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26 Cards in this Set
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George Dewey
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admiral of the United States Navy
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Monroe Doctrine
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Declared western hemisphere off limits.
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Isolationism
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United States should stay out of the other nations issues.
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Imperialism
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Extending a nations policy through military, economy, and annexation.
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Josiah Strong
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Congretional Minister; wrote Our Country.
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Our Country
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Written by Josiah Strong; Influential piece of American literature.
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William Henry Seward
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Secretary of State
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Queen Liliuokalani
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Queen of Hawaii until overthrown by the United States government.
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Alfred Thayer Mahan
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His concept of "sea power" was based on the idea that the most powerful navy will control the globe; it was most famously presented in The Influence of Sea Power Upon.
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"The Influence of Sea Power Upon History"
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role of sea power throughout history
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McKinely Tariff
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Greater american exports.
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Wilson Gorman Tariff
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reductions in the overall average rates; response to McKinley tax
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Valeriano Weyler
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Captain-General of Cuba prior to the Spanish American War.
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Yellow journalism
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lies that became popular around the Spanish American war.
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USS Maine
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a destroyed ship; that sparked yellow journalism, and believed to begin the spanish american war.
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reconcentration policy
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concentration camps in the twentieth century, the idea was to keep the Cuban civilians alive and protected until the Spanish were victorious
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Teller amendment
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did not intend to annex cuba
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"splendid little war"
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a respose to the uss maine,
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san juan hill
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most famous battle of the War.
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Treaty of paris 1898
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spain recognized cubas independence and spain and buba seceeded from the united states
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Charles Francis Adams
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congressman
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Anti-Imperialist League
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against the treaty of paris
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Foraker Act
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established Puerto Rico as an unorganized united states teritory. although they were not iven full citizenship.
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Platt Amendment
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united states intervention to protect cubas interests
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open door policy
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established the free trade between the united states and china; enlisting major european and asian nations.
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john hay
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helped negotiate the Treaty of Paris. His contributions included the adoption of an open door policy in China and the preparations for the Panama Canal. He is also renowned for his comment, written in a letter to President Theodore Roosevelt, describing the Spanish American War as a "splendid little war."
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