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Age Of Empire Flashcards

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Post war foreign policy

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Imperialism

Uphold Monroe doctrine

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Ante-Bellum foreign policy

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Isolation from Europe

Uphold the Monroe doctrine

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Factors that encouraged imperialism

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

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White mans burden

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

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In 1867 USA acquires Alaska from who?

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Russia

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

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Sugar and america

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Who where the first people to go to Hawaii?

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Missionaries

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Imperialism

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Creating a empire or rule by an emperor

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How did the McKinley tariff of 1890 affect Hawaii

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It put a high tax on sugar which hurt their economy

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Who was the first president of the republic of Hawaii

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Lauren Thurston

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Pan-American conference

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

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What was the problem in Venezuela in 1895

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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

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What was the spanish American war fought over

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Cuba

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

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Sugar and US was their biggest customer

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what does the tariff of 1894 do

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

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

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

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What sparks the Spanish America war

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

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What is the teller amendment

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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

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Who is Emilio Aquando

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

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Who was William shafter

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He was in charge of the war in Cuba

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

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1st- Leonard wood

2nd- Theodore Roosevelt

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The battle of el caney was where?

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San Juan hill and kettle hill

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Treaty of Paris of 1899

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

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Positive results of the war

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Helped to heal the wounds between the North and the south

US becomes a world power in the far east

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Negative results of the war

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

The insular cases said no

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

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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

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

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

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

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

Through this they did create a permanent court of arbitration

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What was the open door policy

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John hay proposed it

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

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What was the goal of the boxer rebellion

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To drive out all of the foreigners of china

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

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He is talking about having a big and mighty navy

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Reasons for panama canal

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Economic

Military

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Hay-pauncefote treaty

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

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Roosevelt corollary to the Monroe doctrine

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

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Who kidnaps Ian Perdicaris in morocco

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Raisuli

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Russo-japanese war

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Between Russia and Japan

They are fighting over Manchuria and Korea

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Portsmouth peace conference

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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

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1905 Taft Katsura agreement

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

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1907 gentlemen’s agreement

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

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1908 root Takahira agreement

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Japan recognizes the open door policy in china

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