Imperialism 1890-1899 Flashcards
6 driving forces for international business
- other nations trying to gain power/land
- farmers and factories
- yellow journalist made it sound really adventurous
- Missionaries wanted to spread message
- Darwinism belied: strong power over the weak
- Steel navy
Yellow journalism
Exaggerated or plain false news reporting
What book by Alfred Thayer perpetrated the naval race?
The Influence of Sea Power Upon History
T/F The United States was afraid of naval conflicts and largely shied away from agitated other countries during this time period
False
There were US and German naval hostilities over the Samoan Islands
[I don’t have anything else for this, but that happened]
Why did the US pay compensation to Italy?
11 Italians were lynched in New Orleans
Why did Chile pay indemnity to the US?
2 Americans were killed in the port of Valparaiso, Chile (1892)
How was the US and Canada’s conflict over seal hunting near the Pribilof Islands solved?
Arbitration
What was the dispute between Venezuela and the British?
Where the jungle boundary was between Venezuela and the British Guiana, especially after the discovery of gold there
What was the American response to the dispute between Venezuela and the British?
President Grover Cleveland and Secretary of State Richard Olney sent note to England citing the Monroe Doctrine, the British didn’t care, Cleveland decided that US Congress would draw the line for Venezuela and British Guiana and if the British didn’t comply it would mean war.
What was the result of Grover Cleveland’s decision to the Venezuelan and British Guiana dispute?
The British backed off. This started what’s known as the Great Rapprochement (aka the making up of) the US and British
How was Hawaii first used by whites in the early 17th century?
A way-station and provisioning point
What did Protestant Christian missionaries bring to Hawaii in the 1820s?
Their religious teachings and calico cloth
Was Hawaii fair game to any country who wanted it?
No, the US state department warned other countries off of the island in the 1840s even though it was not a part of the United States
What did a treaty with the Hawaiian natives get the US in 1887?
A naval base at Pearl Harbor
What did the McKinley Tariff Act of 1890 do in regards to Hawaii?
It banned or placed heavy heavy heavy tariffs on Hawaiian sugar, which really pissed off the sugar farmers (white people) who lived there
What did white sugar farmers want for Hawaii?
For it to become part of the USA
What did Queen Liliuokalani and the Hawaiian people want for Hawaii?
To remain their own state under their own control and to not become part of the USA
Who helped the white sugar farmers strike a successful revolt in 1893?
US troops, under unauthorized orders given by the US Hawaiian Ambassador
Why was the treaty of annexation for Hawaii stopped?
President Cleveland was replaced by Harrison, who withdrew the treaty and started an investigation
What was the result of the Hawaiian investigation?
The natives were not okay with annexation, the sugar farmers gave up, Hawaii remained free
What was the Cuban revolt of 1895?
Desperate against the Spaniards, destroying everything, lighting fields on fire
US Tariffs in 1894 put higher duties on what?
Sugar, the Cubans main profit
Why did the US get involved with the Cubans fighting their oppressors (the Spanish)?
They related to their message, they’d invested $50 million into them, and had $100 million annual trade stake with them
Who was sent from Spain to Cuba in 1896 to stop the revolt?
General “Butcher” Weyler
