Period 7: Imperialism, Spanish-American War, Foreign Policy Flashcards
The last Hawaiian monarch; appealed to President Cleveland, but was overthrown in 1893.
Queen Liliuokalani [luh-lee-uh-wow-kuh-laa-nee]
U.S. Navy Captain who argued the United States should build up its naval forces, as it was crucial for the country to secure foreign markets and become a world power.
Alfred Thayer Mahan
beginning in 1889, a meeting of various nations of the Western Hemisphere to meet on trade and other issues.
Pan-American Conference
the concept of the survival of the fittest; was applied to competition among countries– superior civilizations should colonize lands of “less fortunate” people.
Darwinism
wrote the book “Our Country: Its Possible Future and Present Crisis; advocated that Anglo-Saxon people were the “fittest to survive.”
Josiah Strong
sensationalistic reporting that featured bold and lurid headlines of crime, disaster, and scandal; made popular by Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst; the original “fake news”
“yellow journalism”
letter written by the Spanish minister to the United States; was highly critical of President McKinley and angered the American public, amplifying tensions between the two countries.
de Lome Letter
An amendment to the 1898 U.S. declaration of war against Spain; assured that the United States would uphold democracy abroad and not take control of Cuba
Teller Amendment
Group led by William Jennings Bryan that rallied opposition to further American expansion in the Pacific.
Anti-Imperialist League
A set of Supreme Court rulings in 1901; declared that the U.S. Constitution did not automatically extend citizenship to people in acquired territories; only Congress could decide whether to grant citizenship.
Insular Cases
A 1902 amendment to the Cuban constitution blocked Cuba from making a treaty with any country except the United States and gave the United States the right to intervene in Cuban affairs.
Platt Amendment (1901)
practice by major powers in the 1890s to dominate trade and investment within a particular port or region (mostly in China) and shut out competing countries.
spheres of influence
A claim put forth by U.S. Secretary of State John Hay that all nations seeking to do business in China should have equal trade access.
Open Door policy
a foreign policy approach that mixed a large show of military force and aggressive diplomacy
“big stick” policy
The 1904 assertion by President Theodore Roosevelt that the United States would act as a “policeman” in the Caribbean region in order to protect U.S. interests in Latin America; an addition to the Monroe Doctrine
Roosevelt Corollary
