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Isolationism

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A country that wants to stay out of world affairs.

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Expansionism

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Policy of extending a nations boundaries.

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Interests

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Money, land, coal, oil, resources.

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America conducted foreign trade to where?

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Europe Nd Asian countries such as China.

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Who did Japanese rulers fear, and so what did they do?

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Outsiders and so they cut themselves off to the rest of the world in the 1600s.

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What happened to shipwrecked sailors who were wrecked on shores off thresholds of Japan ?

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We’re to allowed to leave.

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What did Americans want Japan to open?

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It’s ports for trade.

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What did President Milliard Fillmore do in 1853-54?

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Sent Commodore Matthew Perry to Japan to ask Japan to open trade relations with the U.S.

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Gunboat Diplomacy

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Using military forces to frighten foreigners into signing agreements.

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Treaty of Kanagawa

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Japan accepts to help shipwrecked sailors. It opened up two ports to American trade. Japan begins to become an industrial nation.

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Imperialism

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The policy of powerful countries seeking to control the economic and political affairs of weaker countries.

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Reasons for Imperialism

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Industrialized nations needed raw materials and new markets. Racism and competition.

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Racism

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Belief that one race is superior to another.

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What did many Europeans feel that they had the duty to do?

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Spread their religion and culture to people who were less civilized.

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Competition

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European countries took over areas and closed their markets to other countries.

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What did many feel would happen if the U.S. didn’t gain foreign markets?

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Economy would collapse.

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Who was Alfred T. Mahan and what did he write?

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Naval captain. Wrote *the influence of sea power upon history.

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What was Alfred’s book about?

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Argued that the prosperity of America depended on trade and a bigger Navy was needed to protect merchant ships. The need to expand the U.S. Navy and to acquire Naval bases throughout the world.

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Hawaii

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Rich in soil, warm climate, and plentiful rainfall, allows farmers to grow crops all year round.

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What were American missionaries eager to do?

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Convert Hawaiians to Christianity.

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What did Americans set up in Hawaii?

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Large sugar plantations.

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As what grew so did what?

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As sugar plantations grew, so did the power of American planters.

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What did American planters do to Queen Liliuokalani?

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Rebelled against her.

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Who was sent to protect American lives in Hawaii?

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U.S. Marines.

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What does the Queen do and then what happens?

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Se gives up her throne and then Hawaii was annexed in 1898.

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Who was the Secretary of State?

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William Seward

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What did the Secretary of State want the U.S. to do?

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Dominate trade in the Pacific.

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Annex

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Add on or take over.

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What did Seward persuade Congress to do?

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Annex Midway Island.

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What does Seward help to do?

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Buy Alaska from Russia for $7.2 million.

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What was “Seward’s Folly”?

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Many Americans thought of Alaska as a barren land of icy mountains and frozen fish.

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What was Alaska rich in?

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Gold, timber, copper, petroleum, natural gas, and the lowlands were suited for farming.

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Sphere of Influence

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An area, usually around a seaport where a nation had special trading privileges.

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Where did Japan carve spheres of influence?

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China

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What was the U.S. eager to gain?

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A share of the China trade.

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Open Door Policy

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Policy issued by Secretary of State John Hay that allowed a nation’s sphere of influence in China.

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What did many Chinese resist?

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Foreign influence so some formed secret society called the Righteous Fists of Harmony, or Boxers.

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Boxer Rebellion

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1900 the boxers attacked westerners foreign governments organized an international army to put down the uprising.

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Causes of the Spanish American War

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Spanish atrocities, wartime acts of cruelty and brutality.

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What did Americans invest in Cuban stuff?

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$50 million in sugar and rice plantations, railroads, tobacco, and iron mines.

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What was American trade with Cuba worth?

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$100 million a year.

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Sinking of the u.s.s Maine

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Feb 15, 1898, the u.s.s Maine explodes killing 260 sailors accident

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Yellow journalism

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Reporting style that relies on sensational stories and headlines.

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Spanish American War

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Lasted only 4 months war took place in the Carribean and the Philippine islands.

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War in Cuba Buffalo Soldiers

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African Americans of the 9th and 10th Cavalries.

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War in Cuba Rough Riders

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Volunteer Cavalry Regiment led by Thoedore Roosevelt.

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War in the Philippines

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Commodore Dewey sailed his fleet into Manila harbor and destroyed the Spanish fleet.

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Platt Amendment

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Allowed the us to intervene in Cuba and gave the us control of the naval base Guantanamo Bay.

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Protectorate

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A nation whose independence is limited by the control of a more powerful country.

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Who becomes an American protectorate?

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Cuba

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Foraker Act

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Gave Puerto Rico a limited say in their own affairs. Us sets up a new government.

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Isthmus

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A narrow strip of land connecting two large bodies of land.

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Theodore Roosevelt was determined to do what when he became president?

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Build a canal through the isthmus of Panama.

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Canal benefits:

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Shorter journey, reduce the cost of shipping, the Navy could move ships quicker.

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What did Secretary of State John Hay offer Colombia to rent a strip of land across Panama?

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$10 million cash, plus $250,000 a year.

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Does Colombia accept the deal?

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No, they refuse.

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What did Panamanians want to do?

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Break away rom Colombia.

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What did Roosevelt let be know?

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That if the Panamanians revolted he would help to support the rebellion.

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Where did us warship Nashville drop anchor?

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Port of Colon, Panama.

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What happened when Panamanians rebelled?

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American forces stopped Colombian troops from crushing the revolt.

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What did us recognized Panama as and what did Panama do in return?

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An independent nation, Panama let the us build a canal.

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Secretary of state William C Seward’s desire to dominate trade in the Pacific resulted in the annexation of Midway Island and?

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The purchase of Alaska from Russia.

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What was the goal of the righteous fists of harmony or the boxers?

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Resist foreign influence.

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What American action prompted the Japanese Emperor to sign the treaty of Kanagawa?

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An American show of force using steam powered warships.

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Which of the following is not a reason for imperialism?

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Gunboat diplomacy.

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What discovery in the 1890s changed American’s minds about Seward’s folly?

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Prospectors found gold, loggers found rich stands of timber, and drillers found deposits of petroleum and natural gas.

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Corollary

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Addition to

68
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Dollar diplomacy

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Building strong economic ties to Latin America.

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Moral diplomacy

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Condemn imperialism, spread democracy, and promote peace.

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