Imperialism Unit 3 Flashcards
When was the new manifest destiny?
1896-1919
What else is this period known as?
New manifest destiny/ progressive Europe
Who was the main leader of the first manifest destiny?
Polk
What was the 20th century known as and what did it do?
The American century
Shaped the entire century
Which president best fit the idea of new manifest destiny?
William McKinley
Who was McKinley?
A republican
Last civil war president
Not a general but a private
Who’s assistant was McKinley?
Hayes
Where did McKinney fight?
Antietam
What did McKinley do after the war?
Got a law degree
Served in the house of reps for seven years
Served as ohios governor
3rd president to be assassinated
Who were two huge authors in NMD?
Frederick Jackson Turner
Alfred Thayer Mahan
Where did Fredrick Jackson turner work?
The university of Wisconsin
What did FJT write?
The significance of the frontier in American history
What did turners book come to be called?
Turners frontier thesis
Why did he write the thesis?
To give it at the Chicago Colombian exposition
What was the CCE celebrating and when was it?
400 year anniversary of Columbus
Why was Chicago chosen?
Trains and population
What kinds of things were at the CCE?
First Ferris wheel Commercial theater Electric generators displayed Electric lights First neon lights
What was the Chicago Colombian exposition an inspiration for?
The wizard of oz
What did turner say?
He said there was no more frontier and the west was settled
What did turner compare the west to?
The steam valve- released people and pressure into it when necessary
Who was the most powerful nation?
Great Britain
What did Britain have?
Few raw materials
A lot of tin
What was GB’s nickname?
“The land of tin”
What was GB’s strategy?
They went to places that were rich in natural resources and industrialized them.
How did Britain view itself?
As the mother to other countries and that when they abandoned their countries, they would not know how to govern themselves
Who was Alfred Thayer Mahan?
A retired naval officer
What was mahan’s book?
A bestseller
The influence of sea power upon history
What was the main point of AT Mahan’s book?
All the way back in ancient history, it is always the nation with the best navy that had the most power.
What were so,e problems the U.S. Had with their navy?
Subs and airplanes were now emerging
What did Mahan suggest the U.S. Do?
- Put a naval presence in the Caribbean.
- Put a naval presence in Hawaii
- it had a good location
- Pearl Harbor - Put a naval presence in the South Pacific islands
What was already happening by the time mahan’s book was a best seller?
The Hawaii plan was already in play
Hawaii’s history
Small history
Polynesians found it but did not settle
The things that they are famous for and known for are not native to the island.
They made individual kingdoms on each island
Who was the biggest Hawaiian leader?
Kamehameha
What was kamehameha the first to do?
Unify the islands
Who was captain James cook?
Captain of the HMS revolution Mapped the east coast of Australia Discovered New Zealand Almost every archipelago Discovered Hawaii for Europe Named the sandwich islands
Who were the sandwich islands named for?
The fourth earl of sandwich
He was very into cards
He told his chef to make him a way to hold his cards and meat at the same time
What happened between cook and kamehameha?
The Hawaiians stole from Cook and he confronted them.
Why did Hawaiians embrace other cultures?
They saw that they needed improvements within themselves
What idea did kamehameha embrace?
Palaces
What did the Americans do?
They brought new ideas
Became entrepreneurs
They built things on Hawaiian soil
Which island was bought by dole?
Lanai
Who was john Palmer Parker?
With cook
Married one of kamehameha’so daughters
Why was Palmer special?
He was European
What did Palmer bring to Hawaii?
Cattle
How big did Palmer’s farm get to?
480,000 acres
Did the missionaries to Hawaii agree with the white man’s burden?
No
Who was father Damien and what did he have a burden for?
Catholic
Polynesian leprosy
What did Damien buy and what did he do with it?
Molokai
Made a leper colony
Who was in charge of the student movement?
Dwight. L. Moody
What was the student movements?
Tried to teach young people to make missions as a career
He sent out 20,000 people
Who was the first to put footnotes at the bottom of the Bible?
Central American faith mission
What mission did sCofield make?
Central American faith mission
Sent out thousands to China
Who was Lottie moon?
