Ss

Front 1

1. Commodore Matthew Perry

Back 1

American sea captain; sent by Pres. M. Fillmore to Japan (1853) to open trade and end their isolation. Signed Treaty of Kanagawa.

Front 2

2. President Millard Fillmore

Back 2

.

Front 3

3. Secretary of State William Seward

Back 3

.

Front 4

4. Frederick Jackson Turner

Back 4

.

Front 5

5. Captain Alfred T. Mahan

Back 5

American Sea Captain. Argued U.S. must increase foreign trade. Thus needs overseas ports to protect merchant ships. Therfore U.S. must expand, take over foreign territory to acquire ports.

Front 6

6. Queen Liliuokalani Hawaii

Back 6

.

Front 7

7. William Randolph Hearst

Back 7

Yellow Journalist who ran the New York Journal. He is notorious for the quote, "You furnish the pictures, I'll furnish the war."

Front 8

8. Commodore George Dewey

Back 8

.

Front 9

9. Emilio Aguinaldo

Back 9

Filipino nationalist who led forces against the U.S. until 1901 when they realized that the U.S. would not grant the Philippines their independence.

Front 10

10. Theodore "Teddy" Roosevellt

Back 10

.

Front 11

11. William Gorgas

Back 11

.

Front 12

1. Arrival of Perry in Japan

Back 12

.

Front 13

2. American Purchase of Alaska

Back 13

.

Front 14

3. Overthrow of Queen of Hawaii

Back 14

.

Front 15

4. Annexation of Hawaii

Back 15

.

Front 16

5. Boxer Rebellion

Back 16

.

Front 17

6. Sinking of USS Marine

Back 17

U.S. Battleship that exploded in Havana Harbor, Cuba on February 15, 1898. This event directly led to U.S. involvement in the Spanish-American War.

Front 18

7. Spanish American War

Back 18

.

Front 19

8. Treaty of Paris

Back 19

.

Front 20

9. Revolt in Panama

Back 20

.

Front 21

Japan

Back 21

.

Front 22

Alaska

Back 22

United States wanted rights to fish in alaska so we purchased alaska from russia in 1867.

Front 23

Russia

Back 23

.

Front 24

Samoa

Back 24

.

Front 25

Hawaii

Back 25

Wealthy American Plantation owners overthrow the Queen in 1893 with the help of U.S. marines. U.S. annexed Hawaii in 1898.

Front 26

China

Back 26

.

Front 27

Spain

Back 27

.

Front 28

Guam

Back 28

.

Front 29

Wake Island

Back 29

.

Front 30

Philippines

Back 30

.

Front 31

Cuba

Back 31

.

Front 32

Puerto Rico

Back 32

.

Front 33

Colombia

Back 33

.

Front 34

Panama Canal

Back 34

was completed in 1914 it subtracted 7800 miles that ship had to travel east coast and west coast.

Front 35

Isolation (ism)

Back 35

.

Front 36

Imperialism

Back 36

policy of when a powerful, stronger nation seeks to take control of the economic and political affairs of weaker nations or a region. Often leads to colonies. Examples- Europe in Africa; U.S. and Philippines.

Front 37

"Seward Folly"

Back 37

.

Front 38

"Manifest Destiny"

Back 38

.

Front 39

Sphere of Influence

Back 39

.

Front 40

Open Door Policy

Back 40

1899- Policy proposed by U.S. to allow any nation (Europe, Japan, U.S.) to be allowed to trade in any other nation's sphere of influence in China.

Front 41

Boxers

Back 41

.

Front 42

Social Darwinism

Back 42

.

Front 43

"White Mans Burden"

Back 43

.

Front 44

Markets

Back 44

.

Front 45

Raw Materials

Back 45

.

Front 46

Reconcentration

Back 46

.

Front 47

Yellow Journalism

Back 47

sensational style of newspaper reporting which played on peoples emotions and helped influence events. Major cause of Spanish American War.

Front 48

Empire

Back 48

.

Front 49

Protectorate

Back 49

a country or region that is controlled by a more powerful country.

Front 50

Annex

Back 50

.

Front 51

Isthmus

Back 51

.

Front 52

Monroe Doctrine

Back 52

.

Front 53

Roosevelt Corollary

Back 53

.

Front 54

Dollar Diplomacy

Back 54

Pres. W.H. Taft's plan to "substitute dollars for bullets" in Latin America. Urges American businesses to invest there to increase U.S. influence in the region.