Spanish American War - Part 2 Flashcards
Between 1895 and 1900 US exports to where quadrupled?
China
In 1894, war erupted between what two countries over Korea ( Which was a client state dependent on one of these countries)?
China and Japan
In what treaty did China recognize Korea’s independence and give Japan territory in Manchuria?
The Peace Treaty
In 1898, what country demanded that China lease Manchuria to them instead?
Russia
Soon after Germany, France, and Britain also demanded what in China?
Leaseholds
Each what became the center of each country’s sphere of influence?
Leasehold
What is a section of a country where a foreign nation enjoys special rights and powers?
Sphere of influence
McKinley and S.O.S. John Hay supported what in China?
Open Door Policy
The policy that allowed each foreign nation in China to trade freely in the other nation’s sphere of influence was?
Open Door Policy
Who were known to the Westerners as “Boxers”?
The Society of Righteous and Harmonious Fists
In 1900, this group decided to destroy the “foreign devils” and their Chinese Christian converts, whom they believed were corrupting Chinese society. What was the group?
The Society of Righteous and Harmonious Fists
The “Boxers” and some Chinese troops attacked foreign embassies in Peking (Now Beijing) killing more than 200 foreigners in what came to be called the?
Boxer Rebellion
Who was reelected in 1900, but their second term was cut short by an assassin’s bullet?
McKinley
After McKinley’s death in September 1901, what vice president assumed the presidency?
Theodore Roosevelt
Who believed that the US had a duty to shape the “less civilized” corners of the earth and displaying US power to the world to deter nations from fighting?
Theodore Roosevelt
Who said, “Speak softly and carry a big stick.”?
Theodore Roosevelt
The “Big stick” policy was used in the acquisition and construction of what?
The Panama Canal
In 1889, a company from what country abandoned its efforts to build a canal in Panama?
France
In 1902, who authorized US purchase of the French company’s assets and the construction of the canal?
Congress
Panama was a province of what country at the time of the construction of the canal?
Columbia
Tensions would increase between what two peoples because of the province’s rule during the canal construction?
Panamanians and Columbians
During the construction of the Panama Canal, what two diseases, transmitted by mosquitoes, sickened workers and slowed their progress?
Malaria and Yellow Fever
By inspecting and controlling all potential breeding places of mosquitoes, who helped maintain a Canal Zone in which mosquitoes could not live?
Surgeon General of the US Army, William Crawford Gorgas
In 1902, after what country defaulted its debts, Britain, Germany, and Italy blockaded its ports.
Venezuela
Roosevelt would give a speech to Congress in which he stated what came to be known as the what?
Roosevelt Corollary
What states that the US would intervene in Latin American affairs when necessary to maintain economic and political stability in the Western Hemisphere?
The Roosevelt Corollary
The goal of the what was to prevent European powers from using the debt problems of Latin America to justify intervening in the region?
The Roosevelt Corollary
The US would first apply the Roosevelt Corollary to which country?
The Dominican Republic
A policy of joining the business interests of a country with its diplomatic interests abroad ( An idea by Taft), is known as?
Dollar diplomacy
The what submitted by Senator Orville Platt, specified 4 conditions to the Cuban constitution?
Platt Amendment
Who helped build public support for the idea that nations needed large fleets of ships to trade with the world?
US naval officer Captain Alfred T. Mahan
In 1853, warships under Perry’s command entered where?
Edo Bay (Present day Tokyo Bay)
Who (S.O.S.) advocated Pan- Americanism?
James G. Blaine
Older name for the present day Organization of American States (OAS)?
Commercial Bureau of the American Republics
Who declared the US neutral?
President Grover Cleveland
Spain would remove what General from office and offered Cubans autonomy only if they remained part of the Spanish Empire?
Valeriano Weyler
Spain had to agree to the US annexation of what two countries?
Guam and Puerto Rico