A significant missionary to China
Who was adoniram Judson?
First significant missionary to Burma
Who was Hiram Bingham?
First missionary to Hawaii.
What rings did Bingham fight for?
Getting rid of prostituiton
Stop abuse of Hawaiians for cheap labor by Americans.
Which King died two years after being elected?
Lunalilo
Which King was not very highly esteemed and not considered legit?
King Kalakua
What did he spend fifteen years in and want to control? (Kalakua)
The legislature
Who did kalakua over?
The white Anglo Saxon dominant legislature
Who was the elected sister of Kalakua?
Queen Liluokalani
She was a nationalist
What did Liluokalani want to do and because of what?
Rewrite the state constitution because of American lead riots across Hawaii
What did Grover Cleveland do in response?
He sent the marines
Dissolved the government
Created the committee of safety
Who was the only president of the republic of Hawaii?
Stanford B Dole
What did McKinley ask congress to do in response to for republic of Hawaii?
Annex Hawaii
Who disputed over Samoa?
Britain and Germany
Who got Samoa?
Brits took a cash settlement from McKinley
Germany split it with us.
What did we get out of the deal for Samoa?
Pago Pago harbor
How long was the Spanish American war?
Four months
What did the U.S. Add as a result of the SA war?
Puerto Rico
Guam
The Philippines
Guantanamo bay
What was the secretary of states nickname?
John haye
The splendid little
What did Cuba do?
Appeal to the U.S.
What did the nationalists in Cuba want to do?
Rebel
Who were the main yellow journalists?
William Randolph Hurst
Joseph Pulitzer
What were hurst and Randolph doing?
At war with each other and wanted to sell more papers
What did hurst do?
Sent artists to Cuba
Who was the artist hurst sent?
Fredrick Remington
His goal was to sympathize with Cubans
What did hurst say?
“You furnish the pictures, I’ll furnish the war”
Who was the Spanish ambassador?
Dupuy de Lome
What happened to the De Lome letter?
Published
It was supposed to calm the U.S., not cause tension
What did de lome do?
He resigned
What did valeriano “butcher” weyler create?
The modern concentration camp
What was the tension between the U.S. And Spain caused by?
The press
What did the U.S. Do to help Cuba?
They sent a “calming” military presence to havanna
What ship did the U.S. Send to Cuba?
The U.S.S. Maine
What happened in Cuba on February 15th 1898?
The Maine suddenly exploded
How many sailors died?
266
Who did the yellow press blame the explosion on?
Spain sabatoged it.
What is there evidence to suggest about the Maine?
There was sabotage and accident
What brought Arlington fame?
The soldiers of the Maine being buried there.
What was the battle cry after the USS?
Remember the Maine
What did the U.S. Do?
Told the Spanish to get rid of the camps
They did all of it, but they kept their land in Cuba
What did McKinley ask congress for?
A declaration of war on Spain
What did the U.S. Realize after they declared the war?
They were unprepared
Needed volunteers
Had no way to fight them in Cuba
What is the American asiatic sqadrant?
They ordered them to attack the Spanish in the Philippines
Who was the commander of the American asiatic squadrant?
Commodore George Dewey
What was the sqadrant’s strategy?
They did not want to look like they were in the war- not secretive at all
Where did the U.S. Catch the Spanish by surprise?
Manila bay
What happened ad manilla bay?
The U.S. Hit only one mine Made five passes Shot everything all Spanish ships were sunk 400+ Spanish died No Americans died
How did the only U.S. Soldier die at manilla bay?
He had a heat stroke
What did Dewey become known as?
Hero of manilla bay
What happened to Dewey when they got back?
He was a huge celebrity
The people didn’t know that he was not as great as he was made up to be
He was ranked admiral of the navy
Congress created the Dewey medal and he is the only person to ever get it
*he was stuck in the Philippines during all of this
He ran for presidents for the democrats
What huge mistake did Dewey make?
He married a catholic woman
The nation did not want the catholic influence in the presidency
He said the presidency is a minor position and just follows the congress
He admitted publicly that he had never votes