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History Unit 6
American Expansionism
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the policy of exerting economic, political, or military control over weak nations in order to control them? | Imperialism |
| What is avoiding entanglement with foreign countries called? | Isolationism |
| What are countries or nations that are partly controlled by a stronger country called? | Protectorates |
| What were the six reasons why the U.S. started to expand? | Global competition, new market, strategic interest, culture superiority belief, religious missionary interest, closing frontier |
| Why did the U.S. need to trade with foreign countries and need raw materials? | Overproduction, unemployment, and depression |
| What did the U.S. believe in terms of race? | Anglo Saxons, often wanted to Christianize "inferior peoples" |
| Who is the captain of the U.S. navy and wrote "The Influence of Sea Power on History?" | Alfred T. Mahan |
| Where country are the most missionaries in? | China |
| What is Americas version of imperialism that's similar and specific to increasing a country's territory? | Expansionism |
| Who was the Secretary of State for Lincoln and Johnson and got the deal with Hawaii in 1867? | William H. Seward |
| Where did multiple ships stop at when they were on there way to China and India? | Hawaii |
| Why did planters want the U.S. to turn Hawaii from a protectorate to fully annex it? | So they didn't have to worry about the McKinley Tariff (eliminated duty-free status) |
| Who was the queen of Hawaii and states "Hawaii for the Hawaiians"? | Queen Liliuokalani |
| Who was the former governor of Hawaii and proclaimed the Republic of Hawaii in 1894? | Sanford Ballard Dole |
| What year was Hawaii officially annexed? | 1890 |
| What act established Hawaii's government? | Organic Act 1900 |
| Who was the last imperial ruler of China? | Empress Dowager Cixi |
| What does the U.S. see China as? | Potential marker and an investment opportunity |
| Who proposed the Open Door Policy and was the Secretary of State? | John Hay |
| What policy was it when China's ports accepted ships of every nation? | Open Door Policy |
| What is it when a stronger country claims exclusive economic and trading authority on parts of a weaker nation? | Sphere of Influence |
| What secret society opposed foreigners in China? | Righteous and Harmonious Fists |
| What is it when "Boxers" kill off foreigners in multiple different attacks where leading nations had to get involved to stop the rebellion? | The Boxer Rebellion |
| What happens when Cuba rebels against Spain and Cuba earns favor from the U.S.? | Spanish-American War |
| Who is a poet, journalist, and launched the second revolution in 1895 and led the Cuba rebel cause? | Jose Marti |
| Who supported Spain in the Spanish-American War? | Businesses |
| Who was sent to Cuba to put down the revolt and sent over 100,000 Cubans to concentration camps? | General Valeriano Weyler |
| What is journalism that is overreacted and meant to lure in people? | Yellow Journalism |
| Who are Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst? | Yellow Journalists |
| Who was sent to the U.S. from Spain and trash talked McKinley, but the letter got leaked and angered Americans? | De Lome |
| Who used to be the Assistant Secretary of the Navy and criticized McKinley, and was an Imperialist? | Roosevelt |
| What was the call out for the Spanish American war? | "Remember the Maine and to hell with Spain" |
| What happened in Havana harbor on February 15, 1898 and angered many Americans? | U.S.S. Maine exploded |
| Who led the Rough Riders? | Roosevelt and Leonard Woods |
| Where in the Philippines was the first blood and the navy captured the city? | Manila harbor |
| Who captured Manila by leading the Navy and destroyed the Spanish fleet? | Commodore George Dewey |
| Who was the leader of Filipino Insurrection and supported Dewey? | Emilio Aguinaldo |
| Who was the first government general of the Philippines and friends of Roosevelt? | William H. Taft |
| What was the outcome of the Treaty of Paris of 1898? | Cuba freed, Puerto Rico and Guam given to the U.S., and U.S. payed Spain 20 million for the Philippines |
| What Amendment states the U.S. has no intention of taking over Cuba? | Teller Amendment |
| What does Cuba become to the U.S.? | Protectorate |
| What did the U.S. require to put in there amendment? | Platt Amendment |
| What does the Platt Amendment say? | Cuba can't interfere with nations endangering them, not a lot of debt, lease of Guatanamo Bay, U.S. interferes if necessary |
| Who helped negotiated with Japan and Russia and ended the war between them and earned the Nobel peace prize? | Roosevelt |
| Who owned the Isthmus of Panama? | Colombia |
| Why did the U.S./Teddy want the Isthmus of Panama and when Columbia said no urged Panamanians to revolt? | Panama canal for quicker transport and quick for military ships |
| What happened when the Philippines were angry with the Treaty made rebels and used guerrilla tactics and the U.S. responds with "harsh" tactics? | Philippine-American war |
| What was founded in 1899 and campaigned against annexation of Philippines and imperialism? | American Anti-Imperialist League |
| Who were apart of the American Anti-Imperialist League? | Mark Twain, Jane Addams, and William Jennings Bryan |
| What set up the civil government in Puerto Rico and made sure the U.S. president had power of high elected officials? | Foraker Act (1900) |
| What was an extension of the Monroe Doctrine and was like "speak softly and carry the big stick?" | Roosevelt Corollary |
| What was the foreign policy for Taft and economic power and money instead of threatening tactics? | Dollar Diplomacy |
| What are the main causes of the Spanish-American war? | Delome letter, yellow Journalism, and sinking of the U.S.S. Maine |
| Who took out San Juan Hill? | Rough Riders |
| What battle was strategically important for the taking of San Juan Hill? | Battle of Kettle Hill |
| Where did the fighting of the Spanish American war start? | Philippines |
| What soldiers aren't given credit for there part of the war? | Buffalo soldiers |
| Who authored "The White Man's Burden?" | Kipling |
| Which president annexed Hawaii and fought the Spanish-American war during his presidency and was assasinated? | McKinley |
| Who opposed the overthrowing of Hawaii and demanded Queen Lilioukalani be put back as queen? | Cleveland |
| When did the Philippines become fully independent? | July 4, 1946 |
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