Lecture 1 Flashcards
William J. Bryan, E.L. Godkin, Jane Addams, Mark Twain, Andrew Carnegie and William James
Anti-Imperialist league
The policy, practice, or advocacy of extending the power and domination of a nation
Imperialism
Treaty allowed US to establish naval base at Pearl Harbor
1887
Came to throne in January of 1891
Queen Liliuokalani
Hawaii was annexed by who? And when?
Congress- with prez. McKinley’s support. 1898
Refused to annex Hawaii
Cleveland
Prez. James Monroe announced that the Western Hemisphere was closed to Europe interference
December 1823
Cuban revolutionary that broke out in 1895
Valeriano weyler
Leaders of the ‘yellow’ or sensationalist press
Joseph Pulitzer an William Randolph Hearst
Ship sent in January of 1898 as signal of American strength.
USS Maine
Exploded in Havana Harnor on February 15, 1898.
USS Maine
Remember the Maine!
To hell with Spain!!
Spanish American war–nickname
Aka ‘The splendid little war’
Proposal made by senator Henry Teller that passed without opposition
The Teller Amendment
Fighting only last ______ months
Three
Major fighting in Cuba took place on these two hills on July 1st.
El Caney and San Juan Hill
Also at the fight was the_________ regiment who was much ignored at the time
10th calvery
Whick white officer was in charge of the 10th calvery regiment?
John Pershing
Spanish fleet were annihilated by American navy on?
July 3rd
December 10, 1898
Treaty of Paris
Even tho fighting ended months earlier… Final peace treaty wasn’t approved by 2/3 vote in congress until….?
December 1898
Cuba was free but with strings attached…?
Platt amendment
US feared foreign meddling in Cuba an forced Cubans to agree not to make any treaties or borrow foreign money with out what?
American approval
Who had first welcomed and worked with America to rid the Philippines of Spanish control?
Emilio Aguinaldo
