History Ch 20

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imperialism

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the quest for colonial empires

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Henry Cabot Lodge

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convinced people to grow towards the idea of imperialism to maintain economic and military strength

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Alfred Moyer Mahan

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member of US Naval War College was a supporter of imperiaLISM, and he wrote, “The Influence of Sea Power upon History.”

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Hawaiis major cash crop

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sugar

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Kalakaua

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Hawaiian king who granted the US right to Pearl Harbor as a naval base

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subsidy

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government bonus payment

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Liliuokalani

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sister of Kalakaua; was a champion of Hawaiian nationalism; worked to uverturn the Bayonet Constitution

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John L Stevens

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ordered marines ashore from the cruiser Boston to protect American lives and property

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spheres of influence

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regions where a particular country has exclusive rights over mines, railroads, and trade

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John Hay

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secretary of state who called for the open door policy;

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Open Door Policy

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give all nations equal access to trade and investment in China;

asking Europe and Japan to agree on three principles:
 Keep their ports in their spheres open to all nations
 Chinese workers go around and collect all tariffs and duties
 Guarantee equal harbor, railroad, and tariff rates to all nations trading with China

Japan neither accepted nor rejected these ideas

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Boxer Rebellion

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o In 1900, Boxers attacked Western missionaries, killing more than 200 people

supported by Chinese government officials

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Matthew Perry

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commodore sent by Millard Fillmore to persuade Japan to open its doors to trade in the west

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Treaty of Portsmouth

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gets Russia and Japan to sign a treaty to end the Russo-Japanese war

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Bayonnet Constitution

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Tells Hawaii they cannot tax sugar
Grants the US right to Pearl Harbor
1887

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Jose Marti

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joined the revolt against Cuba's spanish rulers; became a martyr for Cuba, and was killed in battle

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Valeriano Weyler

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Spain sent him to put down the Cuban revolt; forced thousands of farmeres into concentration camps

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William McKinley

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president in 1901 who resisted the calls for war; finally asked congress to intervene in China

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USS Maine

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sent to Havana to protect US lives and property

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Teller Amendment

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i. Stated that once Cuba won its independence from Spain, the US would “leave the government and control of the Island to the people”

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George Dewey

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Commodore who fought against the Phillipines; Dewey's fleet easily defeated the Phillippines; CAPTURED THE CITY

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Rough Riders

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a group composed of cowboys, indians, athletes, that formed an army

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Phillipine Government

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1. established a governor and a two-house legislature to rule the Philippines
2. The US would appoint the governor and the legislature’s upper house, but the Filipino voters would elect the lower house

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Jones Act of 1916

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granted Filipinos the right to elect both houses of their legislature

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General Leonard Wood

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governor of Cuba, who limited their independence by creating a nbew constitution

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Platt Amendment

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Limited Cuba’s freedom to make treaties with other countries and US can intervene in Cuban affairs & sell/lease land to US for naval/fueling stations

Made Cuba a US protectorate- US protects Cuba and can intervene

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Foraker Act of 1900

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US appoints puerto ricos governor and upper house legislature

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Philippe Bunau-Varilla

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helped rebel against COlumbia for the Panama Canal

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Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty

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gives US unending sovereignty over the 10 mile canal

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Roosevelt Corollary

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issued by Roosevelt to enforce the Monroe Doctrine and the US continues intervention in Latin America

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dollAR diplomacy

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sugested that American loans should replace European ones; "substituting dollars for bullets"

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caudillos

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generals who allow dollar depolacy to go on

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Porfirio Diaz

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mexican president who brought Mexico to power after it was in bad shape

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Emiliano Zapata

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led a rebel army that demanded land for the mostly American Indian peasant population

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Francisco Madero

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his ideas sparked Mexican revolution; overthrows Diaz as president

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Victoriano Huerta

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Madero's commanding general who seized control of the government and restored peace; imprisoned Madero after the bad things he did

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Venustiano Carranza

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the leader of one of the four armies that continued to fight Huerta

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Francisco "Pancho" Villa

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the leader of one of the four armies that continued to fight Huerta; did so in Columbus, New Mexico

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USS Dolphin

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a ship that was docked in the port of Tampico, which was under Huerta's control

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John J. Pershing

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led his troops to Pancho Villa's home state to try to capture him

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Carranza

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became the interim president; called for a Constitutional convention which established new improvements