History Ch.17

Why did this era matter?

worked for various reforms in government, buisness and society; provided important foundations for the world today.

Identify: Queen Liliuokalani

The Queen that ruled Hawaii when the U.S. took over

Identify: John L. Stevens

wanted to make Hawaii part of the U.S.

Identify: Imperialism

the economic and political domination of a strong nation over other weaker nations

Reasons for Imperialism

desire for: new markets, raw materials,Hawaii, open trade with China,open trade with Japan, keep up with European Empires, Spread Democracy

Define Protectorate

imperial powers allowed to local rulers to stay in control and protect them against rebellion

Identify: Anglo-Saxonism

English Speaking had superior character, ideas, and forms of government and were destined to dominate the planet

Identify: Josiah Strong

popular and influential Anglo-Saxon minister

Identify: Matthew C. Perry

took some ships to Japan and forced them to make changes internally and forced them to open trade

How did the desire to expand into new markets help push the US to become a world power

they wanted new market to sell goods, so they could make more more money,

Where, beside the Pacific, did we want to expand?

Latin America

How did secretary of state James G. Blaine try to increase American influence in Latin America?

proposed the Pan American Conference

What 3 international crises illustrated American assertiveness in foreign affairs?

We went to war with Germany, threatened to go to war with Chile, and backed Venezuela against Great Britain

Identify: Alfred T. Mahan

officer in the US navy that wrote THE INFLUENCE OF SEA POWER IN HISTORY

Identify: Clara Barton

founder and 1st president of American National Red Cross

List causes of Spanish American war

explosion of the Maine; deLome letter; yellow journalism; jingoism; war was declared

Identify: USS Maine and the controversy

american ship that was blown up off the coast of Cuba, no one knows what happened, but it cause quite the media controverysy and was one of the causes of the Spanish-American War

Why were the Americans supporting Cuba's fight against Spain?

they compared it to the American revolution

Identify: Jose Marti

writer and poet personally committed to Cubas independence; launched his own rebellion.

what was the stance taken by grover cleveland?

he declared the US neutral

Identify: William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer

Hearst owned the New York Journal that reported outrageous stories against Spain; Pulitzer owned the New York World who reported outrageous stories against Cuba

Identify: General Valeriano Weyler

the Spanish-appointed governor of Cuba

Identify:Enrique Dupuy de Loe and the de Lome letter

Spanish ambassador that wrote a letter to the US that described McKinley as "weak and a bidder for the admiation of the crowd.", the letter was late published in the US Journal

define jingoism

attitude of aggressive nationalism

Identify: Commodore George Dewey

head of squadron that went into Manila Bay

Identify: Emilio Aguinaldo

Filipina revolutionary leader who staged an unsuccessful uprising against the Spainish in 1896, was contacted by Dewey and asked him to help begin a new Guerrilla war

What, besides the battles, caused men to die during this war?

epidemics broke out

Identify: colonol leonard wood

THE COMMANDER OF THE ROUGTH RIDERS< OVER ROOSEVELT

Indentify: Kettle Hill

the place that the rough riders took on foot

Indentify: Sn Juan Hill

Roosevelt and his men took it

Indentify: Treaty of Paris 1898

Ended the spanish American war; Cuba became and independent country;US got Puerto Rico and Guam; US paid $20 mill for Phillipeans

What was Gen. McArthur's role in the war?

He fought the guerrilla warfare

Who was the first US civilian governer of Philippnes?

William Howard Taft

Indentify: Foraker Act

made Puerto Rico unincorperated territory. but not the citizens at first and said that Congress could pass laws for the island

Indentify: Platt Amendment

Cuba couldnt make treaties aith other nations; Cuba has to allow US to buy or lease naval stations in cuba;cubas debts ahve to stay low; US could intervene to protect Cuban independence;

Indentify: arguments for and against establishing an american empire

for:new markets; teach the less fortunate
Against: the cost of cheap labor may have driven down costs

Indentify: Dr. William Crawford Gorgas

US sanitary officer on the panama canal project that realized that the misquitos were what was spreading the diseases, and if you eliminate them, you wil eliminate disease

Indentify: the political offices held by TR

governer of NY, Vice President, President

what was the most impressive feat of the engineering world?

panama canal

how importatant is the panama canal today to trade?

60% of cargo is coming or going from US ports

what was the pnanma canals military impact

huge quantities of war material passed through during WWII, Korean War, and Vietnam

for what reasons did China go to war with Japan/

they both wanted Korea, everyone expected China to win but they didnt

define: Sphere of influence

area where foreign nation controlled economic development such as railroad construction and mining

define: open door policy

all countries are allowed to trade with one country, particularly China; they did it so that everyone could do buisness with them

Indentify: boxer rebellion

a secret chinese group that wanted to wipe out "foreign devils" and their christian converts' they rebelled and killed more than 200 foreigners

Indentify: Great white fleet

the group of 16 battleships of the US navy that traveled around the world to show off the US naval might

Indentify: Suez Canal

located in Egypt, it was a canal that connected the Mediterannian sea to the red sea creating a shortcut form europe to the indian sea

Indentify: TR's big stick policy

name given to this diplomatic poilicy "speak softly and carry a big stick" have a strong military presence, but dont threaten

Indentify: Hay-Pauncefote Treaty

gave the US the right to build and control any canal through central America; signed by GB and UUS

what was the cause of the revolt in panama?

the pnadamanians didnt want to give up their control of the canal, the french company thought that the canal would be built in nicaragua so to insure that it was built in panama, they revolted

Indentify: the roosevelt corollary

the US would intervene in Latin AMerican when nessicery to keep peace in the Western Hemisphere

Indentify: dollar diplomacy

better to pay with $ than with bullets

Indentify: bully pulpit

name teddy used to describe this presidency

Indentify: the 2 goals of the Pan American conference

to make customs union between the US and Latin America; create a system for American countries to negotiate peacefully

Advantages of panama Canal

saved time; saved money; saved 8000 miles; helped military

Indentify: parts of the american empire taken at the time

guam;puerto rico; philipeans; american samoa

Indentify: country where the US was politically, economically, or militarily involved

hawaii, cuba, china, japan, panama, spain, guam, germany, venezuela, chilie, samoa, philipeans

define: isolationists

take care of your own country, stay out of others

define: interventionists

get involved with other countrys affairs

Indentify: TR's accomplishments

assistant sevretary of the navy, member of Ny state assembly, 1st presdent to: go up in an airplane, down in a submarine, wint the nobel peace prize, visit a foreign country while in office, survive an assination attempt, form national parks and bird preseves; named Gifford Pinchord the head of the US foestry service; HE was the first modern president because he used the power of his office to by pass congression opposition