Unit 4

Question 1

Who wanted independence from Spain

Answer 1

Cuba, they were influenced by the American republic

Question 2

Who was Cuba controlled by, and did they let them free

Answer 2

Spain, they refused to give any of their colonies up

Question 3

Who did Cuba get help from military wise

Answer 3

America

Question 4

Why did America dislike Spain

Answer 4

They didn’t like having Spanish influence near them

Question 5

What did the us do to create more influence in the Caribbean

Answer 5

Created a naval base in Cuba

Question 6

What did Cuba mass produce

Answer 6

Sugar

Question 7

Why did us get involved

Answer 7

Desire for influence in the Caribbean, yellow journalism, D lame letter, sinking of the USS Maine

Question 8

Yellow journalism

Answer 8

The sensational style of writing which exaggerates the news to enrage readers

Question 9

What deep in American sympathies for a Cuban rebel

Answer 9

Yellow journalism stories of poisoned wells, and of children being thrown to the sharks

Question 10

Two yellow journalist

Answer 10

Joseph Pulitzer, William Randolph, Hearst

Question 11

What is de lome roasts McKinley

Answer 11

Enrique Vincent de lime called McKinely a warmonger and this letter was intercept by Cuba and enraged Americans

Question 12

What is the USS Maine warship

Answer 12

Sent to Cuba to evacuate American citizens, the ship blew up, hearts’s stated that Spanish blew up the ship

Question 13

What is the teller amendment?

Answer 13

Stated that the US would not Cuba and would only gain them independence

Question 14

What was the strategy of the US for Cuba?

Answer 14

Isolate Spanish troops, invade, and destroy Spanish forces

Question 15

Who are the Roughriders?

Answer 15

The first volunteer cavalry regiment under the command of Leonard Wood and Theodore Roosevelt

Question 16

Battle of San Juan Hill

Answer 16

Heroic and desperate charge on a well defended hill by the rough riders located in , Santiago cuba.

Question 17

What did the battle of San Juan Hill do?

Answer 17

Gave the US Army a significant advantage in Cuba

Question 18

What was Theodore Roosevelt considered in the San Juan Hill battle?

Answer 18

A hero

Question 19

Battle of Santiago de Cuba

Answer 19

US Navy surrounded in annihilated the Spanish Caribbean squadron in Cuba

Question 20

Decisive movement

Answer 20

The destruction of the Spanish fleet, ultimately spelled defeat for Spain, in the war, US troops, invaded Puerto Rico and Guam

Question 21

Treaty of Paris 1898

Answer 21

US and Spain signed a cease-fire agreement on August 12

Question 22

When did US and Spain meet in Paris? Agree on the treaty of Paris 1898

Answer 22

December 10, 1898

Question 23

Results of the Spanish American war

Answer 23

US baht Philippines for $20 million, gained Guam, Puerto Rico

Question 24

What is the plat amendment?

Answer 24

Made Cuba a protectorate of the US, US would control Cuba for policy, Cuba set aside land for US naval bases, Guantánamo Bay

Question 25

What country becomes a world power after the territorial acquisitions?

Answer 25

US

Question 26

Reason reasons for imperial

Answer 26

Desire for new markets, military expansion, rise of nationalism, American superiority

Question 27

What is new markets used for?

Answer 27

A place for farming us to sell goods, ports, and trade would create more consumers for product products

Question 28

What is the great white fleet?

Answer 28

Third largest navy in the world

Question 29

What did Alfred T Mahan write?

Answer 29

Influence of sea power

Question 30

Nationalism

Answer 30

A devotion to the interest in culture to one’s nation, US should create its own colonies

Question 31

American superiority

Answer 31

Responsibility to spread Christianity and civilization to the worlds, inferior people

Question 32

Who was the white man’s burden written by?

Answer 32

Rudyard Kipling

Question 33

Anti-imperialists

Answer 33

The idea that it was wrong to build an empire because it went against belief of liberty for all

Question 34

US imperialism in Hawaii

Answer 34

Queen Liliuokalani try to restore Hawaiian control from businessman

Question 35

Who is the first governor of Hawaii?

Answer 35

Sanford, b dole

Question 36

US imperialism in Puerto Rico

Answer 36

The government was limited by the US

Question 37

1917 jones act

Answer 37

Granted PRs citizenship

Question 38

Imperialism in Philippines

Answer 38

Filipinos revolted in the Filipino American war

Question 39

Who was the leader of Filipino forces

Answer 39

Emilio Aguinaldo

Question 40

Why would US be interested in Guam

Answer 40

All naval bases and refueling stations are for American ships in route to or from Asia

Question 41

What are the main industries in Guam

Answer 41

Catering and military

Question 42

What was the Monroe doctrine

Answer 42

Keep European interference out of Latin America

Question 43

A police power

Answer 43

If Europeans intervened with Latin America the US would you force

Question 44

Big stick policy

Answer 44

The US had a big navy

Question 45

Panama Canal construction

Answer 45

Helped facilitate US warships between the Atlantic and pacific ports

Question 46

Why did they chose the Panama Canal

Answer 46

Narrowest point in Central America

Question 47

What did US do to acquire Panama Canal

Answer 47

Helped Panamanian nationalists revolt against Columbia

Question 48

After the US signed for the Panama Canal what did they receive

Answer 48

A 10 mile wide strip of rainforest known as the Canal Zone

Question 49

What were the challenges of construction

Answer 49

Different water levels, malaria and yellow fever, difficulties in dredging

Question 50

Different water levels

Answer 50

Had to create locks to account for that

Question 51

Malaria and yellow fever

Answer 51

Drs. Reed and Gotham will prevent the spread with spraying of swamps and draining

Question 52

Difficulties in dredging

Answer 52

Had to create an artificial lake to help

Question 53

Intervention in China

Answer 53

US competed with other foreigners for Chinese consumers,

Question 54

Open door policy

Answer 54

Nations share their trading rights with the US thus creating open access in China

Question 55

What did the growth of the US economy depend on

Answer 55

Exports to consumers worldwide

Question 56

Legation quarter

Answer 56

Only area in Peking(Beijing) where foreign diplomatic establishments were allowed to operate

Question 57

Boxer rebellion

Answer 57

Anti imperial forces supported by Qing empress lad siege to legation quarter of Peking for 55 days

Question 58

Dollar diplomacy

Answer 58

Taft used loans given to Oregon countries to protect US investments in Latin America

Question 59

What did Taft use to further US interest in Latin America

Answer 59

Financial power

Question 60

What were the countries that were part of the open door policy

Answer 60

Great Britain, France, Russia, Austria, Hungary, Germany, Italy, Japan

Question 61

What did John hay do

Answer 61

He sent a note to the foreign powers in China