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Chapter 27 Flashcards

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causes of A imperaidlism

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overseas market could provide a safety valve
yellow press descried foriegn expolits as many adcentures
missionaries to spread A culture and religion
darwinism said eath belonged to the futtest

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beginnings of imperialism

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african broken up in 1880s
japan, germany, and russia extorted concession from china in 1890s
“big sister” policy

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big sister policy

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aimed to ally altin american behind A and open their markets

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minor conflicts

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A + german nvy over samoan islands
lynching italinas angered italy
chile and A when 2 A sailors died in chile
A and camada over seal hunting

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venezuela

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a and eng conflict when gold was discovered in a contested area of venexuela
london deined monroe doctrine
clevelanad ordered a bounary to be drawn and to fight over it if necessary
eng chose not to fight bc canada was vunerable to a and was having troules with germany

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effects of the conflicts with venezuela

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gave eng most of what they wanted anywyas
presige of monroe doctrine was enhanced
latin a was happy a would protect them
brtis turned to a friendship

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hawaii

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1820: 1st missionaries to HI
as became to regard HI as an expansion of their coastline
state de[artment warned other powers to stay away
sugar cultivation in HI failed w/ mcKinely tariff
white planters concluded the vest wasy to overcome tariff was to annex HI
blocked by Queen Liluokalani
cleveland withdrew annextation treaty and sent invesstagtors to HI
couldnt get rid of whites w/out scandal

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cubans revolt

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schorched earth policy
insurrectos torched sugarfields and attacled trains
A on cubas side bc of sentiment and $50 mil stake
spanish general weyler herded civilains into camps
As outraged and demanded action
cleveland against joining war
weyler removed but coditions worsened

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insurrectos

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Cuban insurgents who sought freedom from colonial Spanish rule.

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battle of the press over cuba

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william r hearst and joseph pilitzer attempted to outdo each other w/ stories of cuva
invented some stories
hearst sent an illstrator ro sketch the scenes of cuba
hearst headluned a private letter written by the spanish minister in Dc insulting mckinely

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the Maine

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A sent the battleship Maine to cuba for friendly As to escape if things went wrong
mysteriosly exploded
spanish commosion states that the explosio nwas internal and accidental
a commision said it was cuased by a submarine mine
was actually caused by fire in a coal bunker
As lept at the theory that the spanish did it on purpose

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dupuy de lome

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spanish minister who wrote a letter insulting McKinely

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liliuokalani

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hawaiian queen who insisted that native Hawaiians should control the Islands

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A goes to war in cuba

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nationakl war fever
madrid prmosed the end of teh camps and an armistace w/ cuban rebels
mckinely didnt want hostilities byt couldnt ignore public opnopn and didnt trust spanish promises
teller amendment

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teller amendment

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proclaimed to world that A had ovrethrown spanish misruling and gave cubans their freedom

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vicotry at manilla port

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As smaller army and worse navy
spanish bigger army and navy
hpeever, spanish navy not well managed
dewey descended on spanish philipines
spanish’s 10 vessels lost to As 6

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goerge dewey

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U.S. naval commander who defeated the Spanish fleet at the Battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish-American War

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“butcher” weyler

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spanish general who rounded ip up the population in reconcentrado camps

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theodore rooselvelt

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help biuld the navy
rough rider
vp and president of us

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invading cuba

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spamisj rdered warships to cuba led by admieral cevera
cevera found refuge in santiago harbor where he was blockaded by A fleet
A asmry sent from back to push him out
led by gen william r shafter
As were unequipped for war in tropics
“rough riders”
170000 embarked at tamoa
rough riders rushed transports and held for a week
shafter landed at santiago w/ rough riders/ amnd 2 black regiments on unorgnaized spanish army of 2000

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rough riders

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volunteer reginemt of cowboys led by colonel leonard wood who helped invade cuba

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end of spain in america

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cevera fought but spanish fleet was destroyed
santiago surrendered
if spain held on alittle longer, a wouldve lost due to disease
treaty was made

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obtaining puerto rico

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a amry commanded by gen nelson a miles descneded on puerto rico before war ended
met little resistanc e

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Treay of Paris (1898)

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cuba was freed
A secured guam and puerto rico
payed spain 20 mil for philipines

