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16 Cards in this Set
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conservative leader of Mexico, replaced by Benito Juarez
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Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna
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emperor who weakened the church and military, but was overthrown by the conservatives and French, eventually re-elected after Arch Duke Maximillian
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Benito Juarez
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became the emperor of Mexico, but was overthrown by conservatives when the French troops leave
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Archduke Maximillian
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president who used the army to keep people in line
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Porifio Diaz
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man who won the election in 1910, but was put in jail by Porifio Diaz and Huerta
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Francisco Madero
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leader of the lower class, who supported Madero and was captured by Gen. John Jay Pershing because he doesn't want Carranza to be leader
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Francisco Pancho Villa
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leader of the peasants, who want land reforms and force Diaz to resign
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Emilliano Zapata
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leader of the army, who threw Madero in jail, but was kicked out by U.S. battleships
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Victoriano Huerta
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recognized by U.S., but Zapata and Villa don't want him to be leader
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Venustiano Carranza
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leader of the Cuban Revoltionary Party trying to overthrow the Spanish, but was put down by Weyler
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Jose Marti
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tactic by American newspapers, where writers exaggerate to make the stories sensational
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yellow journalism
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U.S.S.battleship that blew up in Havana's Harbor so the U.S. gov. blame Spain and declare war that lasts 3 months
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Maine
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allowed the U.S. to intervene in Cuba, approve foreign treaties, and lease land at Guantanamo Bay for a naval base
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Platt Amendment
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fought for freedom in Phillipines against the U.S. government
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Emilio Aguinaldo
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U.S. declared America off limits to European imperalism except for colonies that already existed
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Monroe Doctrine
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a corollary to the Monroe Doctrine, where the U.S. vowed to use its military might to keep Europeans out of the Americas
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Roosevelt Corollary
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