Ch 18

Question 1

What is imperialism?

Answer 1

Stronger nations expand control over a weaker territories vea economics, polotics, and military

Question 2

What fuels imperialism?

Answer 2

Manifest destiny, military strength, thirst for new markets, and belief in cultural superiority

Question 3

This man urged a naval buildup to compete with other nations

Answer 3

Alfred Mahan

Question 4

What did military strength mean in imperialism?

Answer 4

Building modern battleships

Question 5

What did a thirst for new markets mean for imperialism?

Answer 5

Using foreign trade to fix over production-related problems of unemployment and economic depression

Question 6

When did the US buy Alaska?

Answer 6

1867

Question 7

Who was William Seward?

Answer 7

The man that arranged for the Alaskan purchase from the Russians for $7.2 mil

Question 8

What was Alaska dubbed after the purchase? How were they wrong?

Answer 8

Seward’s Icebox/Seward’s Folly, it was really resource rich

Question 9

What is Pearl Harbor?

Answer 9

A US naval base that was used since the Navy since 1887

Question 10

What did the McKinkey tariff do?

Answer 10

Eliminated the duty-free status of planters in 1890

Question 11

Who was Queen Liliuokalani?

Answer 11

The Hawaiian queen who proposed removing property qualifications for voting in Hawaii-keep Hawaii power

Question 12

Who was Sanford B. Dole?

Answer 12

A planter that headed the Hawaiian government after they overthrew the queen

Question 13

When did Hawaii become a territory and state?

Answer 13

Territory-1898. State-1959

Question 14

Who is Jose Marti?

Answer 14

A cuban journalist who organized a revolution in 1895 to achieve “Cuba Libre” (Free Cuba)

Question 15

Who was Valeriano Weyler?

Answer 15

A spanish general sent to Cuba to restore order to Cuba by sending thousands to concentration camps

Question 16

What is yellow journalism?

Answer 16

Exaggeration to engage readers

Question 17

What was the de Lome Letter?

Answer 17

A letter sent to McKinley from Spanish minister Enrique deLome criticizing McKinley, angering Americans (Feb 1898)

Question 18

What was the USS Maine?

Answer 18

A battleship that exploded in the Havana harbor in Feb 1898-260 dies, “Remember the Maine”

Question 19

Who was George Dewey?

Answer 19

Commodore of the US fleet who attacked the Spanish at Manila

Question 20

Who were the Rough Riders>

Answer 20

A volunteer cavalry led by Teddy Roosevelt

Question 21

What was San Juan Hill?

Answer 21

A strategically important battle brought fame to Roosevelt; it made the Spanish fleet retreat from the island

Question 22

What did the 1898 treaty of paris do?

Answer 22

Spain freed Cuba and gave the US Guam and Puerto Rico

Question 23

How much did Spain sell the Philippines for?

Answer 23

$20mil

Question 24

When was the Philippines annexed and made independent?

Answer 24

1899, 1946

Question 25

Why was Puerto Rico strategically important?

Answer 25

It maintained our presence in the caribbean and protected a future canal

Question 26

This ended military rule in Puerto Rico and set up a civil government

Answer 26

Foracker Act

Question 27

This provided provisions that the US required Cuba to add to their constitution

Answer 27

Platt Amendment

Question 28

What did the Platt Amendment do?

Answer 28

Allowed buying and leasing of land for the US navy, cuba couldn't go into debt, and there could be no treaties that limited independence

Question 29

THis is a country who's affairs are partially controlled by a stronger power... ie Cuba and the USA

Answer 29

protectorate

Question 30

Why was an American political presence in Cuba important?

Answer 30

It protected American businesses and investors

Question 31

This man was a rebel leader who was angered by the annexation of the Philippines

Answer 31

Emilio Aguinaldo

Question 32

How did the US repsond to revolts in the Philippines?

Answer 32

"Designated Living Zones" aka concentration camps

Question 33

How long did it take the US to put down Filipino rebellions?

Answer 33

3 years

Question 34

What were the Open Door Notes?

Answer 34

John Hay's letters to say no monopolies in China

Question 35

This was a failed Chinese attempt by a secret society to free their country from western influence

Answer 35

Boxer Rebellion, 1900

Question 36

What 3 beliefs of the US economy did the Open Door Notes reflect?

Answer 36

1. Growth depends on exports 2. US could intervene abroad to keep markets open 3. Closing an area to US products threatens US survival

Question 37

What was an effect of Imperialism on the US as a whole under McKinley?

Answer 37

We gained an empire

Question 38

Why did people oppose Imperialism?

Answer 38

They felt it went up against our values

Question 39

What was formed as a result of imperialism?

Answer 39

An anti-imperialist league with many prominent members

Question 40

How did Roosevelt win a Nobel peace prize?

Answer 40

1906 treaty of Portsmouth

Question 41

What did the treaty of Portsmouth do?

Answer 41

Mediated a war petered Japan and Russia

Question 42

What did Roosevelt push for?

Answer 42

Construction of the panama canal

Question 43

What happened to get Roosevelt in office?

Answer 43

McKinley was assassinated

Question 44

What did it initially cost to start the canal?

Answer 44

A flat fee ($40 mil) and yearly rent in 1904

Question 45

When was the canal finished?

Answer 45

1914

Question 46

What did Roosevelt base Latin American policy on?

Answer 46

The west African proverb "speak softly and carry a big stick"

Question 47

This was a 1904 extension of the Monroe doctrine

Answer 47

Roosevelt corollary

Question 48

What did the Roosevelt corollary claim?

Answer 48

The right to protect economic interests with military intervention in the affairs of the west hemisphere nations

Question 49

This was a tactic to keep Europeans out of western affairs

Answer 49

Dollar diplomacy

Question 50

How did dollar diplomacy work?

Answer 50

We would use our economic power to back loans made by other nations-started by Taft

Question 51

This was where the US had a moral obligation to deny recognition to oppressive, undemocratic, or hostile governments in Latin America

Answer 51

Wilson's missionary diplomacy

Question 52

These people were rebels who opposed the New Mexican government

Answer 52

Francisco "Poncho" Villa and Emiliana Zapata

Question 53

How did Villa and Zapata rebel?

Answer 53

They killed American engineers and raided New Mexico, killing 17

Question 54

This man was ordered to capture Villa-didn't succeed

Answer 54

John J Pershing

Question 55

What foreign policy goals did the US achieve in the early 1900s?

Answer 55

We expanded access to foreign markets, built a modern navy to protect interests abroad, and exercised our international police power to ensure dominance in Latin America