Ch 20 - The United States Looks Overseas 1853-1915

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Commodore Matthew Perry

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Sailed warships into Tokyo Bay to enforce trade.

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President Millard Fillmore

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President that sent Commodore mattew perry to try and get Japan to open up for trade.

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Secretary of State William Seward

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Bought Alaska from Russia for $7.2 mil.

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Frederick Jackson Turner

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Historian that concluded the American frontier was gone.

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Captain Alfred T. Mahan

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.American Sea Captain. Argued U.S. must increase foreign trade. Thus needs overseas ports to protect merchant ships. Therfore U.S. must expand, take over foreign territory to acquire ports.

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Queen Liliuokalani Hawaii

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Queen of Hawaii that refused to recognize the U.S. Constitution.

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William Randolph Hearst

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.Yellow Journalist who ran the New York Journal. He is notorious for the quote, "You furnish the pictures, I'll furnish the war."

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Emilio Aguinaldo

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Filipino nationalist who led forces against the U.S. until 1901 when they realized that the U.S. would not grant the Philippines their independence.

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Theodore "Teddy" Roosevellt

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Leader of the rough riders who helped control country of Cuba.

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William Gorgas

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A tropical diese expert said that the damp night air caused yellow fever and malaria .

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Arrival of Perry in Japan

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This is what got Japan to open its doors to trade with the world.

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American Purchase of Alaska

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Purchased Alaska from Russia for 7.2 mil in 1867.

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Overthrow of Queen of Hawaii

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Queen Liloukalni was overthrown when she wouldn't recognize the U.S. Constitution as Hawaii.

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Annexation of Hawaii

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Hawaii becomes property of the U.S. but not yet a state.

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Boxer Rebellion

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Secret chinese society to expel foreigners.

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Sinking of USS Maine

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U.S. war ship sent to cube which sunk because of a gun powder explosion but spain was blamed by many for the sinking of the ship.

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Spanish American War

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The war against Spain in the Philippines, Guam, and Cuba.

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Treaty of Paris

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The treaty that Spain agreed to sign for America to stop attacking them and for $20 million for the Philippines, Guam, and Cuba.

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Revolt in Panama

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The revolt in Panama because of Colombian ruling.

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Japan

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A country that banned anything foreign until forced to trade then they modernize.

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Alaska

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Piece of land sold to U.S. from Russia.

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Russia

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Country that sold us Alaska.

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Samoa

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Islands wanted by U.S., Germany, and Britain. For various purposes but in the end Germany and the U.S. divide up Islands.

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Hawaii

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.Wealthy American Plantation owners overthrow the Queen in 1893 with the help of U.S. marines. U.S. annexed Hawaii in 1898.

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China

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A country that wouldn't sell to use until we came up with the open door policy.

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Spain

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A big Imperial Power.

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Guam

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One of Spain's Islands that we took over.

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Wake Island

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Some of the Islands we took over when we fought Spain.

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Philippines

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Set of Islands that we took over when fought Spain.

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Cuba

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An island we got when we defeated Spain.

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Puerto Rico

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An Island we got when we defeated Spain.

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Colombia

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Country that has possession of Panama.

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Panama Canal

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A canal way cutting through Panama making navigation from Pacific to Atlantic easier.

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Isolation (ism)

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.Foreign policy of having little or nothing to do with other nations.

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Imperialism

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policy of when a powerful, stronger nation seeks to take control of the economic and political affairs of weaker nations or a region. Often leads to colonies. Examples- Europe in Africa; U.S. and Philippines

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"Seward Folly"

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What many people considered Alaska to be when Seward bought it from Russia.

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"Manifest Destiny"

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The Destiny of the U.S. was to go west and Take western lands.

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Sphere of Influence

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How China was split up to give Certain countries political and economical influence.

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Open Door Policy

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Policy making China open there doors to U.S. trade.

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Boxers

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Rebels in China against western culture.

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Social Darwinism

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Survival of the Fittest, The bigger countries take over the smaller countries and life goes on.

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"White Mans Burden"

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A poem by Rudyard Kipling about war and peace and getting all you can.

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Markets

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Where goods are sold. America wanted to set up markets in foreign counties.

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Raw Materials

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Natrial resources things like coal, gold, silver.

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Reconcentration

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. The act of reconcentrating or the state of being reconcentrated; esp., the act or policy of concentrating the rural population in or about towns and villages for convenience in political or military administration, as in Cuba during the revolution of 1895-98.

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Yellow Journalism

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sensational style of newspaper reporting which played on peoples emotions and helped influence events. Major cause of Spanish American War.

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Empire

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Country that takes control of other countries.

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Protectorate

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.a country or region that is controlled by a more powerful country.

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Annex

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to add or take over.

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Isthmus

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Narrow strip of land having water on each side and joining two larger areas of land.

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Roosevelt Corollary

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Extension of the Monroe Doctrine (1823), reserved the right of the U.S. to intervene in Latin American affairs through military force. Ex. collect debts, protect American property, suppress Civil War

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Dollar Diplomacy

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.Pres. W.H. Taft's plan to "substitute dollars for bullets" in Latin America. Urges American businesses to invest there to increase U.S. influence in the region.

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Arrival of Perry in Japan

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This was important because it was the starting piont of America and Japan trading and it changed the whole way Japan worked.

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Imperialism

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policy of when a powerful, stronger nation seeks to take control of the economic and political affairs of weaker nations or a region. Often leads to colonies. Examples- Europe in Africa; U.S. and Philippines

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Sphere of Influence

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an area, usually around a seaport, where a nation had special trading privileges and laws to protect their citizens. See China.

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Open Door Policy

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Policy to make china open their doors to American trade.

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Commodore George Dewey

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American commander of Pacific Fleet. When war breaks out with Spain (1898) secretly sails ships to Philippines (a Spanish colony) and destroys Spanish fleet at Manila Harbor.

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Monroe Doctrine

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Stop the movement of communism.