Chp.20 America Looks Overseas

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Alaska

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Largest new territory acquired by the United States after civil war. The U.S. wanted rights to fish in Alaskan waters, so it purchased Alaska from Russia in 1867.

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Phillipines

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Because of the peace treaty America Spain turned over the Phillipines.

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Guam

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The peace treaty made Spain turn Guam over to America.

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Puerto Rico

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Puerto Rico was also turned over by Spain from the peace treaty.

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Cuba

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This was also gained from the peace treaty. Cuba was granted independence from Spain, but it remained under American control from 1898 to 1902.

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Hawaii

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In 1893 an American-backed revolution overthrew the government of Queen Liliuokalani. The United States annexed Hawaii in 1898. American business in Hawaii had wanted the United States to take over the Hawaiian islands for years.

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Panama Canal Zone

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United states gained the Panama canal zone. The U.S. leased the Panama Canal Zone from the government of Panama. The U.S. wanted this because it connects North America too South America.

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Panama Canal

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The Panama Canal was very important too American Shipping. It was completed in 1914. It subtracted 7,800 miles from the distance ships previously had to travel between the East coast and the West coast of the United States.

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Japan

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.Features: Archipelago, mountains, earthquakes, volcanoes, tidal waves, lack of fertile land and natural resources - Effects of Terrain: Need land and resources, difficult farming, use of terrace farming, use of the sea - Isolationism, Imperialism, Expansion

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Commodore Matthew Perry

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.American sea captain; sent by Pres. M. Fillmore to Japan (1853) to open trade and end their isolation. Signed Treaty of Kanagawa.

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President Millard Fillmore

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Russia

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.Features: Irregular Coastlines, lack of political boundaries, harsh winters - Effects of this Terrain: difficult to unify, isolated because of the Mongol occupation, Peter the Great attempts to "Westernize," access to the Black Sea - defeat / repel Napoleon, defeat / repel Nazi's - WWII

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Secretary of State William Seward

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.SEC OF STATE- BUYS ALASKA FOR 2 CENTS AN ACRE

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Frederick Jackson Turner

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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 Liliuokalani was the last reigning monarch of the Hawaiian islands. She felt her mission was to preserve the islands for their native residents. In 1898, Hawaii was annexed to the United States and Queen Liliuokalani was forced to give up her throne.

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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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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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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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.HERO OF THE SPAN AM WAR (LEADS THE ROGH RIDERS) Becomes Pres. 1901-1908. Inaugurated in Buffalo. Encouraged American Imperialism and the expansion of American power abroad.
BECAME PRESIDENT WHEN MCKINLEY WAS SHOT. KNOWN AS A PROGRESSIVE AND A TRUSTBUSTER

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William Gorgas

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Arrival of Perry in Japan

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American Purchase of Alaska

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Overthrow of Queen of Hawaii

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Annexation of Hawaii

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Boxer Rebellion

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Sinking of USS Marine

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Spanish American War

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Treaty of Paris

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Revolt in Panama

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Samoa

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China

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Spain

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Wake Island

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Philippines

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Cuba

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Puerto Rico

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Colombia

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Panama Canal

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Isolation (ism)

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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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.Critical name given to Secretary of State, William Seward's 1867 purchase of Alaska for $7.2 million from Russia. People believed it to be a worthless "icebox" until gold was discovered in 1897, later oil in 1968.

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"Manifest Destiny"

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.the idea that Americas fate was to expand onto all land between the Atlantic and Pacific; 1st territory aquired- Louisiana purchase; 1st territory aquired the borders the Pacific ocean- Oregon territory; last territory aquired- Gadsden purchase
A belief held in the first half of the nineteenth century that the United States had a mission to expand its borders to incorporate all the land between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans

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Sphere of Influence

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.A territorial area over which political or economic influence is wielded by one nation.
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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.1899- Policy proposed by U.S. to allow any nation (Europe, Japan, U.S.) to be allowed to trade in any other nation's sphere of influence in China.

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Boxers

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.The Righteous Order of Harmonious Fists"--led a failed Chinese rebellion against foreign domination in 1900

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Social Darwinism

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.19th century philosophy founded by Herbert Spencer; applied the laws of natural selection to explain the differences in human social classes
applying survival of the fittest to social and economic attitudes; poor and weak people should naturally die off
The belief that the evolutionary idea of "survival of the fittest" applied to societies and businesses

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"White Mans Burden"

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Markets

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Raw Materials

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Reconcentration

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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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Protectorate

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Annex

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Isthmus

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Monroe Doctrine

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Roosevelt Corollary

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Dollar Diplomacy

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