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What is the Anti-Imperialist League?

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A league organized against the annexation of the Philippians Islands (assembled June 15th)

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What was "Armour & Co."

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A company that sold bad meat to the soldiers and killed more men than battle did

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Black Legend

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ethnically prejudiced view of Spain. Hispanics were singularly susceptible to corruption, brutality, laziness, and greed.

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What did Charles Darwin write about?

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Origin of the species (his book where he points out ideas of natural selection)

Natural selection (organisms adapt to their environment to survive, survival of the fittest)

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Who was commodore George Dewey?

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he defeated the Spanish squadron in Manila Bay (Philippines Islands) in six hours. (Entire Spanish squadron was sunk.)

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Declaration of war

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The support for the Spanish American war was especially high in 1898, with many feeling the “need” to avenge the nation through war

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Emilio Aguinaldo

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24 May: Aguinaldo established dictatorial government in Philippines to restore order.

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Expansionism/Expansionist

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(1890’s) Political support for an expansionist Foreign Policy is evidence by the intensely nationalistic works of Henry Cabot Lodge. The Annexation of Hawaii and the Philippians emphasize the great change the US undergone from isolationism to expansionism.

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General Valeriano Weyler

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Spain sent General Valerianao Weyler along with 100,000 to suppress the revolt

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George Frisbie Hoar

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Hoar made reference to Imperialism- forces subjugation of people and takes their life, liberty, property, and happiness, he resisted this because it goes against our declaration

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Hawaiian Annexation

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7 July: U.S. President McKinley signed the Hawaii annexation resolution, following its passage in the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate.

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Queen Liliuokalani

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When Queen Liliuokalani moved to establish a stronger monarchy, Americans under the leadership of Samuel Dole deposed her in 1893

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Sanford Dole

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Dole declared Hawaii an independent republic. (first governor)

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Henry Cabot Lodge

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(1890’s) Political support for an expansionist Foreign Policy is evidence by the intensely nationalistic works of Henry Cabot Lodge.

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“Our Blundering Foreign Policy”

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printed in Atlantic Monthly Magazine, March 1895

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“Commerce follows the flag”

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$ follows the flag, and we should build up a navy strong enough to give protection to Americans

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Imperialism

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forces subjugation of people and takes their life, liberty, property, and happiness\a policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy and military force

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Insurrectos

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Cuban rebels fighting for independence from Spain (1895-1898)

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International Darwinism

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American’s believed in it the theory of the evolution of species by natural selection advanced by Charles Darwin

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Jingo/Jingoism/Jingoistic

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an intense form of patriotism calling for an aggressive foreign policy demonstrated by military action abroad.

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John Hay

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ambassador to england,

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Joseph J. Pulitzer

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Yellow journalism, New York World

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foreign policy

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a government’s strategy in dealing with other nations

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Yellow Journalism

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changing the facts to something more interesting in order to change the ideas and thoughts of the reader and potentially sell more news

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William Randolph Hearst

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owner of the New York Journal

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USS Maine

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sank off the coast of Cuba, US blamed Spain, but it was an accident

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Treaty of Paris (12/10/1898)

Terms of the treaty

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The Spanish and United States Commissioners convened their first meeting in Paris to reach a final Treaty of Peace.

1. Provided for recognition of Cuban independence 2. US acquired Puerto Rico and Guam from Spain3. US acquired the Philippines for $20 million from Spain

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Theodore Roosevelt

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president and leader of the rough riders, Expansionist Secretary of the Navy

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The De Lôme letter-

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a letter written by the Spanish minister that was highly critical of the president; this letter was stolen by Insurrectos and published in Yellow Journals

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Teller Amendment

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emphasized the US’s altruism in relation to war. Enormous victories for the US characterized the war and allowed for a very favorable peace treaty with Spain

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Spanish-American War

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The support for the Spanish American war was especially high in 1898, with many feeling the “need” to avenge the nation through war

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Rough Riders

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president roosevelt's group of fighters

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Reconcentrados

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(#9’s policy) Spain sent General Valerianao Weyler along with 100,000 to suppress the revolt: the forced resettlement into concentration camps of Cuban civilians; biggest reason the US became involved in war

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Puerto Rico; Guam

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US acquired Puerto Rico and Guam from Spain, US acquired the Philippines for $20 million from Spain

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President William McKinley

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4 May: Joint Resolution introduced into the House of Representatives, with the support of President William McKinley, calling for the annexation of Hawaii.

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President Grover Cleveland

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President, Grover Cleveland, opposed annexation and tried to restore the Queen. Dole declared Hawaii an independent republic.

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Philippines

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1 May:U.S. Commodore George Dewey defeated the Spanish squadron in Manila Bay (Philippines Islands) in six hours, the Philippines erupted in revolt against the Spaniards in 1896

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US Annexation

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The planters' belief that a coup and annexation by the United States would remove the threat of a devastating tariff on their sugar also spurred them to action

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Independence Movement

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He returned to Manila on May 19, 1898 and declared Philippine independence on June 12.

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Manifest Destiny

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the 19th-century doctrine or belief that the expansion of the US throughout the American continents was both justified and inevitable.

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Josiah Strong

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Congregationalist minister

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“Our Country: Its Present…”

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Future and Its Present Crisis, 1885.

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Anglo-Saxon Race

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It seems to me that God, with infinite wisdom and skill, is training the Anglo-Saxon race for an hour sure to come in the world's future. It is then that the world will enter upon a new stage of its history — the final competition of races, for which the Anglo-Saxon is being schooled.