Becoming a World power (imperialism) Flashcards
What is a policy by which strong nations extend power ?
political, military, and economic
what is Imperalialism
Empire buidling; Imperialism, sometimes called empire building, is the practice of a nation forcefully imposing its rule or authority over other nations.
why did the united states get involved in imperialism (or causes of imperialism)
Desire to find people to buy things we made
- needed friendly ports to resupply our military ships
- the belief in social darwinism
- the belief that we had a responsiblity to share the “blessings” of western civilization such as medicine, education,christianity, etc
what was the idea that western countries had a responisbility to share the “blessings” of western civilization such as medicine, educatucation, christianity, etc?
White mans burden
what is the belief that only the fittest survive, whether it is a buisness, a people group, or a nation
social darwinism
who wrote a book about the influence of sea power on history in which he encouraged the US to build a modern fleet and increase our naval power?
Alfred T Mahan
Who was the queen of Hawaii when the US overthrew her and made Hawaii a territory of the US
Liliuokalni
Imperialistic presidents:
Mckinley, Teddy Roosevelt
Details of the Spanish-American War
- cuba was owned by spain but wanted to be free of spain
- newspaper journalists used yellow journalism to try to convince the american publc to support a war for cuban independance
- the US declaired war on spain but promised cuba that we would not try to make cuba part of the US
- American buisnessmen had investents in cuba and wanted our president to protect their interests there so he sent the US battleship the Maine to be in Savannah harbor(Cuba) in case americans needed to escape
anti-imperialistic presidents
Grover Cleveland, Woodrow Wilson
what is the publishing of sensational or exaggerated headlines and pictures on the front page of a newspaper in order to sell more papers
yellow journalism
what two nespaper publishers were rivals who tried to sell more papers than the other and used yellow journalism too.
Joseph Pulitzer and william randolph hearst
what is aggressive nationalism
jingoism
what did the US sign, saying that even though we would help cuba gain their independence from spain, the US had no intention of annexing (taking in) Cuba as part of the US
The teller amendment
who was the american naval commander who freed the philipines from spain?
commodore george dewey
