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US History 2: Chapter 21 Flashcards

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Why did Americans become interested in an overseas empire in the late 19th century?

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The end of the frontier sparked fears about diminishing opportunities at home

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What were the tenets of Social Darwinism?

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  1. Civilize the world under Anglo-Saxon races

2. Anglo - Saxon Superiority: god made American Christians

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What were the basic goals of the 19th century foreign policy?

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Gain Hawaii and not Africa

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What were the foreign policy goals of William H. Seward ?

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  1. Canada and Mexico
  2. Use islands in the Caribbean as strategic bases to protect a canal across the isthmus
  3. Use Hawaii and other islands as stepping stones to Asia
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What was the US foreign policy towards Latin Americans from 1869 to 1896?

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Diverted Latin American trade from Europe through a series of reciprocity treaties; US supported Venezuela against Great Britain

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What was the US relationship with Hawaii in the 19th century?

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Why did some Americans favor the annexation of Hawaii?

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They wanted it as a military base, they did not want other countries taking it, and the US depended on their sugar

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Who were the participants in the dispute over Pago Pago in 1889?

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The US, Great Britain, and Germany

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What were Alfred Thayer Mahan’s arguments for a country having a strong navy?

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He argued that overseas markets were essential for industrial surpluses and reaching those markets required a large merchant marine and a strong navy to protect it at sea

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What were the causes of the Spanish American War?

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  1. Rebellion in Cuba
  2. Explosion of the Maine
  3. Congress declared Cuba independent
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What was the Teller Amendment?

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It promised to leave government of Cuba to the Cubans

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Isolationism

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A belief that the United States should avoid entanglements with other nations

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Imperialism

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The policy of extending a nations power over other areas through military conquest, economic domination, or annexation

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What did the Treat of Paris do?

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It ended the Spanish American War

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Treaty of Paris

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Spain recognized Cuba’s independence, assumed the Cuban debt, and ceded Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines to the US

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Philippine American War

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A war fought from 1899 - 1903 to quell Filipino resistance to US control of the Philippine Islands

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Realism

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Very skeptical about independence

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Monroe Doctrine of 1823

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Any intervention by external powers in the politics of the Americas is a potentially hostile act against the US

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Who thought up the Monroe Doctrine?

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James Monroe

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James G. Blaine

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The Secretary of State under James Garfield

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What were the 3 places of value to the US?

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Hawaii, Cuba, and Puerto Rico

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Expat

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Identifies more with a different culture

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Reciprocity Act

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No duty on sugar

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Mckinley Tariff Act

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Started to pay duty on sugar

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How did the Mckinley Tariff Act impact Hawaii?

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There was a lot of unemployment

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1893 Hawaii Revolt

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James G Blaine sent marines to Hawaii and the Queen surrendered

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When was Hawaii annexed?

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1898

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When did Hawaii become a state

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1959

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Seward’s Folly

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The purchase of Alaska in 1867, through the negotiations of Secretary of State W.H. Seward

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Emilio Aguinaldo

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Led forces against Spain in the Philippine War and led against the US in the Philippine American War

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What did the Spanish troops call the African American soldiers?

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Burned Yankees

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Yellow Journalism

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Because of the yellow strips comic strips in both papers

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Where is Guantanamo Bay?

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Guantanamo Bay Naval Base

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What was the nickname for the Spanish American War?

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A splendid little war

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John Hays Open Door Policy

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Aimed to secure international agreement to the U.S. policy of promoting equal opportunity for international trade and commerce in China, and respect for China’s administrative and territorial integrity

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American Anti Imperialism League

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It was established to battle the US annexation of the Philippines as an insular area

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Foraker Act

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It provided that the executive department was to be composed of a council of eleven members appointed by the president of the United States

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