Imperialism Unit 3 Flashcards
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When was the new manifest destiny?
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1896-1919
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What else is this period known as?
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New manifest destiny/ progressive Europe
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Who was the main leader of the first manifest destiny?
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Polk
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What was the 20th century known as and what did it do?
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The American century
Shaped the entire century
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Which president best fit the idea of new manifest destiny?
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William McKinley
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Who was McKinley?
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A republican
Last civil war president
Not a general but a private
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Who’s assistant was McKinley?
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Hayes
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Where did McKinney fight?
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Antietam
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What did McKinley do after the war?
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Got a law degree
Served in the house of reps for seven years
Served as ohios governor
3rd president to be assassinated
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Who were two huge authors in NMD?
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Frederick Jackson Turner
Alfred Thayer Mahan
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Where did Fredrick Jackson turner work?
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The university of Wisconsin
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What did FJT write?
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The significance of the frontier in American history
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What did turners book come to be called?
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Turners frontier thesis
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Why did he write the thesis?
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To give it at the Chicago Colombian exposition
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What was the CCE celebrating and when was it?
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400 year anniversary of Columbus
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Why was Chicago chosen?
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Trains and population
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What kinds of things were at the CCE?
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First Ferris wheel Commercial theater Electric generators displayed Electric lights First neon lights
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What was the Chicago Colombian exposition an inspiration for?
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The wizard of oz
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What did turner say?
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He said there was no more frontier and the west was settled
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What did turner compare the west to?
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The steam valve- released people and pressure into it when necessary
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Who was the most powerful nation?
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Great Britain
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What did Britain have?
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Few raw materials
A lot of tin
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What was GB’s nickname?
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“The land of tin”
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What was GB’s strategy?
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They went to places that were rich in natural resources and industrialized them.
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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
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Who was Alfred Thayer Mahan?
A retired naval officer
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What was mahan's book?
A bestseller
| The influence of sea power upon history
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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.
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What were so,e problems the U.S. Had with their navy?
Subs and airplanes were now emerging
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What did Mahan suggest the U.S. Do?
1. Put a naval presence in the Caribbean.
2. Put a naval presence in Hawaii
- it had a good location
- Pearl Harbor
3. Put a naval presence in the South Pacific islands
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What was already happening by the time mahan's book was a best seller?
The Hawaii plan was already in play
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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
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Who was the biggest Hawaiian leader?
Kamehameha
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What was kamehameha the first to do?
Unify the islands
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Who was captain James cook?
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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
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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
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What happened between cook and kamehameha?
The Hawaiians stole from Cook and he confronted them.
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Why did Hawaiians embrace other cultures?
They saw that they needed improvements within themselves
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What idea did kamehameha embrace?
Palaces
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What did the Americans do?
They brought new ideas
Became entrepreneurs
They built things on Hawaiian soil
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Which island was bought by dole?
Lanai
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Who was john Palmer Parker?
With cook
| Married one of kamehameha'so daughters
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Why was Palmer special?
He was European
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What did Palmer bring to Hawaii?
Cattle
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How big did Palmer's farm get to?
480,000 acres
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Did the missionaries to Hawaii agree with the white man's burden?
No
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Who was father Damien and what did he have a burden for?
Catholic
| Polynesian leprosy
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What did Damien buy and what did he do with it?
Molokai
| Made a leper colony
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Who was in charge of the student movement?
Dwight. L. Moody
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What was the student movements?
Tried to teach young people to make missions as a career
| He sent out 20,000 people
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Who was the first to put footnotes at the bottom of the Bible?
Central American faith mission
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What mission did sCofield make?
Central American faith mission
| Sent out thousands to China
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Who was Lottie moon?
A significant missionary to China
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Who was adoniram Judson?
First significant missionary to Burma
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Who was Hiram Bingham?
First missionary to Hawaii.
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What rings did Bingham fight for?
Getting rid of prostituiton
| Stop abuse of Hawaiians for cheap labor by Americans.
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Which King died two years after being elected?
Lunalilo
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Which King was not very highly esteemed and not considered legit?
King Kalakua
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What did he spend fifteen years in and want to control? (Kalakua)
The legislature
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Who did kalakua over?
The white Anglo Saxon dominant legislature
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Who was the elected sister of Kalakua?
Queen Liluokalani
| She was a nationalist
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What did Liluokalani want to do and because of what?
Rewrite the state constitution because of American lead riots across Hawaii
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What did Grover Cleveland do in response?
He sent the marines
Dissolved the government
Created the committee of safety
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Who was the only president of the republic of Hawaii?
Stanford B Dole
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What did McKinley ask congress to do in response to for republic of Hawaii?
Annex Hawaii
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Who disputed over Samoa?
Britain and Germany
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Who got Samoa?
