Test #2 (11/4/15) Flashcards
What did social darwinists try to jusitfy?
economic exploitation and territorial conquest
What did we pay for Alaska? Who did we buy it from?
7.2 million
Russia
Yellow Journalism
Make stories a bigger deal than they actually are, hype it up to sell more papers
What did Spain do when given commands from the US?
said no, declared war
Where did Rough Riders “ride”?
Battles of San Juan Hill and Kettle Hill in Cuba
Election of 1900
Rep: Mckinley/Roosevelt 7.2 m, 292 EV
Dem: WJ Bryan 6.4 m, 155 EV
Who attempted to dig the canal in the 1800s
French
What did we agree to pay Panama?
help them be free from Columbia
Why did the US embark in Imperialism
many people believed it was America’s destiny
Henry Cabotlodge, Teddy Roosevelt, Alfred Mahn
John Fiske
thought the white, english speaking race was superior to everyone else
Treaty with Samoa, What did we get?
Naval base
Battleship Maine
Exploded in harbor of havana, 260 killed, spark for war with Spain
What did Cleveland do with Hawaii when president?
Withdraws the treaty to annex Hawaii to the US
What did Roosevelt do during Spanish-American War?
He fought and assembled the “rough riders”
WHat did soldiers mostly die from in the war?
illness; malaria + yellow fever
What land did we get from the war?
Phillipenes, Puerto Rico, other pacific islands
Open Door Policy
any country could trade with China
Who wrote the Open Door policy
John Hay
Boxer Rebellion
Chinese men that rebelled against the foreign involvement in China
Because Teddy Roosevelt campaigned for Mckinley, what did he get?
assistant secretary to the Navy
What were the problems the French faced with the canal?
major disease, spent $300 mil
Roosevelt Corollary
no euro power can intervene with countries on the western hemisphere. US would practice international police power
Why did Roosevelt win the nobel peace prize?
Russo-Japanese war (treaty of Portsmouth), Taft-Katsora Treaty, Morocco’s independence
Alfred Mahn
Wrote “the influence of sea power among history”
