Chapter 17 Review Flashcards

1
Q

US extension of power over foreign lands affected Hawaii

A

imperialism

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2
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when a nation has control over a geographic area within another nation, the controlling nation dominates the economy

A

sphere of influence

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3
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to make up for its lack of a sphere of influence in China, the US secretary of state John Hay’s proposed plan is the policy that gave all nations equal trading rights in China

A

Open Door Policy

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4
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Secret society that formed to overthrow the Hawaiian monarchy and establish democracy in Hawaii under american control was known as the __

A

Hawaiian League

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5
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after the Russo-Japanese war, Japan:a) fell into economic depressionb) emerged as the strongest power in East Asiac) felt that it had fulfilled all of its natural resource needsd) stopped its modernization program

A

b

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6
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Planters of which crop gradually increased control over Hawaii?

A

sugar

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7
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In 1993, Congress apologized for the US role in Liliuokalani’s ___

A

overthrow

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8
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In what way did journalists influence the decision of the US to intervene in Cuba?

A

yellow journalism

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9
Q

Which Cuban independence leader was forced to leave Cuba but continued to promote Cuban independence from his new home in NY?

A

Jose Marti

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10
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What item did the New York Journal publish that caused outraged Americans to call for war? What did the item say?

A

de Lome letter; ridiculed McKinley for being “weak and catering to the rabble”

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11
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what was the most famous volunteer regiment that fought in Cuba, and who organized the regiment?

A

Rough riders; Theodore Roosevelt

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12
Q

described by John Hay as “a splendid little war”

A

Spanish-American war

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13
Q

scandalous stories combined with large, shocking illustrations

A

yellow journalism

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14
Q

ship that blew up in Havana Harbor

A

USS Maine

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15
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cavalry regiment organized by Theodore roosevelt

A

Rough riders

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16
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battle that led to the capture of Santiago

A

Battle of San Juan Hill

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17
Q

Proclaimed himself president of the Philippine Republic after the Spanish-American war

A

Emilio Aguinaldo

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18
Q

group that opposed US annexation of the Philippines

A

Anti-imperialist league

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19
Q

Founded the Cuban Revolutionary Party

A

Jose Marti

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20
Q

Commander who destroyed the Spanish fleet in the Philippines

A

George Dewey

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21
Q

African american soldiers who led the charge to capture kettle and San Juan hills in Cuba during the Spanish-American war

A

Buffalo soldiers

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22
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What did the Buffalo soldiers do?

A

escort settlers, cattle herds, railroad crews across frontier, defend settlers from Native American attacks. brave and tenacious; discriminated, segregated, couldn’t vote, nor promotion

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23
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What did TR say was his biggest achievement as president?

A

building the Panama Canal

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24
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What did the Wright Brothers do?

A

build airplane

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25
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Who was the first person to send a message around the world?

A

TR

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26
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How long did it take to drive cross country?

A

63 days

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27
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Did TR feel the world was growing more interdependent?

A

yes

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28
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What 2 nations did he see as a threat to the US?

A

Japan and Germany

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29
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What nation did TR want to have dominance in the Pacific?

A

US

30
Q

What did TR want to connect?

A

Atlantic and Pacific Ocean

31
Q

What was the strategic reason for a canal?

A

Move navy back and forth through the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans

32
Q

How much was Congress willing to spend to get a canal?

A

$50 million

33
Q

What was Panama’s mother country?

A

Colombia

34
Q

Who was TR’s Secretary of State?

A

John Hay

35
Q

What did the US have to do to weaker nations?

A

uplift, protect, and lead them

36
Q

What did TR encourage in Panama? What did TR send?

A

RebellionSent cruisers

37
Q

When did work begin on the canal?

A

1906

38
Q

How many men worked each day on the canal?

A

6000

39
Q

How many pounds of dynamite were used to create canal? How much concrete?

A

61 million pounds2 million cubic yards

40
Q

What was TR the first sitting president to do in 1906?

A

leave the US

41
Q

What was it best to do after the canal was built, not before?

A

Debate Roosevelt

42
Q

When did the first ship sail through the Panama canal?

