Ch 9-10 Flashcards

1
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Imperialism

A

the policy in which stronger nations extend their economic, political, or military control over weaker territories

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2
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Yellow journalism

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Exaggerates news to attract more readers

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3
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Treaty of Wanghia

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4
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Treaty of Kanagawa

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5
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Social Darwinism

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Survival of the fittest

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6
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Platt Amendment (4)

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Cuba can’t make treaties that threaten independence
US can intervene in Cuba
Cuba can’t go into debt that it’s gov can’t repay
US can have land for naval or refueling stations

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7
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Anglo-Saxonism

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English speaking whites are superior race

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8
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Roosevelt Corollary

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US will use force to protect economic interests in Latin America

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9
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Dollar diplomacy

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Garunteed loans made to foreign countries

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10
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Boxer Rebellion

A

Effort by Chinese to get rid of foreigners in China

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11
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Northern securities company

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EST monopoly over nw railroads

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12
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Meat Inspection Act

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Requirements to make meat cleaner

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13
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Pure Food & Drug Act

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Halted sale of contaminated food and drugs

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14
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Bully pulpit

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Roosevelt can dictate orders wherever he went

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15
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Influences upon sea power

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Shows importance of military strength and uses Brit empire as example

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16
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Causes of the Spanish-American War (4)

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Cuban people burned plantations and blamed it on Spain,

Valeriano weyler puts Americans and Cubans in concentration camps, yellow journalism, uss Maine explodes

17
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Alfred t mahan

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Wrote influences upon sea power, wanted America’s military to grow

18
Q

Valeriano weyler

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Put us in concentration camps in Cuba

19
Q

​Jose Marti’

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Cuban poet who wrote against the Americans and Spanish having control of Cuba

20
Q

Sanford B. Dole

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First leader of Hawaii

21
Q

John Hay open door notes

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We would open up our trade with everyone to protect interests in China

22
Q

Emilio Aguinaldo

A

Rebel leader who was mad at America for treaty of Paris because it said Philippines was to be annexed which meant he couldn’t rule Philippines