Zander Flashcards
What illnesses incapacitated hundreds of Spainiards
Malaria, typhoid fever, dysentery, and yellow fever
Late in 1898 spanish and American negotiators met where
Paris
What remote pacific island did america easily capture in 1898
Guam
Which nation did not know a war was happening due to a lack of a cable
Spain
Which country did Spain give up to the US to pay for war costs
Puerto Rico
Which country from spain was the first territory annexed to the U.S without the express promise of being grated statehood
Puerto Rico
Whick island country did Mckinley not want to leave as he felt it would be cowardly
Philippines
Who kept a ear close to the ground due to their fear of public perception
William Mckinley
Who did anti-imperialists oppose because they were “Unassimilable”
Exotic New peoples
Who were eager for new converts from Spanish catholicism
Zealous protestants
Who claimed to receive divine gurdance to take all the philippines and civilize and christainize them
Mckinley
Which city was captured the day after the armistice was signed
Manila
What did the americans pay 20 million to Spain for
The philippine islands
What questions did the americans face that confronted them with fundamental questions about their national identity
What to do with the Philippines
Who expressed dismay at the treatment of the philippine isles
William James
Who could not believe the US would puke up its ancient soul in 5 minutes without a wink of squeamishness
Proffessor William James
Who resigned in protest of americas new imperial adventure
Tomas Czar Reed
What did proponents of the new imperial adventure argue would happen if the philippines annexed
A history of glorious expanisiveness would continue
Which organizations main purpose was to fight annexation in the philippines
Anit-imperialist league
Who thirsted for freedom
The fillipinos
What group sang a seductive song and appealed to patriotism and invoked americas civilizing mission
Imperialists
Who wrote the Poem “Take up the white mans burden Ye dare not stoop to less nor call too loud on freedom to cloak your weariness
Rudyard Kipling
Who did the senate approve a treaty with on Feb 6th, 1899, with just one vote to spare
Spain
Who tool and investigative trip to the Philippines in 1900 to defind its annexation and said “The Philippines are ours forever”
Senator Albert J. Beveridge
Who broke from the Republican party and denounced the annexation of the Philippines in 1902
Senator George F. Hoar
What act accorded the Puerto Ricans a Limited form of popular government
The Foraker Act of 1900
Which US warships steamed into puerto rico’s Guanica Harbor
Gloucester
What did the US invasion of a Caribbean island eventually lead to
More US immigrants
What caused the Spainiards to crush a Indian revolution and Import African slaves
Taino Indians revolted against against spain
What country only had local autonomy for a year before getting captured by america
Puerto Rico
What caused a population surge in Puerto Rico after the US takeover
Improved health and sanitation
What caused unemployment rates to skyrocket in puerto rico
No industry to provide wage labor
What caused Puerto Ricans to move to America start working cotton fields, factories, and mines
Congress granting Puerto Ricans US citizenship
Where did a lot of filipino immigrants settle
Newyork City
What made imigration slow down for Puerto Ricans
The great depression
Why did travel become so easy for puerto ricans after WWII
Plane tickets got cheap
What broadway musical was based on the struggles of Puerto Rican immigrants in the US
West side story
Who sometimes campaigned in New York for the thousands of voters who were expected to return to the island for the election
Puerto Rico’s supranational candidates
Who was excluded from the peace negotiations between the US and Spain
The Phililippines
What was it called when US soldiers would force water down victims throats until they died or gave information
Water cure
What were a series of opinons by the Supreme Court of the US in 1901 about the status of US territories acquired in the Spanish-American War
Insular Cases
What Dr. performed amazing experiments on American soldiers who volunteered as Guinea Pigs and proved that the stregomyia mosquito was a lethal carrier fo yellow fever
Dr. Walter Reed
What amendment outlined the role of the US in cuba and the Caribbean, limiting Cubas right to make treaties with other nations and restricting Cuba in the conduct of a foreign policy and commerical relations
Platt Amendment