Imperialism Vocab Flashcards
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Monroe Doctrine
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- formed by John Quincy Adams in 1823
- states that America is no longer subject to colonization of European countries
- states that America will remain neutral in European conflicts
- America didn’t want the British + French to replace Spain + Portugal as colonial powers in USA
- invoked after Civil War by William H. Seward
- 1895 - 1896: US used Monroe Doctrine against Britain over a boundary of Venezuela + Guiana
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Big Sister Policy
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- pushed by James G Blaine
- aimed @ rallying the Latin American nations behind Uncle Sam’s leadership + opening Latin American markets to Yankee traders
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Great Reproachment
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- “reconciliation”
- American + Britain become friends → Britain “pats the Eagle’s head”
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McKinley Tariff
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- Oct. 1, 1890
- raised the average duty on imports to almost 50 %
- designed to protect domestic industries from foreign competition protectionism
- supported by republicans, condemned by democrats
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International Darwinism
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- the belief that Earth (and its territories) belonged to the strong and fit
- practiced by TR & Sen. Henry Cabot Lodge
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Insurrectors
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- activity led by Cuban insurgents who torched cane fields & sugar mills; dynamited passenger trains / Menaced American interests on their island
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Yellow Journalism
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- started w/ riffs between William Hearst & Joseph Pulitzer
- journalism based on sensationalism and crude exaggerations
- used little to no legitimate, eye-catching headlines, and atrocious stories for readers
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Maine (ship)
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- battleship; 1989 → voyage to Cuba for a “friendly visit” BUT ACTUALLY it was to protect ‘/ evacuate Americans if a dangerous flare-up occurred
- on Feb 15, 1989 → Maine mysteriously blew up in Havana Harbor, killing 260 sailors
- real reason for explosion: spontaneous combustion in coal bunker
- American’s presumed reason: Spain submarine mine
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Teller Amendment
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- proclaimed to the world that when the US had overthrown Spain missle, it would free Cubans → imperialistic Europeans smiled skeptically
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“Jingoism”
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- extreme patriotism, especially in the form of aggressive, warlike foreign policy
- ex.) a country’s advocacy for the use of threats or actual force instead of peaceful relations
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Rough Riders
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- commanded by Col. Leanard Wood, organized by TR (now a lieutenant colonel)
- 17k men → embarked @ Tampa, FL to El Caney and Kettle Hill on July 1, 1989
- consisted largely of Western Cowboys and other hearty characters → volunteers
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Anti-Imperialistic League
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- fought the McKinely administration’s expansionalist moves
- included some of the most prominent people in US (pres. of Stanford, Harvard, Mark Twain, Samuel Gompers, Andrew Carnegie)
- appealed to patriotism, invoked America’s “civilizing mission” + played up possible trade profits
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Foraker Act of 1900
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- accorded the Puerto Ricans a limated degree of popular government
- outlawed cockfighting → a favorite island pastime
- many inhabitants still apsired to independence
- lots of Puerto Ricans moved to NYC
- Who are we → “citizens or subject?”
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Insular Acts
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- a badly divided Supreme Court decided that the flag didn’t outrun the Constitution / the outdistanced document didn’t extend w full force to new Puerto Ricans / Filippino
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Platt Amendment
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- the Cuban’s own Consitution of 1901
- Why?… The Washington government couldn’t turn this rich, strategic island completely loose on the international sea → Gernamny could settle
- loathed by Cuband because McKinley had served Cuba under American control
- Cubans were:
→ forced to agree to not conclude treaties that might compromise their independence
→ forced to not take on debt beyond their resources
→ forced to agree that the US would intervene w/ troops to restore order when seen fit
→ forced to promise to sell / lease needed coaling or naval stations to other powerful “benefactors” - abrogated in 1934
