spheres of influence in China | by asking Nations to follow an Open Door Policy |
| Manifest Destiny | A notion held by a nineteenth-century Americans that the United States was destined to rule the continent, from the Atlantic the Pacific. Imperialism was like an extension of Manifest Destiny |
| Imperialism | The US began taking control over the weaker nations |
| Big Stick Policy | Theodore Roosevelt's policy. "Speak softly and carry a big stick." Use force when needed |
| Roosevelt thought that the US should use _________________ in Latin American nations. | POLICE POWER |
| The US wanted to gain territory for _____________________________ | trade ports and resources |
| William McKinley | president during the Spanish-American War |
| Yellow Journalism | Journalism that exploits, distorts, or exaggerates the news to create sensations and attract readers |
| Foraker act | gave the US direct control over and power to set up a government in Puerto Rico |
| Panama Canal | US needed a canal as a fast route from the Atlantic to the Pacific to protect it |
| Spanish American War | war between america and Spain, fought in Cuba and the Philippines |
| Result of Spanish American War | US won and gained control of Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guam, and Philippines |
| How did the Spanish American War change America? | US had to decide how much independence to give territories. We didn't give them as much as they had hoped. |
| Philippines | After the Spanish-American War, heated debates raged over the imperialism of annexing. |
| Puerto Rico | Spanish forces were defeated and US took control |
| Cuba | Rebellion broke out in 1868 and lasts for 30 year. Many people flee Cuba and go to NYC. |
| Hawaii | America established sugar plantations and used it as a refueling stop while crossing the Pacific |
| Panama | Roosevelt supported Panamanians in their rebellion against Columbia in order to gain rights to the canal |
| Monroe Doctrine | Policy of US opposition to any Europe interference in the Western Hemisphere |
| George Dewey | U.S. naval commander who led the American attack on the Philippines |
| Woodrow Wilson | President of the United States (1913-1921) and the leading figure at the Paris Peace Conference of 1919. He was unable to persuade the U.S. Congress to ratify the Treaty of Versailles or join the League of Nations. |
| Joseph Pulizter and William Randolph Hearst | owned NY newspapers, printed exaggerated news articles about Spain's treatment of Cubans - yellow journalism |
| Annexation | the formal act of acquiring something (especially territory) by conquest or occupation |
| Rough Riders | Volunteer regiment of US Cavalry led by Teddy Roosevelt during the Spanish American War |
| Anti-Imperialist League | objected to the annexation of the Philippines and the building of an American empire. Idealism, self-interest, racism, constitutionalism, and other reasons motivated them, but they failed to make their case; the Philippines were annexed in 1900 |
| Teller Amendment | Legislation that promised the US would not annex Cuba after winning the Spanish-American war |
| Malaria | A disease caused by mosquitoes implanting parasites in the blood. |
| Open Door Policy | A policy proposed by the US in 1899, under which ALL nations would have equal opportunities to trade in China. |
| Great White Fleet | 1907-1909 - Roosevelt sent the Navy on a world tour to show the world the U.S. naval power. Also to pressure Japan into the "Gentlemen's Agreement." |
| USS Maine | Ship that explodes off the coast of Cuba in Havana harbor and helps contribute to the start of the Spanish-American War |
| Spanish-American War | In 1898, a conflict between the United States and Spain, in which the U.S. supported the Cubans' fight for independence |
| William Howard Taft | 27th president of the U.S.; he angered progressives by moving cautiously toward reforms and by supporting the Payne-Aldrich Tariff; he lost Roosevelt's support and was defeated for a second term. |
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