Chapter 20 guide Flashcards
Sewards Folly
USA purchased Alaska from Russia for 7.2 million dollars
What deal was made with Hawaii and USA?
Hawaii was granted a reciprocity treaty on sugar in return Hawaii would yield no territory to foreign powers and a naval base was established at Pearl Harbor
After the king died, who was the new queen?
Queen Lil was the new nationalist monarch who wanted a “Hawaii for Hawaiians”
How was Lil removed?
Angry Americans didnt like her policies
When did Congress annex Hawaii as a new state?
in 1898 after the outbreak of the Spanish-American War
Who desired an American owned canal across the Isthmus of Panama?
President Grant
Who helped build the waterway, what policy was made?
The French organized a company to build the canal and Hayes announced that the United States would not permit a European power to control this waterway
Cuban Revolution
Cuban nationalists had been waging a war against Spain and the Spanish were herding Cuban rebels into inhumane camps
Cuban rebels who were fighting for democracy against an autocratic oppressor
What happened when spanish officals tried to reason with the rebels
failed to effectively deal with the Cuban rebels and McKinley ordered the battleship Maine to Havana Harbor
Yellow Journalism
a style of newspaper reporting that emphasized sensationalism over facts. During its heyday in the late 19th century it was one of many factors that helped push the United States and Spain into war in Cuba and the Philippines, leading to the acquisition of overseas territory by the United States. (Pulitzer and Hearst
WHy did McKinley and Congress finally call war on Spain?
The battleship explosion of the Maine was blamed on the Spanish, but no one knows for sure
What happened after USA forcefully removed Spanish officials from Cuba?
Spain declared war (Teller Amendment)
Admiral George Dewey attacked
the Spanish fleet in the Philippines and American troops controlled the Philippines
How did USA achieve a quick victory over Spanish in Cuba?
with aggressive units like the Rough Riders led by Teddy Roosevelt
What happened when USA won against Spain?
the Spanish agreed to leave Cuba, cede Puerto Rico and Guam, and the Philippines would be decided at a later peace conference in Paris
People were sceptical about taking Phillipines and making USA an empire. Why did Big Businesses want USA to take Philippines?
saw the Philippines as a gateway to markets in East Asia
Anit-Imperialists
governed by racial and ethnic prejudices
Labor leaders feared the competition of cheap labor
How mauch was Phillippines sold for at the peace treaty?
20 million
Emilio Aguinaldo
was furious that the United States would not leave and he helped launch a brutal guerilla war i the Phillippines
How did it end?
The war was brutal and It took 70,000 troops to get the island under control and the help of William Howard Taft as governor
Foraker Act
Established a government for Puerto Rico
It did not grant American citizenship
No self-government
Placed a tariff on Puerto Rican goods
Platt Amendment
finalized the exit of the United States
American intervention whenever necessary
Government that protected life, property, and individual liberty
Cuba could make no foreign treaties
Cuba must grant naval bases for the United States
Roosevelt Corollary
How did people feel about the Consitution applying to the new territories?
argued that all civil and political rights guaranteed in the Constitution also applied to people under U.S. control
Insular Cases (5-4 decision)
the Supreme Court ruled that they were “subjects” not citizens.
Open Door Policy
Russo-Japanese War
Roosevelt was able to successfully mediate and end the war with the Treaty of Portsmouth
Japan thought they got a raw deal and blamed the United States—relations between the two countries was cool
