Chapter 11 - Imperialism

Question 1

TR’s addition to the Monroe Doctrine that showed America’s newfound power in the world

Answer 1

Roosevelt Corollary

Question 2

Areas within a country only open to specific other nations for trade and influence

Answer 2

Spheres of influence

Question 3

Site of terrible treatment and lots of Anglo-Saxonism by the US after the Spanish-American War

Answer 3

Philippines

Question 4

Future President who helped rebuild the Philippines after we destroyed so much of them

Answer 4

William Howard Taft

Question 5

Cuban rebel who fought against Spanish rule

Answer 5

Jose Marti

Question 6

Nickname for the US navy ships we sent around the world to show off our naval superiority

Answer 6

Great White Fleet

Question 7

Term for strong nations taking over smaller, weaker nations (political, economic, military)

Answer 7

Imperialism

Question 8

Term for news that embellishes the truth in order to get attention and sell more papers

Answer 8

Yellow journalism (Yellow press)

Question 9

Established US control of Cuba

Answer 9

Platt Amendment

Question 10

The idea that rich white guys needed to take over and show the rest of the world how to live

Answer 10

Anglo-Saxonism

Question 11

The idea that God wanted the US to spread across our continent, and beyond

Answer 11

Manifest Destiny

Question 12

Established US control of Puerto Rico

Answer 12

Foraker Act

Question 13

The 9/10th Cavalry fought alongside these guys in Cuba

Answer 13

Rough Riders

Question 14

Not just competition between individuals, but also between nations, to establish superiority and claim empires

Answer 14

Social Darwinism

Question 15

Policy the US wanted followed in China that would allow equal trade among all foreign nations there

Answer 15

Open Door Policy

Question 16

President of the US when the Spanish-American War was fought

Answer 16

William Mckinley

Question 17

TR’s proudest achievement

Answer 17

Panama Canal

Question 18

Agreement that ended the Spanish-American War, and created an empire for the US

Answer 18

Treaty of Paris

Question 19

“The Butcher - dunh dunh duhhhh”

Answer 19

Valeriano Weyler

Question 20

Another word for rebellion or uprising

Answer 20

Insurrection

Question 21

TIny lady who got manhandled by US plantation owners in Hawaii

Answer 21

Queen Liliuokalani

Question 22

Remains a US territory to this day

Answer 22

Puerto RIco

Question 23

Group of Chinese nationalists who wanted to end foreign influence in their country

Answer 23

Boxer Rebellion

Question 24

Filipino hero who rebelled separately against Spain and the US

Answer 24

Emilio Aguinaldo

Question 25

War tactics that involve surprise attacks on the enemy

Answer 25

Guerrilla warfare

Question 26

Roosevelt worked out a compromise with Japan to improve our relationship

Answer 26

Gentlemen's Agreement

Question 27

USS Maine

Answer 27

Name of the ship that started blown up, which started the Spanish-American War "Remember the Maine!"

Question 28

Type of foreign policy established by TR that worked because of our strong navy to back up our actions

Answer 28

"Big stick" diplomacy

Question 29

Killed lots of our soldiers in the Spanish-American War, but not on the battlefield

Answer 29

Food poisoning/Diseases

Question 30

Nickname given to Alaska when we bought it in 1867

Answer 30

Seward Folly

Question 31

Economy in a colony where the colonizing country removed raw materials and shipped them back home to benefit its own economy

Answer 31

Extractive economy

Question 32

He called upon America to build a modern fleet and need to acquire foreign bases where American ships could refuel and gather fresh supplies

Answer 32

Alfred T. Mahan

Question 33

He urged overseas expansion as a way to keep the "safety valve" open and avoid internal conflict

Answer 33

Frederick Jackson Turner

Question 34

He negotiated a treaty that opened Japan to trade with America

Answer 34

Matthew Perry

Question 35

He led the Hawaiin's new government and asked president Benjamin Harrison to annex Hawaii into the US

Answer 35

Sanford B. Dole

Question 36

Newspaper publishers who heightened the public's dislike of the Spanish government

Answer 36

Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst

Question 37

De Lome letter

Answer 37

Spanish ambassador De Lome called (President) McKinley a weak and stupid politician. The letter fueled American jingoism and inflamed relations with Spain

Question 38

Jingoism

Answer 38

Aggressive nationalism

Question 39

He steamed his squadron of vessels into Manila Bay. He destroyed the entire Spanish fleet of ten ships, without losing any of his own ships and people

Answer 39

George Dewey

Question 40

Stipulated that the United States had no intention of annexing Cuba`

Answer 40

Teller Amendment

Question 41

The deplorable conditions US troops faced during the Spanish-American War

Answer 41

-They were issued out-of-date weapons -Wearing heavy wool uniforms that were unsuitable for Cuba's tropical climate -Eating rotting and contaminated food

Question 42

Treaty of Paris

Answer 42

-Spain gave up control of Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guam -Spain selling the Philippines to the US for $20 million

Question 43

They condemned imperialism as a crime and attacked it as "open disloyalty to the distinctive principles of our government"

Answer 43

American Anti-Imperialist League

Question 44

He censored the press and placed dissidents in jail to maintain order; he extended limited-self rule and ordered the construction of schools, roads, and bridges

Answer 44

William Howard Taft

Question 45

(1906) Pledged that the Philippines would ultimately gain their independence

Answer 45

Jones Act

Question 46

He issued the first of a series of notes to foreign diplomats in 1899. He reasserted America's Open Door Policy

Answer 46

John Hay

Question 47

What did the Platt Amendment provide?

Answer 47

The Platt Amendment gave restrictions on the rights of Cubans, and granted the U.S. the "right to intervene" to preserve order in Cuba

Question 48

What did the Foraker Act provide?

Answer 48

The Foraker Act helped established a civil government in Puerto Rico, in which Puerto Ricans could fill the rest of the legislature in a general election

Question 49

What did the Great White Fleet show about the US?

Answer 49

It demonstrated America's increased military power to the world; to show off our naval superiority

Question 50

What did the Roosevelt Corollary show about the US?

Answer 50

It reasserted America's long-standing policy of keeping the Western Hemisphere free from European intervention; showed America's newfound power in the world

Question 51

What did the "big stick" diplomacy show about the US?

Answer 51

Showed that America can achieve its goals (in Latin America) because of our strong military (navy) back up our actions

Question 52

How did the Panama Canal finally get completed?

Answer 52

Workers built a series of locks to raise ships to the level of Gatun Lake, 85 feet above sea level, to cross the isthmus

Question 53

What did the Panama Canal do for the US?

Answer 53

It cut some 8,000 nautical miles off the trip from the west coast to the east coast