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Chapter 11 - Imperialism Flashcards

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

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Roosevelt Corollary

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

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Spheres of influence

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

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Philippines

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

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William Howard Taft

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Cuban rebel who fought against Spanish rule

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Jose Marti

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

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Great White Fleet

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

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Imperialism

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

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Yellow journalism (Yellow press)

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Established US control of Cuba

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Platt Amendment

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

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Anglo-Saxonism

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

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Manifest Destiny

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Established US control of Puerto Rico

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Foraker Act

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

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Rough Riders

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

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Social Darwinism

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

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Open Door Policy

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

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William Mckinley

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TR’s proudest achievement

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Panama Canal

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

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Treaty of Paris

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“The Butcher - dunh dunh duhhhh”

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Valeriano Weyler

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Another word for rebellion or uprising

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Insurrection

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TIny lady who got manhandled by US plantation owners in Hawaii

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Queen Liliuokalani

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Remains a US territory to this day

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Puerto RIco

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

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Boxer Rebellion

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Filipino hero who rebelled separately against Spain and the US

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Emilio Aguinaldo

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War tactics that involve surprise attacks on the enemy

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Guerrilla warfare

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Roosevelt worked out a compromise with Japan to improve our relationship

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Gentlemen’s Agreement

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USS Maine

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

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

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“Big stick” diplomacy

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

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Food poisoning/Diseases

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Nickname given to Alaska when we bought it in 1867

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Seward Folly

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

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Extractive economy

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

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Alfred T. Mahan

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

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Frederick Jackson Turner

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He negotiated a treaty that opened Japan to trade with America

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Matthew Perry

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

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Sanford B. Dole

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

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Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst

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De Lome letter

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

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Jingoism

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Aggressive nationalism

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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

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George Dewey

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

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Teller Amendment

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

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

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Treaty of Paris

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

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

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American Anti-Imperialist League

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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

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William Howard Taft

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

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Jones Act

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

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John Hay

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What did the Platt Amendment provide?

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

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What did the Foraker Act provide?

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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

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What did the Great White Fleet show about the US?

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

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What did the Roosevelt Corollary show about the US?

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

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What did the “big stick” diplomacy show about the US?

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

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How did the Panama Canal finally get completed?

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

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What did the Panama Canal do for the US?

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

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