Chapters 20-21 (US History) Flashcards
imperialism
the quest for colonial empires
spheres of influence
regions where a particular country has certain rights
Lilioukalani
queen of Hawaii (overthrown), wanted to regain the monarchy
why did US want Hawaii
to make it into a fueling/naval station
open door policy
all nations should have equal trade and investments in China
Boxer Rebellion
the boxers (Chinese nationalists) attacked foreigners and wanted to get them out of China
Matthew Perry
came to Japan to persuade the emperor to trade with the US
USS Maine Incident
the ship had blew up and the blame was on the Spanish
why did USS Maine exist
to protect American lives
USS Maine Incident led to
Spanish-American War
winner of Spanish American War
US
what US got from Spanish American War
Puerto Rico, Guam, Philippines, Wake Island
William Randolph Hearst
journalist, blamed the Spanish for USS Maine Incident in his printings
Teddy Roosevelt (in Spanish-American War)
led Rough Riders up San Juan Hill (boosted troops moral)
Rough Riders
volunteers that joined Roosevelt
type of people in Rough Riders
gamblers, gold panners, college athletes
Emilio Aguinaldo
helped capture Manilla from Spanish, led Phillippines independance
Panama Canal
shorter travel time route from Atlantic to Pacific
Roosevelt Corollary
speech by Roosevelt, US will use armed forces to keep Europeans off of western hemisphere
Roosevelt’s Big Stick Policy
be careful and negotiable with your military around you
Dollar Diplomacy
made by Taft, substitute economics over military force
militarism
building up military and weapons
Trench Warfare
started in WWI, having holes/ditches in the ground in order to protect the men that were fighting
WWI (start and end)
1914-1918
causes of WWI
assassination of Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand, MAIN (militarism, alliances, nationalism, imperialism)
Franz Ferdinand
Arch Duke of Austria-Hungary
Gavrilo Princip
assassinated Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand
new weapons in WWI
submarines, machine guns, tanks, poison gas
allied powers
Great Britain, France, US, Russia
central powers
Germany, Bulgaria, Austria, Hungary, Ottoman Empire
Zimmerman note
Germany tried to get Mexico to join their side, promised Mexico the lands they lost, intercepted by the British
US enters WWI (when and why)
(1917) due to unrestricted submarine warfare
Great War
aka WWI, known for its technologies, largest conflict of war at that time
Russia and WWI
Russia dropped out as US entered, due to ineffective soldiers (that did not have the correct clothing)
what happened when Tsar Nicolas II went into WWI
no leadership in Russia, government was taken over, Russia had a food shortage/chaos
Vladimir Lenin and Bolsheviks
taken over Tsar Nicolas II provisional government, established a communist government
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
Russia gives up land to Germany
Treaty of Versallies
between US and Germany, Germany accepted fault for the war and had to pay reparations
Red Scare
period of anti-communists
causes of the Red Scare
Bolshevik revolution, labor strikes, bomb scares
effects of the Red Scare
radicals were deported, mistrust of foreigners, racism
A Mitchell Palmer
directed Palmer Raids/deportation of Radicals, and had received bomb threats through the mail
Palmer Raids
anti-communist crusade
Sacco and Vanzetti
charger with the murder of a pay master (found guilty/executed)
Teapot Dome Scandal
Harding’s Administration, Albert Fall leased oil reserves in exchange for accepting bribes
Albert Fall
created the Teapot Dome Scandal
Ku Klux Klan
white supremacist group. against Radicals, Jews, Catholics, African Americans, and immigrants
Pan Africanism
united all African Americans
Black Nationalism
led by Marcus Garvey, wanted to create a new independent state for African Americans in America
Marcus Garvey
head of black nationalism movement, wanted African Americans to have their own businesses
Harlem
capital of Black America in New York
alliances
an agreement between two or more countries help each other out and defend each other
nationalism
pride in one’s country
