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37 Cards in this Set
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James G. Blaine
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*repub. sec. of state
*wanted to open door to latin america |
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John Hay
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*sec. of state
*open door policy w/ China |
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Liliuokalani
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*Queen of Hawaii
*yeilded authority to US *cursed islands |
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Alfred T. Mahan
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*built sea power by enlarging navy
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William Seward
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*secretary of state
*bought Alaska for $7.2 mil *pro-Panama canal |
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William Seward
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*secretary of state
*bought Alaska for $7.2 mil *pro-Panama canal |
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Rough Riders
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*fought in battle of San Juan Hill
*former cowhands and college boys *led by Teddy Roosevelt *last soldiers on horseback |
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"Pancho" Villa
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*shot 16 Americans
*terrorist *burned city and killed 19 more Americans *bandit |
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Boxers
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*Chinese martial arts society
*led boxer rebellion which killed 200 foreigners *wanted to get rid of foreigners |
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King Kamehameha I
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unified Hawaiian island
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Matthew Perry
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*went to Japan to convince Japanese to open their ports to the U.S.; he suceeded
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Pearl Harbor
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*naval base in Hawaiin islands
*huge port |
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Pago Pago
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*port in Samoan islands
*home to a U.S. naval base |
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Hawaii
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*100 islands
*acquired by U.S. in 1893 |
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Cuba
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fought for independence from Spain
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Filipinos
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natives of the Philippines
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Dominican Republic
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*republic revolution trapped the gov't
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The U.S.
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helped stage revolution in Panama to get rights to build canal
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Alaska
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purchased by Seward for 7.2 mil
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Guantanamo Bay
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*american naval base
*now jail |
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Beijing
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*location of Boxer rebellion
*capital of China |
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Panama Canal
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*built by 40,000
*an isthmus *tranported supplies and men |
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imperialism
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when powerful nations created empires by controlling weaker nations
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isolationism
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the idea that a country should not be involved in world affairs
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expansionism
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the idea to make a country larger by taking over smaller countries
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the "Great White Fleet"
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16 white battleships sent to different countries to show America's power or "flex our muscles"
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Open Door Policy
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trading freely between countries
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Germany
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split Samoa with the U.S.
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Spain
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*expelled from New World
*lost smaller countries they once ruled |
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"Maine" explosion
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*triggered war with Spain
*cause a mystery |
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Philippines
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*Spanish colony
*first Spanish- American war action |
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San Juan Hill
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*rough riders defeated Spanish
*Spanish- American battle |
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war raging in Europe
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*France attacked by Germany
*drew our attenion from "Pancho" Villa |
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armistice
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temporary break for peace during fighting
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World & Journal
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yellow journalism- exaggerated to get people to act
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Portsmouth Treaty
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*recognized Japan's posession of Korea
*Japan promised to halt expansion *Russia and Japan |
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Foraker Act
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Puerto Rican gov't set up
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