Brits took a cash settlement from McKinley
| Germany split it with us.
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What did we get out of the deal for Samoa?
Pago Pago harbor
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How long was the Spanish American war?
Four months
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What did the U.S. Add as a result of the SA war?
Puerto Rico
Guam
The Philippines
Guantanamo bay
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What was the secretary of states nickname?
John haye
| The splendid little
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What did Cuba do?
Appeal to the U.S.
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What did the nationalists in Cuba want to do?
Rebel
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Who were the main yellow journalists?
William Randolph Hurst
| Joseph Pulitzer
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What were hurst and Randolph doing?
At war with each other and wanted to sell more papers
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What did hurst do?
Sent artists to Cuba
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Who was the artist hurst sent?
Fredrick Remington
| His goal was to sympathize with Cubans
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What did hurst say?
"You furnish the pictures, I'll furnish the war"
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Who was the Spanish ambassador?
Dupuy de Lome
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What happened to the De Lome letter?
Published
| It was supposed to calm the U.S., not cause tension
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What did de lome do?
He resigned
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What did valeriano "butcher" weyler create?
The modern concentration camp
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What was the tension between the U.S. And Spain caused by?
The press
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What did the U.S. Do to help Cuba?
They sent a "calming" military presence to havanna
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What ship did the U.S. Send to Cuba?
The U.S.S. Maine
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What happened in Cuba on February 15th 1898?
The Maine suddenly exploded
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How many sailors died?
266
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Who did the yellow press blame the explosion on?
Spain sabatoged it.
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What is there evidence to suggest about the Maine?
There was sabotage and accident
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What brought Arlington fame?
The soldiers of the Maine being buried there.
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What was the battle cry after the USS?
Remember the Maine
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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
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What did McKinley ask congress for?
A declaration of war on Spain
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What did the U.S. Realize after they declared the war?
They were unprepared
Needed volunteers
Had no way to fight them in Cuba
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What is the American asiatic sqadrant?
They ordered them to attack the Spanish in the Philippines
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Who was the commander of the American asiatic squadrant?
Commodore George Dewey
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What was the sqadrant's strategy?
They did not want to look like they were in the war- not secretive at all
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Where did the U.S. Catch the Spanish by surprise?
Manila bay
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What happened ad manilla bay?
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The U.S. Hit only one mine
Made five passes
Shot everything
all Spanish ships were sunk
400+ Spanish died
No Americans died
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How did the only U.S. Soldier die at manilla bay?
He had a heat stroke
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What did Dewey become known as?
Hero of manilla bay
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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
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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
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What harbor did the Spanish admiral pull his entire fleet into and why?
Santiago harbor
| To resupply a fort
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What did he us do while the Spanish were in the Santiago?
Trapped them and sent out for volunteers of anyone they could get
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Who were the rough riders?
Cowboys who volunteered
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Who was the leader of the RR?
Theodore Roosevelt
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Who wa TR?
Sec of the navy- gave it up
Big personality and voice
A USV -United States volunteer
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Where did the volunteers meet up?
Tampa Florida
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What was the huge hill in Cuba?
San Juan hill
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What did tr do at the hill?
He ordered them to charge it
It was a suicide run
They made it up
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How was TR rewarded for his run?
A congressional Medal of Honor
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What happened after the run?
The U.S. Forces came and within a few weeks they had taken the fort
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What deal did the U.S. Make with Spain?
They were gonna take them anyways, but they would pay Spain $20 million for Guam, Philippines, and Puerto Rico
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What did the U.S. Ask for from Cuba for helping them?
45 square miles in Cuba- Guantanamo bay
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What did john haye say?
As a result of our splendid little war
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What did TR do after the Cuba stuff?
Became governor of ny
| Then ran as vp for McKinley
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What were the results of the Spanish American war?
Now needed a much larger navy to control the empire
More military training schools
The joint chief of staff- the top dudes from each branch advise the president
Made a national guard
Needed more revenue
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Who were the freedom fighters?
The nationalists in the Philippines
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What did the U.S. Call the Philippine war?
Philippine insurrection
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What did the Philippines call the war?
The war for independence
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Who were the anti imperialist league?
People who wanted to give the Philippines freedom
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What was the only Christian nation in Asia
The Philippines
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What were the 1900's called?
The century of progress/promise
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Who was Hiram Bingham?
First missionary to Hawaii.
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What rings did Bingham fight for?
Getting rid of prostituiton
| Stop abuse of Hawaiians for cheap labor by Americans.
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Which King died two years after being elected?
Lunalilo
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Which King was not very highly esteemed and not considered legit?
King Kalakua
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What did he spend fifteen years in and want to control? (Kalakua)
The legislature
129
Who did kalakua over?
