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30 Cards in this Set
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Isolationism |
When a country is isolated |
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4 levels of imperialism |
1: Trade 2: Control 3: Defend 4: Take over |
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3 reasons for imperialism |
1: |
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#1 thing countries where seeking during the imperialism era |
Trade |
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How did the us aquire Hawaii? |
Took over it by war or fighting |
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QUEEN LILIUOKALANI |
The queen of Hawaii and didn't want Americans to take over it |
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How did the us get Alaska |
Bought it from Russia |
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Seawards |
1 |
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COMMODORE MATHEW PERRY |
Commodore of the United States military |
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Us to japan |
Brought "toys" over and war ships |
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What happened timjapan after they became a trading partner w/ the us |
Japan became a world power |
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Which country was forced to give up spheres of influence |
China |
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John hay |
Went on to serve the us secretary of states |
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Open door policy |
Policy that was set up to keep China open to trade with all countries on an equal basis. Would keep 1 county from having total control. |
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Boxer rebellion |
1900 Chinese secret organization led uprising in China to keep western and Japanese influence out. |
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Yellow journalism start s/a war |
Showed the bad of Spanish |
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Significance of the us uss maine |
Started the s/a war |
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Places s/a war took olace |
Philippines and Cuba |
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Rough riders |
Volunteers for the s/a war |
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Which rough rider |
Theodore Roosevelt |
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Geographic locations |
Cuba Philippines |
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Teller amendment |
Joint revolution to reply to the president |
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Platt amendment |
1901 stipulated many conditions for the us troops at the end of the s/a war |
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Roosevelt Coraly |
Enforce European powers |
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Dollar deplomacy |
Form of American policy |
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Which country failed to build the Panama canal |
France |
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Geographic land feature is panama |
Isthmus |
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Gain access to Panama |
Panama go to war against Columbia and take over |
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What where the challenges for building the canal for the us |
Forests and mountains |
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Impacts of the Panama Canal on the us |
Made traveling a lot easier and got trade done quicker |