Unit 5 Day 1 Flashcards
Who was the democratic nomination in the 1900 election
William Jennings Bryan
Who said, “God himself placed every human heart the love of liberty” and what is it referring to
William Jennings Bryan and the denouncement of U.S. military occupations overseas
What happened because of Bryan’s pacifist beliefs?
He lost the election by a landslde
What does Bryan’s defeat show
How popular US imperialism was
What wars occurred continuously since the nations founding?
Wars against native people
Who saw access to global markets as key to international power
William Seward
What caused Seward’s ideas to reprise?
The depression of the 1890s
What did policymakers fear American workers would embrace?
Socialism of Marxism
What does this refer to “the largest liberty, the purest Christianity, the highest civilization”
The American Anglo-Saxon Race
What was the idea that the US had a unique destiny to foster democracy and civilization
American exceptionalism
What was the effect of Anglo-Saxon race theory
Many were denied citizenship, segregated, and disenfranchised
Who argued the “free land” on the western frontier was dwindling, and thus new outlets needed to be found for American energy and enterprise
Imperialists
How did imperialists justify their views?
The racialized Social Darwinism
What does this phrase refer to “Competition of Races”
Racial Social Darwinism
What power did many fear America was falling behind on?
Naval Power
What 2 battleships did Congress order constructed in 1866
USS Texas and USS Maine
By 1890, how many steel-hulled battleships did America have
5
Who warned grover Cleveland to stay away from Latin America
Richard Olney
What writing did Only invoke to get Britain to resolve a long-standing border dispute with Venezuela
The Monroe Doctrine
What was the name for journalists who turned Cuban’s plight into a cause célèbre
Yellow Journalists
Who was a famous yellow journalist
William Randolph Hearst
What does the phrase “manufacture manhood” refer to
Congress calling for Cuban Independence
Who had no interest in supporting the Cuban rebellion
President Grover Cleveland
What shocking news came in February 1898
The USS Maine had exploded and sunk in Havana Harbor
What popular chant arose from the sinking of Maine
Remember the Maine
what does this quote refer to “in the name of civilization, and in behalf of endangered American interests”
McKinley asking congress’ permission to intervene in Cuba
What amendment reassured Americans that their country would respect the political independence of other nations.
The Teller Amendment
Who wrote the Teller Amendment
Senator Henry M. Teller
What is this in response to “We must keep all we get; when the war is over we must keep what we want”
The Teller Amendment
When did Spain Declare War on the US
April 24, 1898
What is this quote in reference to “like Don Quixote go out to fight windmills and come back with a broken head”
US’s advantage in the war of 1898
What happened on May 1 1898
American ships cornered the Spanish Fleet in Manila Bay and destroyed it
What territory did US acquire as a result of the war of 1898
The phillipines
What did Dewey’s victory in Manila draw attention to
Hawaii
What caused tension between Hawaiian monarchs and the US
When Queen Liliuokalani succeeded her brother
What group organized the overthrow of the queen
Annexation Club
Who rejected the treaty of annexation in Hawaii
Grover Cleveland
What does this quote refer to “The Aryan race would rescue the islands”
Annexation of Hawaii
What was the first major battle of the war of 1898
The battle at San Juan Hill
Who did many credit the victory of the battle at San Juan Hill to
4 African American Regiments
How did many US soldiers die in the war of 1898
Malaria and Yellow Fever
Who did McKinley say were “unfit for self-rule”
The Filipinos
Who argued that “no power is given to the Federal Government to acquire territory to be held and governed permanently as colonies or to conquer alien people and hold them in subjugation”
George F. Hoar
What 2 citizens enlisted in the anti-imperial cause
Jane Addams and Mark Twain
What did Andrew Carnegie offer to the US government
$20 million to purchase Philippine independence and set the islands free.
Who became president after William McKinley’s assassination?
Theodore Roosevelt
T/F: Roosevelt believed in “policing the world”
True
What did Roosevelt argue about domestic progressivism
A strong federal government asserting itself both at home and abroad would enhance economic stability and political order
Who proposed an open door policy for nations seeking to do business in China
U.S. Secretary of State John Hay
What did the secret society of Chinese nationalists, who were pugnacious in their political stance, become known as
“Bocers
What was Hay’s second open door principle
China must be preserved as a “territorial and administrative entity”
Who did Japan rebel against
Russia
Why were westerners shocked at Japan’s victory
It was the first time a European power had been defeated by an Asian nation
Who did Roosevelt refer to as “a wonderful and civilized people”
The Japanese
Who signed the Root-Takahira Agreement?
The US and Japan
What did the Root-Takahira Agreement confirm?
principles of free oceanic commerce and recognizing Japan’s authority over Manchuria
