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60 Cards in this Set
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Why did this era matter?
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worked for various reforms in government, buisness and society; provided important foundations for the world today.
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Identify: Queen Liliuokalani
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The Queen that ruled Hawaii when the U.S. took over
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Identify: John L. Stevens
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wanted to make Hawaii part of the U.S.
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Identify: Imperialism
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the economic and political domination of a strong nation over other weaker nations
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Reasons for Imperialism
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desire for: new markets, raw materials,Hawaii, open trade with China,open trade with Japan, keep up with European Empires, Spread Democracy
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Define Protectorate
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imperial powers allowed to local rulers to stay in control and protect them against rebellion
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Identify: Anglo-Saxonism
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English Speaking had superior character, ideas, and forms of government and were destined to dominate the planet
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Identify: Josiah Strong
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popular and influential Anglo-Saxon minister
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Identify: Matthew C. Perry
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took some ships to Japan and forced them to make changes internally and forced them to open trade
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How did the desire to expand into new markets help push the US to become a world power
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they wanted new market to sell goods, so they could make more more money,
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Where, beside the Pacific, did we want to expand?
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Latin America
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How did secretary of state James G. Blaine try to increase American influence in Latin America?
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proposed the Pan American Conference
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What 3 international crises illustrated American assertiveness in foreign affairs?
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We went to war with Germany, threatened to go to war with Chile, and backed Venezuela against Great Britain
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Identify: Alfred T. Mahan
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officer in the US navy that wrote THE INFLUENCE OF SEA POWER IN HISTORY
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Identify: Clara Barton
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founder and 1st president of American National Red Cross
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List causes of Spanish American war
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explosion of the Maine; deLome letter; yellow journalism; jingoism; war was declared
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Identify: USS Maine and the controversy
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american ship that was blown up off the coast of Cuba, no one knows what happened, but it cause quite the media controverysy and was one of the causes of the Spanish-American War
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Why were the Americans supporting Cuba's fight against Spain?
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they compared it to the American revolution
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Identify: Jose Marti
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writer and poet personally committed to Cubas independence; launched his own rebellion.
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what was the stance taken by grover cleveland?
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he declared the US neutral
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Identify: William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer
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Hearst owned the New York Journal that reported outrageous stories against Spain; Pulitzer owned the New York World who reported outrageous stories against Cuba
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Identify: General Valeriano Weyler
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the Spanish-appointed governor of Cuba
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Identify:Enrique Dupuy de Loe and the de Lome letter
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Spanish ambassador that wrote a letter to the US that described McKinley as "weak and a bidder for the admiation of the crowd.", the letter was late published in the US Journal
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define jingoism
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attitude of aggressive nationalism
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Identify: Commodore George Dewey
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head of squadron that went into Manila Bay
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Identify: Emilio Aguinaldo
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Filipina revolutionary leader who staged an unsuccessful uprising against the Spainish in 1896, was contacted by Dewey and asked him to help begin a new Guerrilla war
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What, besides the battles, caused men to die during this war?
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epidemics broke out
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Identify: colonol leonard wood
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THE COMMANDER OF THE ROUGTH RIDERS< OVER ROOSEVELT
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Indentify: Kettle Hill
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the place that the rough riders took on foot
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Indentify: Sn Juan Hill
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Roosevelt and his men took it
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Indentify: Treaty of Paris 1898
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Ended the spanish American war; Cuba became and independent country;US got Puerto Rico and Guam; US paid $20 mill for Phillipeans
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What was Gen. McArthur's role in the war?
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He fought the guerrilla warfare
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Who was the first US civilian governer of Philippnes?
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William Howard Taft
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Indentify: Foraker Act
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made Puerto Rico unincorperated territory. but not the citizens at first and said that Congress could pass laws for the island
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Indentify: Platt Amendment
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Cuba couldnt make treaties aith other nations; Cuba has to allow US to buy or lease naval stations in cuba;cubas debts ahve to stay low; US could intervene to protect Cuban independence;
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Indentify: arguments for and against establishing an american empire
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for:new markets; teach the less fortunate
Against: the cost of cheap labor may have driven down costs |
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Indentify: Dr. William Crawford Gorgas
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US sanitary officer on the panama canal project that realized that the misquitos were what was spreading the diseases, and if you eliminate them, you wil eliminate disease
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Indentify: the political offices held by TR
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governer of NY, Vice President, President
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what was the most impressive feat of the engineering world?
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panama canal
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how importatant is the panama canal today to trade?
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60% of cargo is coming or going from US ports
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what was the pnanma canals military impact
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huge quantities of war material passed through during WWII, Korean War, and Vietnam
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for what reasons did China go to war with Japan/
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they both wanted Korea, everyone expected China to win but they didnt
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define: Sphere of influence
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area where foreign nation controlled economic development such as railroad construction and mining
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define: open door policy
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all countries are allowed to trade with one country, particularly China; they did it so that everyone could do buisness with them
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Indentify: boxer rebellion
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a secret chinese group that wanted to wipe out "foreign devils" and their christian converts' they rebelled and killed more than 200 foreigners
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Indentify: Great white fleet
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the group of 16 battleships of the US navy that traveled around the world to show off the US naval might
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Indentify: Suez Canal
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located in Egypt, it was a canal that connected the Mediterannian sea to the red sea creating a shortcut form europe to the indian sea
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Indentify: TR's big stick policy
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name given to this diplomatic poilicy "speak softly and carry a big stick" have a strong military presence, but dont threaten
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Indentify: Hay-Pauncefote Treaty
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gave the US the right to build and control any canal through central America; signed by GB and UUS
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what was the cause of the revolt in panama?
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the pnadamanians didnt want to give up their control of the canal, the french company thought that the canal would be built in nicaragua so to insure that it was built in panama, they revolted
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Indentify: the roosevelt corollary
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the US would intervene in Latin AMerican when nessicery to keep peace in the Western Hemisphere
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Indentify: dollar diplomacy
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better to pay with $ than with bullets
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Indentify: bully pulpit
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name teddy used to describe this presidency
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Indentify: the 2 goals of the Pan American conference
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to make customs union between the US and Latin America; create a system for American countries to negotiate peacefully
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Advantages of panama Canal
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saved time; saved money; saved 8000 miles; helped military
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Indentify: parts of the american empire taken at the time
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guam;puerto rico; philipeans; american samoa
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Indentify: country where the US was politically, economically, or militarily involved
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hawaii, cuba, china, japan, panama, spain, guam, germany, venezuela, chilie, samoa, philipeans
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define: isolationists
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take care of your own country, stay out of others
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define: interventionists
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get involved with other countrys affairs
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Indentify: TR's accomplishments
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assistant sevretary of the navy, member of Ny state assembly, 1st presdent to: go up in an airplane, down in a submarine, wint the nobel peace prize, visit a foreign country while in office, survive an assination attempt, form national parks and bird preseves; named Gifford Pinchord the head of the US foestry service; HE was the first modern president because he used the power of his office to by pass congression opposition
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