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38 Cards in this Set
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Admiral Alfred Thayer Mahan
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wrote Influ. of Sea Power on Hist.
shows assn. btw. Brit power & navy Architect of Panama Canal |
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Influ. of Sea Power on Hist.
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By Admiral Alfred Thayer Mahan
shows assn. btw. Brit power & navy |
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Long term Cause of Span-Amer War
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Spain=weakest in Euro.
US doesnt want Brit/Fr/Rus taking Span terr in North Amer US wants expand influ |
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Immediate Causes of Span-Amer War
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1. Cuban revolt. Gen. Weyler creates concentration camps for Cubans.
2. Yellow journalism/DeLome Letter 3. Sinking of USS Maine 4. McKinley elected on imperialist platform |
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Cuban Revolt against Sp.
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1. Cuban revolt against Sp. led by Jose/ Marti/
2. Span brings in Gen. Valeriano the Butcher Weyler 3. Pres. Cleveland hesitant to enter war |
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Yellow Journalism
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William Randolph Hearst & Joseph Pulitzer & photographer Frederick Remington
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Frederick Remington
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yellow photographer
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DeLome Letter
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Sp. ambassador in Washington DC writes to Sp. gov't that Pres. McKinley too wimpy to go to war ("dont worry about him")
printed by yellow journalists |
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USS Maine
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-US sends only steel ship to Havana Harbor during Cuban revolt
-Blows up -Sp blamed though really due to internal explosion "Remember the Maine, to hell with Sp!" |
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Teller Amendment
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Contained in Declar of War from Congress.
If we help overthrow Sp in Cuba, Cuba given freedom/will not be our terr. |
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Philippines phase of Span-Amer War
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Admiral George Dewey captures Manila. Philippines made US terr.
Annexed in 1898. Aided by Philippino Emilio Aguinaldo. |
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Span Amer War started in _____
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1898
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Admiral George Dewey
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Captures Philippines in SpanAmer War
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Cuban phase of Span-Amer War
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-Rough Riders led by TR seize San Juan Hill
-Blockade on Santiago Harbor -US invades & takes over Puerto Rico |
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Treaty of Paris of 1898
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Ends SpanAmer War
US gets Puerto Rico, Guam, Philippines |
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Emiliano Aguinaldo
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Helps Dewey but later becomes enemy b/c leads Philippino revolt against US
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Platt Amend
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Allows US to intervene in Cuban affairs to help maintain their independence, keep civil order, or if US interests threatened
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Guantanamo Bay
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Harbor US annexed in Cuba
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Insular Cases
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Series of Supr Ct cases that say Congress decides on case-by-case basis the status of territories US acquires
ie: Hawaii annexed & becomes state but Puerto Rico = US commonwealth |
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China's Open Door Policy
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by Sec of State John Hay
ended Spheres of Influ tariff & RR rates applied fairly to all nations within China Europe rejects (except Brit) |
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Boxer Rebellion
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Empress Tzu-Hsi expels all foreigners
Fists of Righteous Harmony (boxers) killed foreigners in embassy HQ in Peking/Beijing Tzu-Hsi abdicates China "agrees" to foreign troops in country |
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Significance of Boxer Rebellion
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Breaks US policy of non-alignment
Receive $18-24 mil. from Chinese John Hay negotiates w/ Euro & Japan NOT to colonize |
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TR Foreign Policy
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Yankee Imperialism
Big Stick Policy |
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Roosevelt's Corollary
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updates Monroe Doctrine
-Debt collection NOT an excuse to take over country unless its the US. Tell US, US pays debt, then occupies the Latin Amer country until they pay |
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Treaty of Portsmouth
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After Russo-Jap War
TR won Nobel Peace Prize |
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Hay-Pauncefote Treaty
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Sec of State & Brit Foreign Minister
US has sole right to build canal but open for use to all countries |
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Felipe Bunau-Varilla
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Works for Fr. Canal Co. trying to build @ Panama.
Funded rebels for Panamanian Indep. from Columbia |
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Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty
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Panama indep in1903 & US can build canal
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Great White Fleet
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TR sends fleet to Jap to show off
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Gentleman's Agreement
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TR will stop CA laws discriminating against Jap immigrants if Jap restricts emigration to CA
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Dollar-Diplomacy
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Taft's policy.
Use Amer commerce instead of mil to expand influ (ie: Dole Co. in Hawaii) |
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Lodge Corollary
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In rxn. to Jap interest in buying Baja Peninsula from Mex.
Amed to Monroe Doc says non-Euro also excluded from owning property in western hemisphere |
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Joan's Act of 1916
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Philippines granted full territorial status
-protection under bill of rights -male suffrage in local elections -promised indep when est stable govt |
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Victoriano Huerta
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Wilson refuses to recog legitimacy of this Mex dictator through assasination
Wilson supports rebels |
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Tampico Incident
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US soldiers arrested @ Vera Cruz
Huerta will not apologize ABC powers mediate dispute Huerta overthrown |
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ABC Powers
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Argentina, Brazil, Chile
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Pancho Villa
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Rebel who arises after Huerta overthrown.
Wants land reform, equality. Raids into US to stir trouble Wilson sends Gen. Pershing to get him but never does. |
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Gen. John J. Pershing
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Sent by Wilson to capture Pancho Villa. Fails.
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