Term | Definition |
Hawaii | Perfect fit to Asia
Cleveland "Investigates"
McKinley approves
Becomes a territory |
McKinley Tariff | Hurts Hawaiian sugar market
Causes American Sugar planters in Hawaii to overthrow Queen Lilioukalani and ask the US for annexation |
China | Qing dynasty weakened
--- Rebellions, lost the Sino-Japanese War
Western Powers took advantage Russia, Japan, France, England, Germany
--Exploited trade and business |
TR and the Rough Riders | He quit his job as assistant secretary of the navy
Created band of volunteer soldiers to Cuba
Get sick on the boat ride over- eating canned food from the Civil War
Clear examples of how ill equipped America was for was
Battle of San Juan Hill
US win |
McKinley' 1st Term and Beginning of 2nd | Acquired:
-Trade Abilities in China
-Owned H, P, P-R, G
TR as VP
Defeat William Jennings Bryan
Is assassinated in 1902 |
Empire | Taking over other countries that then are united and ruled by one government |
Territorial Empire | Using an army to take over a country |
Cultural Empire | Using missionaries to try and Christianize |
Economic Empire | "You WILL trade with us" |
Teller Amendment | We are not going to take over Cuba, we are going to liberate them
Be like the French in the American Revolution |
Panama Canal | TR's "crowning achievement"
France was going to but they contracted yellow fever due to the mosquitoes
Panama was a part of Colombia
The price of the canal was too high when they were under Colombian rule
Encouraged rebellion |
"The Influence of Sea Power on History" | Alfred T Mahan
Those who have strong navys control the markets
Future of US economy depended on a strong navy
Influenced Congress |
Philippine Government Act | U.S. president appoints governor in the Philippines 1902 |
Speak softly and carry a big stick | TR
Say it nicely but with great force and intimidation |
Theodore Roosevelt | Common Man
A lot of sadness
Rich family
environmentalist, Big Game Hunter, Cowboy
Weak as a child
U.S.is weak and needs a mission, and agenda, and needs to "bulk up" like TR did when he was younger |
Clara Barton | Angel of the Battlefield
Santiago Cuba
Gathered together nurses and doctors to aid the wounded soldiers in the Spanish American War |
Imperialism | The action of making an empire by taking other countries unequally(conquering, subjugating)
ex. 13 colonies |
Our Country | Josiah Strong
Americans need to christianize and help the "weaker countries"
WHITE MAN'S BURDEN |
Jingoism | Extreme patriotism in the form of aggressive foreign policy
Internal economic dominance AND external economic dominance/ expansions |
Social Darwinism | Survival of the strongest race
Societies best suited for life would succeed
Ex. Fredrick Jackson Turner, TR, Henry Cabot Lodge |
General "Butcher" Weyler | 150,000 troops sent to Cuba
Only innocent are sent to the concentration camps
Scare, torture, malnutrition
200,000 deaths |
Yellow Journalism | eye catching headlines
Little reasearch or fact
Hearst-- Journal
Pulitzer-- World |
Admiral George Dewey | Battle of Manila Bay
Surprise attack on the Spanish fleet in the Philippines
Away from the homeland
Then to Spain's fleet in Cuba and invade Puerto Rico |
Platt Amendment | US is Cuba's virtual protectorate
-cannot make treaty w/ foreign nation that impairs independence
-Cannot contract excessive public debt
-Allowed to preserve order
-99 year naval base |
USS Maine | Havana Harbor 1898
Protect US business
Exploded 266 soldiers die
Blame Spain
Amo next to boiler room, fire in ammo-- BOOM |
Roosevelt Corollary | Expands on the Monroe Doctrine
We are the police of the Western Hemisphere
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DeLome Letter | McKinley is weak, ill fit, cowardly |
Great White Fleet | Modern steel nave
Painted white for intimidation
Worldwide tour |
John Hay | Secretary of State
Demanded China keep and open door policy
US wants "most favored nation" status |
White man's burden | Social Darwinism
Help other countries to become more like us
Get rid of world problems
Spread democracy and Christianity
Get resources in return |
Buena-Varilla Treaty | Maintain Panama's independence
Get land to build a canal
Right to bring in Navy |
Anti-Imperialist League | Against DOI and Constitution
Fear of Chea p foreign labor and products (competition)
Failed by 1 vote to prevent ratification of the Spanish treaty
Jennings Bryan's defeat "eroded anti-imperialism cause" |
Philippine Insurrection | Pres. Aguinaldo
General Francisco Makabulos
Guerilla warfare
Filipinos in concentration camps
many dead |
Boxer Rebellion | Anti western uprisings
set people on fire
White man's burden |
Dollar Diplomacy | Taft
Not aggressive foreign policy
Pay off other countries debts so that they owe us |