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60 Cards in this Set
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Pancho Villa
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one of the foremost leaders of the mex rev
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Roosevelt corollary
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a substantial alteration (called an "amendment") of the munroe doctrine by us pres theo roosevelt.
consider latin american as an agency for expanding us com interest in region |
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Goethals
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During the spanish am war he was lieutenant colonel and chief of engineers of US volunteers apointed him as chief engineer of panama canal
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Dewey
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an admiral of the US navy, best known for his vic w/out the loss of a single loss on his own at the battle of manila bay @ philipines
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Rough Riders
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Name bestowed by the am press on the 1st us volunteer regiment during spanish us war
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Treaty of versailles
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peace treaty which officially ended wwI
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pershing
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led american expeditionary force in WWI
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Marshal foch
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supreme commander of the allied armies during WWI
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Spanish American War
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American- Cuba - Spain- claimed ship was sunk - war
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Guirilla warfare
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hit and run
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President at this time
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Cleveland: neutrality
(issues warning against useless sacrifice of peeps) |
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McKinley
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Keep neutral but press pushed for war
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Yellow press
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Blown up stories
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Famous Pressmen
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William Rand Herst
-Editor NY journal Joseph Pulitzer- Editor of NY world |
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USS maine
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exploaded & blaimed on spain
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Aprl 11, 1898
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mckinley ask for war
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apr 25
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WAR!
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Teller Amend
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we would leave cuba after war
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San Juan Hill
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Santiago
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Naval Battle
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Santiago
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Puerto Rico
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Commonwealth
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Cuba
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Protectorate
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Manila Bay
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Spanish feat defeted by dewey in philipines
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Traty of Paris 1898
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meet in spain to sign treat to free cuba posses puerto and take guam
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White mans burnden
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occupy philipines (paid spain)
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July 1898
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annex hawaii
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Problem w/ US Collonies
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Philipines started to not like us
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Emiliio Aguinaldo
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Led Rebellion 60,000 troops to stop more died here than in actual war
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Insular Cases
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-const does not apply to colonies
-possess are dependencies of us -congress decides rights |
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Cuba Status
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Need aid but teller amend says otherwise
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Cuba rule
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4 years under US mil rule
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1st what?
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1900 cubas 1st elections
1901 1st const 1902 mil rule ended w/catch |
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catch
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1. cuba should not make treaties that threaten indep.
2. US had righ to naval bases 3.Cuba cant be in more debt than it can pay 4. US reserves right to intervene CUBA= Protectorate |
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China
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gets split up by euro powers/ take ports and stuff
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John Hay issue of Open door Notes
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guarentees free trade of china w/all
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1900 in china
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Revolt supp by gov
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Boxer Rebellion
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Fists of Universal Harmony
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When Crushed
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all powers chillin w/ troops
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MR Hay 2nd open door notes
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-dec us policy was to pres chinese territorial integrity
-indep country |
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Causes of WWI
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1. nationalism
2. Imperialism 3. Fr Desire for Revenge (ascase loraine taken by bismark) 4. Situation in Balkan Penin 5. Arms Race 6. Syatem of Rival Alliances |
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The system of rival Alliances
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Triple Alliance Germ, It, A-H
Triple Entente Fr, GB, Russ serb ties self to russia serb dude kills franz ferd |
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US iso
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economic ties
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german subs
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sink ppl
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lucitania
Sussex |
sunken br ship, sunken fr ship
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Wilson's warning
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must sink w/ warning
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1/31/1917
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germ says they will sink every ship near gb/france
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2/31/1917
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broke ties w/ germ
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Apr 6
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we join war
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may 1917
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selective service
age 21-30 now 18-26 |
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Leader of US
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Pershing
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Psychological Fight
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US was ready to go
germany deserts |
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Treaty of Versailles
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wilson does most of it
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14 points
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1-5 abolition of causes of war
6-13 self determination 14- league of nations |
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problems
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congress never ratifies
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Big 4
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Wilson - US
Loyd George - Bri Clemenceo- Fr Orlando- It |
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Porblem Allies
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1. Germany fault
2. Bankrupting |
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