ABAWP

Question 1

Teller amendment

Answer 1

• Us promised NOT to annex Cuba
  -US did keep promise

Question 2

The Maine

Answer 2

• anchored at Havana to protect US citizens in Cuba
• exploded and sank w a loss of 266 crew
• Americans blamed Spain & called for war

Question 3

Spanish American War

Answer 3

• Led by TR 1998
  Causes:
• explosion of the Maine
• yellow journalism
• de lome letter

Gained:
- Guam
- Puerto Rico
- Philippians
- America Becomes a World Power
- Peace treaty

Question 4

Rough - Riders

Answer 4

• Nicknamed by Teddy Roos.
• 1st US Volunteer Calvery
• “the Wild riders and riflemen
  -Texas rangers, rail road workers, and policemen
• composed of Baptist Ministers and Havard and Yale atheletes

Question 5

Platt Amendment

Answer 5

• Cuba was a US protectorate
• gave Us control of Guantanamo Bay as a naval base

Question 6

Imperialist

Answer 6

• one who advocates acquiring & holding colonies
  Ex: Alfred Thayer Mahan, Albert J Beveridge, Theodore Roosevelt

Question 7

Open Door Policy

Answer 7

• granted free trading opportunity to all nations

Question 8

Boxer Rebellion

Answer 8

• Anti- Foreign Chines called “boxers”
• made China pay a $333 milion indemnity
• Nov 2, 1899 - Sep 7, 1901
• Boxers went on a violent rampage to drive all foreigners from China

Question 9

Urbanization

Answer 9

• people migrating from rural to urban areas

Question 10

Susan B Anthony

Answer 10

• Led womens suffrage

Question 11

Imperialism

Answer 11

• policy of extending a countries power and influence through diplomacy or military force

Question 12

1898

Answer 12

• spanish american war
• secured position of US

Question 13

Alfred Thayer Mahan

Answer 13

• had major impact on expansionists
• wrote “The Influence of Sea Power Upon History”
• Believed that we needed more sea power/ needed a stronger navy
• Teddy R agreed with this

Question 14

De Lome Letter

Answer 14

• private letter stolen by Cuban revolutionaries
• written by Spanish Ambassador Enrique Dupuy De Lome
• Criticized Pres William McKinley and called him weak and only cared about getting favor of the crowd

Question 15

Yellow Journalism

Answer 15

• Sensationalize press coverage
• Exaggerated newspaper reports
  Ex:
  The yellow kid, Hully Gee - Joseph Pulitzer in the NY world
  William Randolph Hearst - NY Journal