Murphree Imperialism Terms Honors

Question 1

former confederate general who later re-joined the US army and led troops during the S-A war he fought against the Spanish in Cuba and later the Filipino rebels in the P-A war he reped alabama in the US House of Reps

Answer 1

Gen josesph wheeler

Question 2

he was the leader of the Filipno rebels who helped the Us defeating the Spanish in the philipines during the S-A war He later led the Filipino Rebels in a war for independence

Answer 2

Emilio Aguinaldo

Question 3

this was the treaty that ended the S-A war, the results where..
- the Us got Guam and Puerto Rico
- the Us paid spain $20mil for the philipines
- Cuba became independent
- the US became an imperial powe

Answer 3

Treaty of Paris

Question 4

proposed by Us senator Orville Platt the Us forced the new Cuban Government to add this to their constitution; made Cuba a pectorate, it stated..
- cuba could not sign treaties that would weaken independence
- no forigen conrol over cuba
- couba could not go into debt
- Us had a right to interviene

Answer 4

platt ammendment

Question 5

propsed by pres monore he announced that the european powers must stay out of the western hemisphere

Answer 5

Monroe doctrine

Question 6

president TRs addition to the monroe doctorine Tr declared that in addition to the european powers staying out of Latin america the US had a right to interviene in Latin Amercain affairs to protect US interests

Answer 6

Roosevelt Corollary

Question 7

president William Howard tafts policy towards latin america countries to help them build up thier industries and stablize their economies

Answer 7

dollar diplomacy

Question 8

president woodrow wilsons policy towards latin america the Us would not recognize any country/gov/leader qhich is hostile to Us intrests this was also applies to leader wilson believed where not ligit elected

Answer 8

missionary diplomacy

Question 9

secretary of state for president william mckinley and President TR a devout imperialist he proposed the open door policy and negoaciated over 50 treaties to expand the Us empire

Answer 9

John hay

Question 10

The Us proposal which would allow all countiries to trade at any port in chine with equal treatment the Us feared the Eropeans would carve up china and close trade with the US no country formally agreed to the policy but the US announced it was happening anyway

Answer 10

Open door policy

Question 11

the Us encouraged Pnama to revolt and declare independence from colombia we recognized thier independence and signed an agreement with panama to build a canal the final canal project began in 1904 and was completed in 1914 the canal cut the travel distance from NYC to san fransisco to 5900 mi

Answer 11

Panama Canal

Question 12

us army medical officer in cuba during the spanish amercain war he was one of the first to discover that mosquitos transmitted yellow fever and malaria he drained swamps to keep them from hatching, it helped to build the canal

Answer 12

william Gorgas

Question 13

when one country dominates another contry military politically economically and sometimes culturally

Answer 13

imperialism

Question 14

an area of region of a country where the economic and political situation is dominated by another country

Answer 14

influence

Question 15

a situation where one country dominates another but the dominate country allows the weaker country to elect local leaders and make some political decisions

Answer 15

protectorate

Question 16

this is when a country absorbs a new territory and makes it part of the country

Answer 16

annex

Question 17

the aggressive building up of milllitary forces by a country the strong millitary can be used as a tool of diplomacy this may also cause tensions with other countries and lead to an arms race

Answer 17

millitarism

Question 18

intense pride in ones country can be simple patriotism the belief that a country should always do what is best for themselves and take care of their self-intrests this can also lead to tension between countries

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nationalism

Question 19

the belief by people of Western and Nouthern Europe anncestry that they where the dominant race the british amercians beleived that thier ways were the best and all other people should adopt them

Answer 19

anglo-saxon superiority

Question 20

European imperial powers and thier allies dominated the world Each country or group of allied powers was/were relatively equal

Answer 20

global balance of power

Question 21

many amercains beleived that survival of the fittest should apply to countries European countries dominated the world the US may get left behind

Answer 21

social darwinism

Question 22

Us naval officaer Taught at naval war college Wrote the influence of sea power upon history its said: Us was expanding trade overseas US needed a strong navy to protect trade Navy needed coal water and supplies US needed islands for supply stations Us needed land for naval bases

Answer 22

alfred T mahan

Question 23

former confederate general from alabama served in the US senate following the civil war was a big supporter of US imperialism Supported the annexation of Hawaii and going to war against Spain

Answer 23

sen. John tyler morgan

Question 24

1. yellow journalism
2. sinking of the USS maine
3. Do Lome Letter
4. Sympathy for Cuban rebels
5. US economic intrests in Cuba

Answer 24

Causes of the spanish Amercian war

Question 25

Exaggerating the truth or something falsifying stories to sell newspapers William Randolf Hearts and Joseph Pulitzer competed for the newspaper sales in NY The made up stories to sell papers Most exciting Headline=newspaper sales Main cause of S-A war

Answer 25

Yellow journalism

Question 26

Exploded in Havana Harbor killing many US sailors although most likely an accident Us newspapers reported that the spanish blew it up with a mine sent to Havana Harbor to evacuate Amercains if nesscairy really there to send spain a message

Answer 26

USS maine

Question 27

a volunteer clavary unit led by Col. Teddy Roosevelt that fiught the spanish in Cuba They are famous for charging up San Huan hill but they where actually on nearby Kettle hill

Answer 27

Rough riders

Question 28

the most important battle in the spanish amercain war an africain amercain army unit defeated the spanish which led to the spanish army fleeing the island Yellow jounalists gives the rough riders the victory

Answer 28

San Huan hill