Imperialism to World War 1 Flashcards
The policy of establishing colonies and building an empire…
Imperialism
Reason for the policy of imperialism…
Having to find more raw materials for new goods brought on by the Industrial Revolution and power.
Who stated imperialism was necessary for national security and prosperity, but must also have a powerful navy to achieve this?
Alfred Thayer Mahan,wrote “Influence of Sea Power on History”
Following the Civil War, most Americans gave little thought to foreign affairs, which led to the the US preaching a policy of __________ meaning it did not interfere with other countries.
Isolationism
Eventually the policy of little interference changes with the US involving itself in…
Pacific and Latin America
Included with the involvement of Pacific and Latin America was the…
Roosevelt Corollary, which was the amendment to the Monroe Doctrine and essentially stated the same thing as Dollar Diplomacy
Term Dollar Diplomacy coined by…
William Howard Taft, Roosevelts successor
Roosevelt Corollary, amendment to Monroe Doctrine did what?
Involved the US using financial assistance as a way to control countries. Used for Nicaragua, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic
One of the US’s actions in the Pcaific included the purchase of _______ from Russia, which due to seemingly worthlessness was nicknamed “Sewards Folly” after purchaser, Secretary of State ________.
Alaska
William Seward
Other forms of imperialism included the US’s appearance at the __________ conference, in which US first attempted to assume leadership of the hemisphere.
Pan-American
During its Imperialistic efforts, the US also sent General ______ to pursue ______ in Mexico.
Pershing
Pancho Villa
Before Pancho Villa, the US also sent marines and dignitaries to Hawaii to overthrow _______. We later annexed the state in 1898.
Queen Liliuokalani
The west was explained to be important to the development of America in the ________ by Fredrick Jackson Turner
Frontier Thesis
The Spanish-American War began as a simple revolt between….
Cuban and Spanish leaders
The atrocities committed by the Spanish were publicized by ________ of the New York World and ________, Hearst of the New York Journal in what is called Yellow Journalism.
Joseph Pulitzer (New York World)
William Randolph (Hearst of the New York Journal)
The US became involved in the Spanish-American war for a number of reasons, but the main issue was…
The independence of Cuba, as seen in the Teller Amendment. (attached to the war declaration)
More reasons for joining the Spanish-American War…
The De Lome Letter, which was written by Spanish Ambassador criticizing President McKinley, who eventually sent congress a war message.
The explosion of the USS Maine, which blew up in Havanas harbor and blamed on the Spanish.
Secretary of state, John Hay gave the nickname ________ to the Spanish-American War because it was such a short war only lasting from April to August 1898.
“The Splendid Little War”
During the Civil War, _______ established a protectorate over Mexico and installed Archduke Maxmillian as emperor.
France
President Grant tried and failed to annex the…
Dominican Republic
After the Civil War, America expanded its overseas influence and empire in the…
Pacific and Latin America
Queen Liliuokalani’s “______ ___ ______” movement led to the abolition of the monarchy by America.
“Hawaii for Hawaiians”
Americans had stronger reasons for extending their influence in Latin America rather than in the Pacific because they…
were accustomed to protecting American interests in Latin America under the Monroe Doctrine.
An unfortunate effect of the dispute between America and Great Britain over Venezuela’s boundary was that it…
encouraged Americans to believe that they could achieve their foreign policy goals by threat and bluster.
After the Spanish-American War, heated debates rang out over the imperialism of annexing ____________
The Philippine Islands
In the 1990’s, The US insisted that the constitution of _______ grant American naval bases and authorize American intervention whenever necessary to protect life, property, and individual liberty.
Cuba
Cuba was forced to promise to grant naval bases to America and to avoid treaties with any foreign power which might compromise its independence under what amendment?
Platt Amendment
The principle architect of America’s “Open Door” policy was…
John Hay
When Panama revolted against Columbia, Roosevelt…
ordered the cruiser Nashville to Panama to prevent Columbia from subduing the revolution.
President ____ called his policy of influencing other countries without actually controlling them “dollar diplomacy”
William Howard Taft
American statesmen who pursued a foreign policy of imperialism without colonies…
genuinely, but incorrectly, believed that they were exporting democracy along with capitalism and industrialization.
The US’s involvement in the Spanish-American War began in the Philippine’s when Commodore _______ ________ destroyed the Spanish fleet in Manila Bay easily with no American Casualties.
George Dewey
