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27 Cards in this Set
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Walter LaFeber
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"The United States did not set out on an expansionist path in the late 1890s, in a sudden, spur-of-the-moment fashion. The overseas empire that Americans controlled in 1900 was not a break in their history, but a natural culmination." Believed that imperialism was a natural course.
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Monroe Doctrine
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Instructed European nations to stay out of the affairs of the Western Hemisphere, while remaining virtually impregnable to foreign attack.
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Isolationism
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A desire to stay out of foreign entanglements.
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Imperialism
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The imposition of control over other peoples through annexation, military conquest, or economic domination.
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Josiah Strong
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Congregational minister and fervent expansionist. Supported the strength of developing ideas. Wrote Our Country: Its Possible Future and Its Present Crisis: Expanding trade and and dominion.
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"Our Country"
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Written by Strong. Argued for expanding American trade and dominion. American Hallmarks: materialism and Christianity. Expansion by religion.
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William Henry Seward
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Secretary of state from 1861-1869. Pushed aggressive expansion policy. Wanted Commercial treaty with Hawaii, and bought Alaska.
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Queen Liliuokalani
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Removed as queen of Hawaii in 1893, first step to annexation
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Alfred Thayar Mahan
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Advocated the navy. Industrialism produced vast surpluses of agricultural and manufactured goods, for which markets must be found. Worldwide race for power what we can't lose.
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“THE INFLUENCE OF SEA POWER UPON HISTORY”
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One of Mahan's books. Detailed that sea power relied on having the largest navy.
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George Dewey
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Became a commander in the Spanish-American war. War hero.
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McKinley Tariff
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Decimated the value of Hawaiian sugar, while increasing the value of American sugar.
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Wilson Gormon Treaty
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Placed duties on Cuban sugar to 40%.
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VALERIANO WEYLER
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The new Spanish commander in January 1896.
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Yellow Journalism
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Over exaggerated events in order to sell newspapers. Classic example was the report on the USS Maine explosion. Favor the underdog
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USS MAINE
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The ship that exploded off the coast of Havana. Was used to spark a war with Spain.
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RECONCENTRATION POLICY
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Designed to move the native population into camps and destroy the rebellion's popular base. Put into concentration camps.
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TELLER AMENDMENT
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Declared Cuba to be free.
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“SPLENDID LITTLE WAR”
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The ten week war against Spain.
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SAN JUAN HILL
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The last defense for the Cuban people in the Spanish American War,
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TREATY OF PARIS 1898
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Cuba independent
U.S. acquires Puerto Rico, Guam, Philippines |
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CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS
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Secretary of the Navy under Hoover. Was a yachtsman.
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ANTI-IMPERIALIST LEAGUE
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Against big armies, government, and debt
Republican ideals incompatible with imperialism |
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FORAKER ACT
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Established a civil government in Puerto Rico. Organized island as a territory.
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PLATT AMENDMENT
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Platt Amendment: U.S. given right to intervene in Cuban affairs
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OPEN DOOR POLICY
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No European nation should carve out a sphere of influence in China and exclude others from trading in the area
Despite American claims to the contrary, other countries did not accept it Policy opened the potential for later conflict with expansion-minded powers in Pacific |
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JOHN HAY
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In August 1898, Hay was named by President McKinley as Secretary of State and helped negotiate the Treaty of Paris of 1898, which ended the Spanish–American War. Hay continued serving as Secretary of State after Theodore Roosevelt succeeded McKinley, serving until his own death in 1905.
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