imperialism Flashcards
quiz
what are the goals of US foreign policy
maintain a balance of power across nations
promote democratic principels and ideas
maintain national security
protect international investments
isolationism
loner - strict non involvement in the affairs of other nations
collective security
team player - working with other countries to influence world affairs
internationalism
world policeman - intervening in other countrys affairs to promote important national interest and/or safeguard national security
imperialism
world bully - extending power by acquiring territory around hte globe or exploiting weaker nations to serve national interests
what is manifest destiny
belief that god chose america to rule the world
what is 1890 US census
counts the numer of people in the country
who is Alfred T Mahan
retired navy guy, writes a book “the influence of sea power upon history”
who is Josiah Strong
leader of the social gospel movement
writes “our country: its possible future and its present crisis”
who was china controlled by
russua, japan, britian, france, and germany
who is John Hay
open door policy - bluffed our way in
latin american market
primarily controlled by spain, colonies seeking independence, weak governments and economies, spanish american war
explain the whole USS Maine thing
it was a boat that sunk in Havana Harbor
what does spain lose from the treaty of paris
cuba, puerto rico, philippines, guam, and others
what were the underlying causes of the spanish american war
oppressive spanish govt, imperialist attitudes, jingoism, monroe doctrine, Sugar interest
what is imperialist attitudes
hypocritical, believes in manifest destiny
what is jingoism
nationalism on steriods just loves america
what is the monroe doctrine
states that europe stays on their side of the country and so will we
what our are sugar interests in cuba
50 million invested in cuban sugar, we want to keep cuba safe so that our money is safe
who was the president
cleveland to Mckinley
what do people say about Mckinley
that they are weak
what is yellow journalism
meaning the paper had a yellow tent
what was the sinking of the Maine
a battleship sunk by Cuba by hitting an underwater mine, they would plant them in a patter, war events
what is the battle of Manila Bay (dewey and aguinaldo)
dewey was the nave and aguinaldo was the leader of filippino people, A tries to gain control of the philippines in June fighting breaks out in Cuba then in July they volunteer calvary units (rough riders) begin fighting in Cuba
what is Hawaii background info
has very fertile soil, convert hawaiians to christianity, missionaries became rich sugar planters, americans took control of shops and shipyards
why was the US interested in Hawaii
trade center for shippers, sailors, and whalers that wished to trade with asian nations, manifest destiny, military strategy, keep close watch on Asian countries, vast amounts of sugar from fertile soil
how did the US take over hawaii
imperialism - annexed it to protect their interests in hawaiian sugar
how were our actions toward hawaii imperialistic
destroyed their economy, McKinley Tariff - tax on imported sugar, drastic decrease in hawaiian sugar prices, weakening its government, planters revolted and asked the US to annex Hawaii
how was hawaii annexed
Harrison agreed but cleveland denied it and it was not annexed until the spanish american war
alaska - manifest destiny
it had gone a little quiet, imperilistic ideas grew, wimmiam sewards proposal for the alaskan purchase
sewards folly
nickname was russian america, 7.2 million dollars, sewards folly, polar bear garden, sewards icebox
alaska - the size
larder that the combined area of 23 of the smallest US states and districts, gold rushes in alaska brought thousands of miners and settlers to alaska
