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49 Cards in this Set
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Who wrote The Influence of Sea Power Upon History? |
Alfred Mahan |
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What was the Influence of Sea Power Upon History about? |
The history of naval warfare, especially focusing on how Britian had a superior navy and the rest of the world needed to follow their lead in order to catch up |
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What was Social Darwinism? |
Excuse for white supremisy (Saying that whites evolved to be better than other races) |
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What is Isolationism? |
Cutting your country off from other countries' affairs |
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Who was the Secretaty of State from 1861-1869? |
William Seward |
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Who was the last queen of Hawaii? |
Queen Liliuokalani |
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What is the meaning of a reciprosity treay? |
It is a treay in which both sides benifit (in this case it is a back and forth trade between Hawaii and the US) |
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Who was the only president of Hawaii? |
Sanford B. Dole |
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Who was the president of the US in 1884 when planters overthrew the government? |
Chester A. Arthur |
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Which two countries did the US share Samoa with? |
Britian and Germany |
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What is an oligarchy? |
Government run by a small group of the elite |
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Who started the Cuban insurrection of 1895? |
Jose Marti |
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Who was the Military governer in Cuba? |
General Wyler |
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Who ran the New York World? |
Joseph Pulitzer |
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Who ran the New York Journal? |
William Randolph Hearst |
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What is Yellow Journalism? |
Fake news stories created to sell more papers |
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Who was the president when the US annexed Hawaii? |
Mckinley |
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What was the Delome letter? |
A letter from Spanish ambassador calling Mckinley a weak leader. |
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Which ship blew up? |
The USS Maine |
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What is an ultimatum? |
A threat |
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What was the legislation freeing Cuba? |
The Teller Amendment |
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Who led the US asiatic squadron? |
Dewey |
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What US fleet destroyed Admiral Severo? |
Admiral Sampson |
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Common name for US volunteer cavalry? |
Rough Riders |
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Who was second in command of the Rough Riders? |
Roosevelt |
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Who was the leader of the Philippine insurrection? |
Aguinaldo |
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What ended the Spanish-American war? |
Treaty of Paris |
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What did Doctor Reed and Gorgas do? |
Fought yellow fever |
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What is a protectorate? |
A territory controlled and protected by another |
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What did the Platt amendment do? |
Made Cuba a protectorate of the US |
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What is Gunboat diplomacy? |
Threat of military force to get other countries to do what you want |
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Who was Ferdinand de Lesseps? |
Engineer of the Suez Canal |
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What was the Monroe Doctrine? |
Said no colonization was allowed in the western hemisphere |
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What was Roosevelts corollary to the Monroe Doctrine? |
That the US can intervene into countries affairs if they are in the western hemisphere |
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How did the US aquire Hawaii? |
Annexed them after overthrowing their government |
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How did the US aquire the canal zone? |
Set up a rebellion amongst the Panamonions who declared themselves independent, the US recognized them as their own country, and bought it |
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How did we get the Philippines? |
We bought it |
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Who was the president of Mexico 1877-1911? |
Porfirio Diaz (overthrown by Madero) |
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Who was the president of Mexico from 1911-1913? |
Francisco Madero (assassinated 1913 by Huerta) |
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Who was president of Mexico from 1913-14? |
Victoriano Huerta (fled the country in 1914) |
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Who was the president of Mexico from 1917-1920? |
Venustiano Carranza (elected president after constitution was made) |
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Who was the first US governer of the Philippines? |
William Taft |
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Who was Amelia Zapata? |
Rebel leader in Mexico |
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Who tracked the expidition in Mexico? |
John "Black Jack" Pershing |
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What is the Sphere of Influence? |
When a country controls part of another |
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What is the Open Door Policy? |
Everybody trades in each others ports |
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What is the common name for the Society of the Righteous and Harmoneous Fists? |
Boxers |
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What war was ended by the Treaty of Portsmith? |
Russo-Japanese war |
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What was the nickname for the peacetime US fleet? |
The Great White Fleet |
