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Imperialism
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Anti- 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 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Joseph Pulizter and William Randolph Hearst | owned NY newspapers, printed exaggerated news articles about Spain's treatment of Cubans |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Spanish American War | war between America and Spain, fought in Cuba and the Philippines |
| William Howard Taft | 27th president of the U.S.; he angered progressives by moving cautiously toward reforms and by supporting the Payne |