Study Guide Unit 3

Question 1

Imperialism

Answer 1

a policy of extending a country’s power and influence through diplomacy or military force.

Question 2

Open door policy

Answer 2

The principle that all countries should have equal access to any of the ports open to trade in China

Question 3

Annexation of Philippines

Answer 3

In Paris on December 10, 1898, the United States paid Spain $20 million to annex the entire Philippine archipelago due to desire for commercial opportunities in Asia, concern that the Filipinos were incapable of self-rule, and fear that if the United States did not take control of the islands, another power (such as Germany or Japan) might do so

Question 4

Panama Canal

Answer 4

President Theodore Roosevelt oversaw the realization of a long-term United States goal—a trans-isthmian canal. Throughout the 1800s, American and British leaders and businessmen wanted to ship goods quickly and cheaply between the Atlantic and Pacific coasts.

Question 5

Spanish American War

Answer 5

a conflict between the United States and Spain that effectively ended Spain’s role as a colonial power in the New World. The United States emerged from the war as a world power with significant territorial claims stretching from the Caribbean to Southeast Asia. Started after the US thought Spain sunk the U.S.S Maine and America’s support for the ongoing struggle by Cubans and Filipinos against Spanish rule

Question 6

Annexation of Hawaii

Answer 6

the United States annexed Hawaii in 1898 at the urging of President William McKinley. The event marked the end of a lengthy internal struggle between native Hawaiians and non-native American businessmen for control of the Hawaiian government.

Question 7

Sinking of the Maine

Answer 7

On February 15, 1898, an explosion of unknown origin sank the battleship U.S.S. Maine in the Havana, Cuba harbor, killing 266 of the 354 crew members. The sinking of the Maine incited United States’ passions against Spain, eventually leading to a naval blockade of Cuba and a declaration of war. It turns out that the origin was an internal explosion, likely caused by accident.

Question 8

Yellow Journalism

Answer 8

the use of lurid features and sensationalized news in newspaper publishing to attract readers and increase circulation

Question 9

Propaganda

Answer 9

information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view

Question 10

White Man’s Burden

Answer 10

the task that white colonizers believed they had to impose their civilization on the inhabitants of their colonies.

Question 11

Progressive Presidents

Answer 11

Theodore Roosevelt made a square deal when conserved natural resources, control of corporations and consumer protection, avoided labor strikes, expanded national parks system. Taft continued reforms, limited power for big corporations, added land to national forest system

Question 12

Big Stick Diplomacy

Answer 12

the idea is negotiating peacefully but also having strength in case things go wrong (speak softly and carry a big stick)

Question 13

Dollar Diplomacy

Answer 13

a foreign policy in which the United States lent money to foreign countries in return for the ability to make decisions for the governments of those countries

Question 14

Monroe Doctrine

Answer 14

warned European powers not to interfere in the affairs of the Western Hemisphere/further colonization of the Americas by European countries is prohibited

Question 15

Roosevelt Corollary

Answer 15

stated that not only were the nations of the Western Hemisphere not open to colonization by European powers, but that the United States had the responsibility to preserve order and protect life and property in those countries

Question 16

Progressive movement

Answer 16

a turn-of-the-century political movement interested in furthering social and political reform, curbing political corruption caused by political machines, and limiting the political influence of large corporations