Age Of Empire

Question 0

Post war foreign policy

Answer 0

Imperialism

Uphold Monroe doctrine

Question 1

Ante-Bellum foreign policy

Answer 1

Isolation from Europe

Uphold the Monroe doctrine

Question 2

Factors that encouraged imperialism

Answer 2

Economics-comp. for markets
Yellow press-William R. Hearst Joseph pulitzer
Religion
Social darwinism
Captain Alfred Mahan- navy was source of power

Question 3

White mans burden

Answer 3

More advanced countries have a responsibility to help the not as advanced countries

Question 4

In 1867 USA acquires Alaska from who?

Answer 4

Russia

Question 5

What was Hawaii’s big crop and who was their biggest buyer?

Answer 5

Sugar and america

Question 6

Who where the first people to go to Hawaii?

Answer 6

Missionaries

Question 7

Imperialism

Answer 7

Creating a empire or rule by an emperor

Question 8

How did the McKinley tariff of 1890 affect Hawaii

Answer 8

It put a high tax on sugar which hurt their economy

Question 9

Who was the first president of the republic of Hawaii

Answer 9

Lauren Thurston

Question 10

Pan-American conference

Answer 10

Purpose: to increase our force in Latin America and trade agreements

Question 11

What was the problem in Venezuela in 1895

Answer 11

Gold had been discovered and both Guiana and venezuela claimed it

US is afraid Britain will use force to take it so we arbitrate. After this Britain starts trying to repair relations we US and view Germany as a bigger threat then America

Question 12

What was the spanish American war fought over

Answer 12

Cuba

Question 13

What did cuba farm? And who was their largest customer?

Answer 13

Sugar and US was their biggest customer

Question 14

what does the tariff of 1894 do

Answer 14

Puts a tax on Cuban sugar which leads to a rebellion in cuba

Question 15

Who did Spain send to be governor of Cuba and restore order?

Answer 15

Valeriano Weyler and the yellow press nickname him the “butcher”

Question 16

What sparks the Spanish America war

Answer 16

The explosion of the uss Maine because everyone thought the Spanish did it

Question 17

What is the teller amendment

Answer 17

Says that cuba must be free and gives the president the authority to use force to keep it free and there is a promise for america to not annex Cuba to the US

Question 18

Who is Emilio Aquando

Answer 18

Spanish revolt leader who helps the US In the Spanish American war

Question 19

Who was William shafter

Answer 19

He was in charge of the war in Cuba

Question 20

Who was 1st and 2nd in command of the rough riders

Answer 20

1st- Leonard wood

2nd- Theodore Roosevelt

Question 21

The battle of el caney was where?

Answer 21

San Juan hill and kettle hill

Question 22

Treaty of Paris of 1899

Answer 22

Ends the war
Cuba is free
United states gets the Philippines Guam and puerto Rico

Question 23

Positive results of the war

Answer 23

Helped to heal the wounds between the North and the south

US becomes a world power in the far east

Question 24

Negative results of the war

Answer 24

The constitutional question came up “does the constitution apply to the colonies/territories”

The insular cases said no

Question 25

In Cuba we add the platt amendment to their constitution, what does it do?

Answer 25

It says that cuba could do nothing to threaten their independence and the US had the right to intervene and maintain the peace in Cuba and they had to provide US with military bases

Question 26

Why is their a rebellion in the philippines and who leads it?

Answer 26

Because they thought they would be free like Cuba, Emilio Aquanaldo lead it

Question 27

What was the purpose of the Hague conference and who hosted it?

Answer 27

Purpose: to encourage military reduction
Tsar Nicholas the 2nd of Russia hosted it

Through this they did create a permanent court of arbitration

Question 28

What was the open door policy

Answer 28

John hay proposed it

Purpose: guarantee americas access to Chinese markets and guarantee the independence of china

Question 29

What was the goal of the boxer rebellion

Answer 29

To drive out all of the foreigners of china

Question 30

What does TR mean when he says “ speak softly and carry a big stick and you’ll go far”

Answer 30

He is talking about having a big and mighty navy

Question 31

Reasons for panama canal

Answer 31

Economic

Military

Question 32

Hay-pauncefote treaty

Answer 32

The British surrender the rights to build the canal to the US
Now all we need is Colombia’s permission

Question 33

Roosevelt corollary to the Monroe doctrine

Answer 33

The us has a moral mandate to force the latin American countries to pay their debts

Question 34

Who kidnaps Ian Perdicaris in morocco

Answer 34

Raisuli

Question 35

Russo-japanese war

Answer 35

Between Russia and Japan

They are fighting over Manchuria and Korea

Question 36

Portsmouth peace conference

Answer 36

Russia and Japan end the war and find peace
TR gets the noble peace prize because of this
After the US and Japan become rivals in the Pacific

Question 37

1905 Taft Katsura agreement

Answer 37

The us recognizes Japan’s ownership of Korea and japan recognizes we control the Philippines

Question 38

1907 gentlemen’s agreement

Answer 38

Limits the amount of Japan’s who can immigrate to the US

Question 39

1908 root Takahira agreement

Answer 39

Japan recognizes the open door policy in china