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18 Cards in this Set
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General Leonard Wood |
Military administrator in Cuba. Strengthened infrastructure and made it safer from danger and disese. |
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Emilio Aguinaldo |
Led a Filipino insurrection movement against America |
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Howard Taft |
Head of Filipino Commission which intended to Americanize Filipinos through education, economics, religion and language |
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John Hay |
Created the open door policy that separated china into spheres of influence |
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Henry Cabot Lodge |
Most aggressive congressman in support of expansion |
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Captain Alfred Mahan |
Wrote "Influence of Sea Power upon History" arguing that world supremacy was dependent on a strong navy |
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Queen Lilioukalani |
Was not opposed to US involvement in Hawaii but was dethroned by resisting annexation |
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General Weyler |
Was a general of Spain that put many in reconcentration camps |
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Hearst and Pulitzer |
They were big on yellow journalism and creating lies about Spain to get America to go to war with them |
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Admiral George Dewey |
Was sent to Manila where he took out a whole Spanish fleet, making the war with Spain a global conflict |
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Teddy Roosevelt |
He served in wars, became the governor of NY, then ran for VP and became president after McKinley died |
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Colonel Gothels |
Successfully organized the construction of the canal |
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Colonel Gorgas |
Realized that sanitation was to blame for the delays and made sure the workers were healthy and safe in a tropical setting |
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Teller Amendment |
An attachment to congress' approval to intervene in Cuba. Promised to grant Cubans their freedom after removal of the Spanish |
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Pan American Conference 1889 |
Initiated years of American influence and intervention in Latin America |
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Foraker Act of 1900 |
Allowed for limited popular government and provid ed infrastructure improvements. Led to full citizenship in 1917 |
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Platt Amendment |
Forced into Cuban constitution. Required Cuba to not sign treaties, go into debt, allow military intervention and rent space for a US naval base |
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The Great Reproachment |
A reconciliation between Britain and the US that led to an alliance that would be the cornerstone of both countries foreign policy |
