Unit 2 Flashcards
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What was the main goal of the Spanish American war?
A war to Liberate Cuba from bad ruling, set concentration camps with Cuban Guerrillas free.
Where did Spain put Cuban rebels (Guerrillas) after their revolts?
Concentration camps
Cuba wanted to gain independence from what countries rule?
Spanish rule
What battleship was sent to protect Americans who lived in Cuba?
U.S.S. Maine
What did America claim had happened to the USS Maine ship?
Destroyed by an underwater Spanish mine
What did Cuba claim happened to the USS Maine ship?
An explosion from within the ship caused it to sink
What did some think in regards to Cuban rebels and the USS Maine ship
They caused it to sink so US would blame Spain and do something about it.
“Remember the Maine”
Pictures and illustrations used to show and exaggerate the wrecked ship
Why did newspapers in the US push for war?
Headlines means money
Who was William Randolph Hearst
American newspaper author who pushed for the Spanish American war
Who was Joseph Pulitzer?
American newspaper author who pushed for Spanish American war
Another name for the “Splendid little war”
Spanish American war
Another name for the “muscle flexing war”
Spanish American war
Who led our attack on Spain in the Philippines
Admiral George Dewey
What islands revolted against the US and took 4 years for the revolution to be put down
The Philippines
What were Teddy Roosevelt and his 23,000 volunteers who fought on foot in Cuba called
Rough Riders
Settlement between the US and Spain that granted Cuba their independence, and gave the US Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines.
Treaty of Paris
A warning to all European nations to stay out of the Western Hemisphere, became the basis for future American Foreign Policy, the US would not permit Europe to meddle in American affairs
Monroe Doctrine
US felt it should not get involved with Europe’s affairs, only a trade relationship was desired
Isolationism
Belief it was Americans destiny to expand our land
Manifest destiny
Many Americans felt it was our _____________ to expand influence in the Americans and “civilize” the inferior groups like we had done with the Native Americans
Anglo-Saxon Mission
The domination by one country of the political, economic, and cultural affairs of another country
Imperialism
- more raw materials
- additional markets
- increased national pride
- humanitarian goals attached to many expansion policies
Justifications for imperialism
Secretary of State, purchased Alaska from Russia for $7.2 million
William Seward