The white Anglo Saxon dominant legislature
130
Who was the elected sister of Kalakua?
Queen Liluokalani
| She was a nationalist
131
What did Liluokalani want to do and because of what?
Rewrite the state constitution because of American lead riots across Hawaii
132
What did Grover Cleveland do in response?
He sent the marines
Dissolved the government
Created the committee of safety
133
Who was the only president of the republic of Hawaii?
Stanford B Dole
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What did McKinley ask congress to do in response to for republic of Hawaii?
Annex Hawaii
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Who disputed over Samoa?
Britain and Germany
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Who got Samoa?
Brits took a cash settlement from McKinley
| Germany split it with us.
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What did we get out of the deal for Samoa?
Pago Pago harbor
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How long was the Spanish American war?
Four months
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What did the U.S. Add as a result of the SA war?
Puerto Rico
Guam
The Philippines
Guantanamo bay
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What was the secretary of states nickname?
John haye
| The splendid little
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What did Cuba do?
Appeal to the U.S.
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What did the nationalists in Cuba want to do?
Rebel
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Who were the main yellow journalists?
William Randolph Hurst
| Joseph Pulitzer
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What were hurst and Randolph doing?
At war with each other and wanted to sell more papers
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What did hurst do?
Sent artists to Cuba
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Who was the artist hurst sent?
Fredrick Remington
| His goal was to sympathize with Cubans
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What did hurst say?
"You furnish the pictures, I'll furnish the war"
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Who was the Spanish ambassador to the U.S.?
Dupuy de Lome
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What letter was published and what happened?
The de lome letter
| It was supposed to calm the tension, but it caused more
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Who invented the modern concentration camp?
Valeriano "butcher" weyler
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What was the tension between the U.S. And Spain caused by?
The press
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Where did the U.S. Send a military presence?
Havanna
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What ship did the U.S. Send?
USS Maine
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What happened on February 15, 1898 and what caused it?
The Maine suddenly exploded
No one knows
266 sailors died
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What did the yellow press publish about the Maine?
That Spain sabatoged it
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Where were the sailors buries?
Arlington
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What was the battle cry after the ship?
Remember the Maine
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What did McKinley ask congress for on April 24, 1898?
A declaration of war on Spain
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What did they realize after they declared?
Unprepared
Need volunteers
They had no way to fight them in Cuba
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What did the American asiatic squad rant do?
Thus were ordered to attack the Spanish at the Philippines
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Who was the leader of the AAS?
Commodore George Dewey
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What was the AAS strategy?
They were not secretive at all
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Why was the pan American exposition in buffalo?
It is super close to niagra falls
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Where did McKinley get shot?
In front of the temple of magic
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Who shot McKinley?
Leon Czolgsoz
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Describe Czolgsoz
He had his arm in a cast with a gun inside the cast
| McKinley patted him on the back and Leon shot him twice in the chest and side
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What did McKinley say when he was shot?
"Dont hurt that man
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What was a problem that the doctors faced?
They found one bullet and one was hidden so they couldn't find it and it got too dark because all the lights were outside
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How did McKinley die?
Infection
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Who had just arrived to go to the field?
Robert Todd Lincoln
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Who was Leon?
Polish/Russian immigrant
| Disciple of Emma Goldman
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Who was Emma Goldman?
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Anarchist
Jewish immigrant
Hated the U.S.
Wanted an elimination of the government
Wanted the good working people of the country to come together and make decisions for the country
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Who was the first Villain to die from the electric chair?
Leon Czolgsoz
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What did mark Hanna say?
Now look, that cowboy is the president of the United States
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Who was Theodore roosevlet?
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Accidental president
Youngest president
1st to have his pic taken in a necktie
Very energetic
Sickly as a boy, so he embraced the medicine ball and it made him energetic
Little kid at heart
6 kids and a wife
Photographic memory
Read 2-3 books a day
Write 24 books
Nyc police commissioner
Gov of ny
Adventurous
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Where did TR take a hunting trip to?
Mississippi
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How did he get the teddy bear nickname?
Bc they found a baby bear and told him to shoot it
He wouldn't
He was kind
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Who was the first great conservationist president?
Teddy
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Who was the father of conservation?
John Muir
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What did tr create?
National Forrest service
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Who headed the national Forest service?
Gifford Pinchot
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How many miles did TR set apart?
220
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Who was at war for freshwater ports?
Japan and Russia
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Who made a peace deal between Japan and Russia and what did he win?
TR
| a Nobel peace prize
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What did panama become a part of?
Colombia
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Who made a deal to Colombia to make a Panama Canal?
France
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How much did the French spend and how many people died?
$287 million
| 22,000
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Who made a treaty with Colombia to pick up where the French left off?
John hay
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What was the system the U.S. Used?
