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Imperialism11
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The policy in which stronger nations extend their economic, political, and military control over smaller, weaker nations | Imperialism |
| This person urged the U.S. to build up their Naval power | Alfred T. Mahan |
| This person was the secretary of state and arranged the buying of Alaska | William Seward |
| How much did we buy Alaska for? | $7.2 million |
| Did American citizens feel buying Alaska was a good use of money? | no |
| The U.S. pressured Hawaii to let them build a naval base here | Pearl Harbor |
| Why were Americans interested in Cuba? | Sugar cane plantations |
| This person was a Cuban on exile in New York. He was a poet and launched a revolution for Cuba against Spain. | Jose Marti |
| This person was a General sent by Spain to Cuba to restore order. | Valeriano Weyler |
| This person said, "You furnish the pictures, i'll furnish the war." | William Randolph Hearst |
| These two people had newspapers and did yellow journalism: | William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer |
| This exagerates news to lure and enrage readers. | Yellow journalism |
| This letter was written by the Spanish Minister and while it was in a Havana post office, a Cuban rebel stole it and gave it to the American states media. | DeLome letter |
| The explosion of this U.S. vessel fueled the Spanish American War. | U.S.S. Maine |
| This person, during the Spanish American War, gave the command that Americans were aloud to open fire at the Spanish fleet. | George Dewey |
| This man was the head of Filipino rebels | Emilio Aguinaldo |
| Teddy Roosevelt was the head of this volunteer calvary. | The Rough Riders |
| This was the place f an infantry attack by Teddy Roosevelt and the Rough Riders. | San Juan Hill |
| The Treaty of Paris: Spain game America these three countries: | Guam, Puerto Rico and the West Indies |
| The United States payed Spain this much for the Phillipines. | $20 million |
| What were the two reasons the United States had interest in Puerto Rico? | Stragetic placing and the Panama Canal |
| This Act ended military rule in Puerto Rico and set them up a civil government. | Foraker Act |
| This set of Cases said the the U.S. constitution doesn't apply to aquired territories. | Insular |
| This Amendment said that the U.S. had no intentions of taking over Cuba | Teller |
| This Amendment said: -Cuba cant have treaties -U.S. has right to interviene with all Cuban affairs -U.S. can buy and lease land for naval and refueling stations | Platt |
| Vocab Word: A country whose affairs are partially controlled by a stronger country or nation | protectorate |
| Why was the U.S. interested in China? | Vast markets |
| This person was the secretary of state and issued the Open Door Notes | John Hay |
| This was a set of letters to the leaders of other imperialist nations proposing that all countries share trade with the U.S. | Open Door Notes |
| This policy prevented other countries from shutting us our from trading with China | Open Door Policy |
| This rebellion had boxers that were mad because europeans inhabited many of China's big cities | Boxer |
| Roosevelt negociated what treaty that earned him the Nobel Peace Prize in 1906? | Treaty of Portsmout |
| Roosevelt felt the United States needed to build a canal across Panama to make what kind of travel faster?(2) | Commercial and Military |
| This treaty gave the United States the rights to build the Panama Canal | Hay-Pauncefote Treaty |
| The panamanians rebelled against the colombians because they wanted what? | independence |
| The United States payed Panama this much to be able to build the Panama Canal (not including the annual pay) | $10 million |
| The United States payed Panama this much annually for the canal | $250,000 |
| This doctorine told european countries to stay our of Latin american affairs | Monroe |
| This said that the U.S. would use force to protect its economic interests in Latin America | Roosevelt Corollary |
| This denied any Latin American country that the us viewed as oppressive, undemocratic, or hostile to U.S. interests | Missionary Diplomacy |
| Regarding the Mexican revolution: this general took over the government after Diaz was overthrown | General Victoriano Huerta |
| Regarding the Mexican revolution: This man was the leader of the people who wanted to overthrow Diaz | Francisco Madero |
| This man threatened reprisals against the U.S. | Pancho Villa |
| What was Pancho Villa's real name? | Doroteo Arango |
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