Unit Imperalism Flashcards
(30 cards)
-Yellow Journalism
-The U.S.S Maine was sunk
-Protection of American Business interest in Cuba
-To fight against Spain’s oppressive government
Causes of the war
-Cuba
-Philippines
-Guam
-Puerto Rico
-Cuba Protectorate
Results of the war
Argued that if the US gave the Philippines independence, the other nations would probably attack the island and take control -president-
William McKinley
-President or US from 1901-1909
-Favoured a strong, active US presence in the world
-Leader of the “Rough Riders” before becoming president
-Pushed for the building of the Panama Canal
Theodore Roosevelt
-The American ship blown up in Havana Habour in 1898
-It is unknown if it was sunk by Spanish
The U.S.S Maine
A large island nation about 90 miles off the coast of Florida that was a colony of Spain until freed in the Spanish-American war
Cuba
-The largest and southernmost island in the Marians
-Was turned over to the United States by Spain in 1898
Guam
Freedom from control or influence of another or others
Independence
Affairs between nations
International Affairs
A man-made canal that allows ships go through the country of Panama to the Atlantic Ocean or Pacific Ocean
Panama Canal
A country that is a group of islands in southeastern Asia, which became a US possession after the war
Philippines
Country that became dependent on the US after the Spanish-American war
Puerto Rico
-Troops of en from many different backgrounds organised by Theodore Roosevelt
-Served in the Spanish-American War fighting in Cuba
Rough Riders
A. Writing which exaggerates sensational, dramatic, and gruesome events to attract readers
B. Exaggerated stories that helped sell newspapers
Yellow Journalism
-Dissolved the Spanish Empire
-Cuba became American Protectorate
-Gave the island of Guam
Treaty of Paris 1898
-Prohibited Cuba from making treaties with other nations
-Gave America control of a naval base at Guantanamo Bay
-Gave the US the right to intervene in Cuba affairs if the country’s independence was threatened
Platt Amendment
A. Not getting involved in other countries’ conflicts
B. The policy in remaining separate from the other countries
Isolationism
Newspaper publisher from 1887 until his death in 1951, used yellow journalism to influence the Spanish-American war
William Randolph Hearst
A policy whereby all countries have an equal opportunity to trade freely in a certain place
Open Door Policy
He purchased Alaska from the Russians and people thought it was foolish
Steward’s Folly
A. A policy of extending your rule over foreign countries
B. The control by one country of the political and economic life of another country or region
Imperialism
Roosevelt’s belief that the US should respond to foreign crisis not by threats but by military action
Big Stick Diplomacy
The doctrine of expanding the territory or the economic influence of a country
Expansionism
A sincere belief in the ideas of democracy
Moral Diplomacy