Locks
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What did Roosevelt do for the Panamanians?
Put the full force of the navy behind them for their revolution
He recognized them as a new nation
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When was construction for the canal?
1904-14
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How many more men died in construction?
27,000
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What was tr concerned with?
That Japan was becoming too powerful in the pacific
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What did TR do with the fleet?
Painted them white
| The great white fleet
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What was the purpose of the good will tour of the world?
To show Japan their powerful navy
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Describe the first World Series
9 games
Fifty cents a game
Between the Pittsburg Pirates and the Boston puritans
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What was the first airplane called?
The wright flyer one
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How far was the first successful flight and which brother was it?
120 feet
12 seconds
6.8 mph
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What did the St. Louis fair celebrate?
Celebrated the beginning of Lewis and clarke's journey
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How many people went to the St. Louis fair?
20 million
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What else was in mo in 1904?
The summer Olympics
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Who were two notable people that were there?
Jack Daniels
| John Phillips Sousa
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What were some firsts there?
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Ice cream cone
Hot dogs
Hamburgers
Peanut butter
Iced tea
Cotton candy
Dr pepper
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Where was the huge earthquake?
San Francisco
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How did the fire start after the earthquake?
Gas lines broke and the city caught on fire
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How many city blocks were destroyed
How many died
How many homeless?
500
3000
400,000
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Who did TR encourage to run?
William Howard Taft
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Who was the biggest president?
Taft
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Who was the only person to serve in congress, as the president, and a Supreme Court Chief Justice?
Taft
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What did Taft bring to third world countries?
Dollar deplomacy
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What did DD do?
Sent third world countries money in hopes they would be nice
| And border countries
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How much more land did Taft set aside than tr?
Four times
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What party did tr create?
The progressive party
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Where was tr when he was shot at?
Milwaukee
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Who shot TR and who was he?
John Shranck
Saloon owner
Mad because TR stood for temperance
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What did tr call his party?
Bull moose
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What disease did TR get and where?
Malaria
| Amazon
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Who was the first African American to fight for equal rights immediately?
WEB Dubois
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What did Dubois found?
National association for the advancement of colored people
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Why was feb 12, 1909 chosen?
100 years since lincoln's birth
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How did some people celebrate lynching?
Post cards
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Who was the second democrat president since Lincoln?
Wilson
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Who is the only president to have a phd?
Wilson
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What college was Wilson the president of?
Princeton
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What did Wilson believe the solution to all problems was?
Create a government agency for everything
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What kind of congress did Wilson have?
All democrat
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What did Wilson introduce?
The first permanent income tax
228
What amendment did Wilson wrote?
16
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What does manifest mean?
Obvious
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What is the white man's burden?
They felt the need to share their culture and wisdom with al,
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Who was hawaii's last monarch?
Queen Liliuokalani
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What is hawaii's former royal palace?
The Hawaiian Iolani State House
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What is one of the prominent features at the Arlington cemetery
The mast from the Maine
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What is the Olympia now?
On display at a floating museum in Philadelphia
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Who was the Spanish admiral?
Pascal carvers
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Who was Roosevelt's commander?
Leonard wood
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What is the U.S. naval base in Guantanamo bay?
Gitmo
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What did tr say?
It wasn't much of a war but it was the best war we had
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What did blind justice do?
Revealed the tyranny behind the curtain
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What were the last words czolgosz spoke?
I killed the president because he was the enemy of the good people - the good working people. I am not sorry for my crime. I done my duty.
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What were TR's favorite words?
Strenuous
Bully
Dee-lighted
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No credit and no questions asked guaranteed
JC penny
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What is TR's most famous slogan?
Speak softly and carry a big stick. You will go far
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Which president ended the devastating coal strike of 1902
TR
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Which magazine got the most attention from the muckrakers?
Mclure's magazine
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Who wrote the jungle and what did it make people do?
Upton Sinclair
| Not eat meat anymore
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What did Sinclair say of the pure food and drug act?
I aimed for america's heart, but I accidentally hit them in the stomach
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Which compass direction did the canal go?
North to south
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Which president was the first to be in the Oval Office?
Taft
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Who made the wizard of oz?
L. Frank Baum
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What was the name of dewey's ship?
USS Olympia
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What was JC Penny's payment method?
Cash only
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What was penny's motto?
The golden rule
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How many coal workers went on strike and what did they form?
140,000
| United miners workers union
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How did Sinclair get his research?
He worked at a meat packing place in Chicago
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What year was the SA war?
1898
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What did progressives care about?
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They believed in progress in their own terms
No foundational document
Not even the Bible
Get rid of the laissez fairre approach
Look to current day for wisdom
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What was the social gospel?
They saw things needed to be fixed but they did not need God to fix the