A

1914

43
Q

What was the big ditch always seen as?

A

Roosevelt’s Canal

44
Q

The __ of 1900 established that the US would appoint PR’s governor and upper house of PR’s legislature

A

Foraker Act

45
Q

Dr. William Gorgas virtually eliminated the disease known as __ from Havana by developing a plan to drain all pools of standing water in which mosquitoes bred

A

yellow fever

46
Q

Panama canal linked the __ to the Pacific Ocean

A

Atlantic Ocean

47
Q

The Roosevelt’s corollary is sometimes referred to as the “big __” policy

A

stick

48
Q

Taft’s approach of advancing US interests through economic power rather than military power became known as

A

Dollar diplomacy

49
Q

The __, which the US forced Cuba to include in its new constitution, gave the US the right to intervene in Cuban affairs

A

Platt Amendment

50
Q

Following the Spanish-American war, Cuba became a US __, a country under the control and protection of another country

A

protectorate

51
Q

By 1903, the US had negotiated a treaty that would give it permanent use of the strip of land needed to build a canal across the Isthmus of Panama, but the Colombian __ refused to ratify the agreement

A

senate

52
Q

The roosevelt corollary was applied in the US response to the 1904 crisis in which the __ could not afford to repay its European lenders

A

Dominican Republic

53
Q

Sanitation personnel worked to eliminate mosquitoes from the Panama Canal construction zone in order to prevent __, a disease that can infect people over and over again

A

malaria

54
Q

T/F:Platt Amendment included several requirements, such as the selling or leasing of Cuban land to the US for naval and coaling stations

A

T

55
Q

T/F:Dollar diplomacy, corollary to Monroe Doctrine, declared the US had the right to act as an international police power in the Western hemisphere

A

FRoosevelt corollary

56
Q

T/F:Taft believed in advancing US interests in other countries through the Big stick policy, relying on economic power instead of military force

A

FDollar diplomacy

57
Q

T/F:New Cuban constitution, drafted in 1901, made Cuba a protectorate, which allowed the US to intervene in Cuba’s affairs in exchange for protecting Cuba from other nations

A

T

58
Q

T/F:Roosevelt corollary said that the US would appoint Puerto Rico’s governor as well as the legislature’s upper house

A

FForaker Act

59
Q

Delete term not related to others:a) constitutionb) Battle of Veracruzc) US Marinesd) Occupation

A

a

60
Q

Delete term not related to others:a) Zapatistasb) Mexican Revolutionc) Platt Amendmentd) Pancho Villa

A

c

61
Q

Delete term not related to others:a) 21-gun saluteb) USS Dolphinc) Tampico incidentd) Porfirio Diaz

A

d

62
Q

Delete term not related to others:a) Battle of Veracruzb) Mexican Revolutionc) USS Olympiad) Tampico incident

A

c

63
Q

The armed uprising against the rule of Porfirio Diaz began with revolts in different areas of the country

A

Mexican Revolution

64
Q

The arrest of nine US soldiers in a port city and demands for a specific Mexican response damaged US Mexican relations in 1914

A

Tampico Incident

65
Q

T/F:Mexican rebels known as Zapatistas were led by Porfirio Diaz

A

FNative american peasantsEmiliano Zapata

66
Q

T/F:The arrest by Mexican soldiers of nine sailors from the USS Dolphin came to be known as the Tampico incident

A

T

67
Q

T/F:Francisco “Pancho” Villa supported Porfirio Diaz during the Mexican Revolution

A

Fdidn’t support

68
Q

T/F:John Pershing commanded the US forces that moved into Mexican territory in pursuit of Pancho Villa

A

T

69
Q

T/F:Info that a German ship loaded with weapons for Victoriano Huerta’s forces was heading toward the Mexican port of Veracruz led to an American effort to seize the city

A

T

70
Q

What did Walter Reed do?

A

As head of the Yellow Fever Board, he conducted a controlled experiment on humans who were bit by mosquitoes to determine whether contaminated clothes or bedding were to blame for the cause of Yellow Fever