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problem of philipines
mck felt he couldnt give phil back to spanish misrule if left free, phil would fall to anarchy and germany would take over, starting a world war public wanted phil mck decided to take phil to christianize and civilize them
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debate over the annexation of cuba
anti-imperialost league fought with mck administration filipinos wanted freed om and ot annex them would violate "consent of the goverend" ezpansionists and imperialists appeled to patriotism and the glory of annexation playe up possible trade profits and natural resources bryan championed the treaty abd ut was approved
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conditions in puerto rico
many lived in poverty foraker act of 1900 A improved education, sanottion, transportation PRs still wanted independece some moced to NYC
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conditions in cuba
A set up military gov under gen wood improvements in gov, finance, education, agriclutre, and publi chealth removed and reduced yellow fever withdrew from cuba in 1898 cubans forced to write their constitution under the platt amendment
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effects of the spanish-smerican war
a prestige rose and gained respect national pride became imperialistic became a full-fledged Fa Eastern Power further closing of the bloody chasm b/w N and S
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the filipinos
watned indpendence DC excluded them from peace negotitionas INSURRECTION UNDER EMILIO AGUINALDO A DEPLOYEDTROOPS TO crush rebels built reconcentration camps william h taft improved roads, sanitation, oublic health, and education trade in sugar
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william h taft
civil governor in philipines w/ his "little brown brothers"
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china
as worried abt the vivisection of china open door note chinese didnt like w influence boxer rebellion multinational force quelled the rebellion assessed damge as 333 mil
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open door note
secretary of state john hay dispatched the note to the major world powers urged tgem to respect certain chinese rights in their spheres of influence
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boxer rebellion
chinese group murderered foreigners and christians
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election of 1900
repub renominated McK w/ VP Teddy Rooselvelt Byran renominated for dems. claiming there was a roblem w/ reub imperialism McK won
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TR as pres
Mck murdered preached virile cirtues and denounced pacifists cjampion of military and navy loved people believed pres should lead boldly and felt he could do whatever in the gernal interest unless specifically forbidden in const
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panama canal
help quicly move the navy and pritect new acquisitions problem: clayton-beulwer treaty said us couldnt secure an istmian roite hay-paunceforte treary french canal company champoined for panama over A wanting nivuragua columbia rejected A offer of 10 mil for a six mi wide zone panaminans rebelled bc they wonted the prosperity tr made panama an outpost and cnal construciton began
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revision of monroe doctrine
Latin A debt defaluts made eurpean countries mad and wanted to take action rooselvelt corollany
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roosevelt corollany
in the event of financial maldeasance by latin a , us would intervene and pay fff debts to keep europe away
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russia-japan dispute
russia wanted china's manchuria japan responded w/ a suprise attack japan ran out of money and men and approached TR to help sponser peace negotioations TR guided them into a settlement neigher liked soured relations b/w A and bith countries
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TR gets nobel peace prize
achieveing agreement b/w tussia and japan and helping arrainge an international conference to mediate disputes
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japanese in cali
new wave of japanese immigrants to cali san fan's school board segregared chinese, japanese, and koean to make room for whites japan mad tr invited the board to white housw ewhere he broke the deadlock repealed in exhange of less flow of japense immigrants root takahira agreement
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root-takahira agreement
pledged japan and A to respect other's territorial possessions and uphold open door in china
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great rapprochement
reconciliation b.w US and and Eng
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foraker act
gave the puerto ricans a limited degree of popular gov
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insular cases
USSC decreed that the const did not alwuas extend with full force to the new windfall
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platt amandmen t
treaty between the US and Cuba that attempted to protect Cuba's independence from foreign intervention
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hay-pauncefote treaty
gave us free hand to build and fortify the panama canal
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josiah strong
supported missionary work
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alfred thayer mahan
published The Influence of Sea Power upon History, 1660–1783, a revolutionary analysis of the importance of naval power
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james b blaine
advocated a "Big Sister" policy of United States domination in Latin America.
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Richard Olney
tirred up conflict with Great Britain during the Venezuelan Crisis
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Emilio Aguinaldo
Filipino leader who first fought against Spain and later led the Philippine insurgency against United States colonial rule.
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John Hay
author of the Open Door Notes

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