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imperialism - 20s
Question | Answer |
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McKinley Tariff | raised protective tariff levels by nearly 50%, making them the highest tariffs on imports in the United States history. |
Teller Amendment | declared that the US had no intention of taking political control of Cuba and that, once peace was restored to the island, the Cuban people would control their own government |
Foraker Act | established a civilian government under US control, which went against the wishes of Puerto Rican people who desired independence. They argued that because they did not revolt against Spain as Cuba had, they deserved self-governance. |
Roosevelt Corollary | It asserted the right of the United States to intervene in Latin America to prevent the military involvement of other countries there. |
Rough Riders | the success of the Rough Riders gave Theodore Roosevelt nation wide fame., became legendary after their charge up Cuba's San Juan Hill on July 1, 1898, during one of the most decisive and bloodiest battles of the spanish-am war |
Alfred Thayer Mahan | pro imperialism, published The Influence of Sea Power upon History, 1660–1783, a revolutionary analysis of the importance of naval power as a factor in the rise of the British Empire. |
Emilio Aguinaldo | helped Americans fight Spain only to turn on them once free. In 1901, Aguinaldo surrendered which greatly hurt the Filippino cause. The Philippines was not an independent nation until July 4, 1946 |
Platt Amendment | barred Cuba from making treaties with other nations and gave the U.S. the right to interfere in Cuba to preserve independence. It also requires Cuba to permit America to have naval station in their territory. |
Jones Act | requires that any cargo traveling by sea between two U.S. ports must sail on an American-owned ship, built in the United States and with a majority crew of U.S. citizens. |
Zimmerman Note | Written by Arthur Zimmerman, a german foreign secretary. In this note he had secretly proposed a German- Mexican alliance. He tempted Mexico with the ideas of recovering Texas, Arizona, and New Mexico |
Fourteen Points | Woodrow Wilson a statement of principles for peace that was to be used for peace negotiations in order to end World War I. |
George Creel | |
Espionage Act | |
Nineteenth Amendment | |
Treaty of Versailles | |
League of Nations | |
Red Scare | |
Sacco and Vanzetti | |
John T. Scopes | |
Immigration Act of 1924 | |
Eighteenth Amendment | |
Lost Generation | |
Harlem Renaissance | |
Margaret Sanger | |
Nine-Power Treaty | |
Kellogg-Briand Pact | |
Teapot Dome Scandal | |
Dawes Plan | |
Hoovervilles | |
Bonus Army | |
Alfred E. Smith | |
Black Tuesday |