U.S. History Exam 1 - FLASHCARDS - 2_4 Lecture 8

Question 1

What was the 1900 Gold Standard Act?

Answer 1

Sets the United States on the gold standard of currency

Question 2

What was the Spanish American War of 1898?

Answer 2

Yellow journalism led to the war

Question 3

What is imperialism?

Answer 3

A policy of extending a country’s power and influence through diplomacy or military force. Roosevelt wanted US to become a great world power

Question 4

How many interventions was the US government in over the 19th century?

Answer 4

103 interventions across the globe

Question 5

How many islands did the US hold possession of before 1898?

Answer 5

Six island possessions in the Pacific

Question 6

By 1914, what percent of Africa was controlled by European powers?

Answer 6

98 percent of Africa

Question 7

When was the United States seen as a second rate power?

Answer 7

By 1870

Question 8

How big was the US navy in 1880?

Answer 8

Smaller than Denmark or Chile’s navies. Has 25 operational ships reliant on sail power.

Question 9

When was the US frontier closed?

Answer 9

1890. People began looking abroad.

Question 10

Who was John Fiske?

Answer 10

Said the Anglo Saxon race was superior and should occupy areas of the globe not already civilized

Question 11

Who was Josiah Strong?

Answer 11

Published “Our Country” in 1885. Said US should spread its institutions, values, and Christian religion to inferior races

Question 12

What did America need to do with excess goods?

Answer 12

Sell to foreign markets

Question 13

By 1870, how did US exports grow?

Answer 13

US exports tripled to 1.9 billion

Question 14

Who was Alfred Mahan?

Answer 14

Wrote “The Influence of Sea Power

upon History” in 1890

Question 15

What did Alfred Mahan argue?

Answer 15

No nation could prosper without a large fleet of merchant ships protected by a powerful navy

Question 16

What was the US Navy ranked in 1890?

Answer 16

3rd in the world behind Britain and Germany

Question 17

What did Alfred Mahan say made a man a man?

Answer 17

Military service

Question 18

How did the number of men self employed change during the second industrial revolution?

Answer 18

Fell from 67 percent to 39 percent

Question 19

How did the Panic of 1893 hurt the status of men?

Answer 19

Hurt men’s status as head of the house

Question 20

What was Hawaii known as to many?

Answer 20

The crossroads of the Pacific

Question 21

When did American involvement in Hawaii begin?

Answer 21

In the 1830s when religious groups founded schools to try and americanize the Hawian people

Question 22

What was Hawaii’s main export?

Answer 22

Sugarcane

Question 23

What did Americans bring to Hawaii?

Answer 23

When Americans came to work sugar plantations, they brought diseases that the Hawian people weren’t immune to

Question 24

Who was David Kalakaua?

Answer 24

Became king of Hawaii and fought to maintain Hawian sovereignty

Question 25

What was the Hawiian League?

Answer 25

Forced King Kalakaua to sign the Bayonet Constitution at gunpoint in 1887

Question 26

What did the Bayonet Constitution allow?

Answer 26

Power to be taken from the king, Native Hawaiian land rights taken away, and gave the vote to foreign landowners. Shifted power from monarch to legislature

Question 27

Who was Robert Wilcox?

Answer 27

Organized an uprising to end the Bayonet Constitution. Arrested with 80 other men.

Question 28

What was the McKinley Tariff Act of 1890?

Answer 28

Raised the average duty on imports to almost fifty percent, an act designed to protect domestic industries from foreign competition.

Question 29

Who replaces King Kalakaua?

Answer 29

Queen Liliuokalani ssumed the throne in 1891