Imperialism Vocab Flashcards
“Hawaii for Hawaiians”
-last monarch of kingdom of Hawaii
Queen Lilikuolani
- Responsible for the war of US vs Spain
- Hearst & Pulitzer
- exaggeration in writing to make stuff seem worse than they are
“yellow press”
“yellow journalism”
- ship blew up in the Havana port
- US blamed Spain becoming an excuse to go to war
USS Maine
volunteers of the war
- Cowboys & Ex athletes-
Rough Riders
-wanted to get Filipino independence
Emilio Aguinaldo
- Ended Spanish american war
- gave US Puerto Rico, Filipinos, Guam, & Cuba(?)
Treaty of Paris 1898
- used to show the world we are not imperialistic
- promised the US would not annex Cuba
Teller Amendment
- Puerto Ricans become citizens
- part of american common wealth ^^
Foraker Act
-Makes Filipinos US citizens
Jones act
- US could intervene Cuba at anytime
- Cuba could not sign treaties with any country without US’s consent
- Cuba had to give the US a navy base
Platt Amendment
belief that whites had to take care of blacks and poor people
white mans burden
our US constitution did not involve any other country we invaded
insular cases
- John Hay
- Us proposal to open China’s market to every nation
Open door policy
“speak softly and carry a big stick”
- big stick: us navy
- Teddy Roosevelt
Big stick policy
-Gave us the right to interfere with Latin American countries
Roosevelt’s Corollary
