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49 Cards in this Set
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concession
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A privilege granted by a govt to another govt, private company, or individual. "Japan, Germany, and Russia all extorted concessions from the anemic Chinese Empire"
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nation-state
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The modern form of political organization in which the govt coincides exactly with a single natl territory and population having a distinctive culture, language, history, and so on. "If America was to survive in the competition of modern nation-states, perhaps it, too, would have to become an imperial power"
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reciprocity
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An exchange of equal privileges between two governments. "America's grip was further tightened in 1875 by a a commercial reciprocity agreement"
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scorched-earth policy
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The policy of burning and destroying all the property in a given area so as to deny it to an enemy. "Driven to desperation, the insurgents now adapted a "scorched-earth policy"
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reconcentration
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The policy of forcibly removing a population to confined areas in order to deny support to enemy forces. "He undertook to crush the rebellion by herding many civilians into barbed-wire reconcentration camps"
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jingoist
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Aggressively patriotic and warlike "Cleveland--an antijingoist and anti-imperialist--refused to budge"
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atrocity
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A specific act of extreme cruelty. "Where atrocity stories did not exist, they were invented"
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proviso
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An article or clause in a statute, treaty, or contract establishing a particular stipulation or condition affecting the whole document "This proviso proclaimed...that when the United States had overthrown Spanish misrule, it would give the Cubans their freedom"
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archipelago
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A large group of islands within a limited area. "An impression spread that America needed the archipelago"
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hostage
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A person or thing forcibly held in order to obtain certain goals or agreements "hereafter these distant islands were to be... a kind of indefensible hostage given to Japan"
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Book written by a Protestant minister that proclaimed the superiority of Anglo-Saxon civilization
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Remote Pacific site of a naval clash between the U.S. and Germany in 1889
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South American nation that nearly came to blows with the United States in 1892 over an incident involving the deaths of American sailors
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The principle of American foreign policy invoked by Secretary of State Olney to justify American intervention in the Venezuelan boundary dispute.
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Valuable naval base acquired by the United States from the Hawaiian government in 1887
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Term for the sensationalistic and jingoistic prowar journalism practiced by W. R. Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer
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American battleship sent on a "friendly"visit to Cuba that ended in disaster and war
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Amendment to the declaration of war with Spain that stated the United States would grant Cubans their independence after the war
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Site of the dramatic American naval victory that led to U.S. acquisition of rich, Spanish-owned Pacific islands
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Colorful volunteer regiment of the Spanish-American War led by a militarily inexperienced but politically influential colonel
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The Caribbean island conquered from Spain in 1898 that became an important American colony
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Group that battled against American colonization of the Philippines, which included such influential citizens as Mark Twain and Andrew Carnegie
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Supreme Court cases of 1901 that determined that the U.S. Constitution and bill of rights did not apply in colonial territories under the American flag
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American-imposed restriction written into the constitution of Cuba that guaranteed American naval bases on the island and declared that the United States had the right to intervene in Cuba
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Deadly tropical disease conquered during the Spanish-American War by Dr. Walter Reed and other American medical researchers
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Josiah Strong
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American clergyman who preached Anglo-Saxon superiority and called for stronger US missionary effort overseas
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Alfred Thayer Mahan
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American naval officer who wrote influential books emphasizing sea power and advocating a big navy
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Richard Olney
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Belligerent US secretary of state who used the Monroe Doctrine to pressure Britain in the Venezuelan boundary crisis
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Queen Liliuokalani
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Native Hawaiian ruler overthrown in a revolution led by white planters and aided by US troops
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Grover Cleveland
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American president who refused to annex Hawaii on the grounds that the native ruler had been unjustly deposed
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"Butcher" Weyler
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Spanish general whose brutal tactics against Cuban rebels outraged American public opinion
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William R. Hearst
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Vigorous promoter of sensationalistic anti-Spanish propaganda and eager advocate of imperialistic war
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George E. Dewey
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Naval commander whose spectacular May Day victory in 1898 opened the doors to American imperialism in Asia
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Theodore Roosevelt
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Imperialist advocate, aggressive assistant navy secretary, Rough Rider
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Emilio Aguinaldo
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Leader of the Filipino insurgents who aided Americans in defeating Spain and taking Manila
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Leonard Wood
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William James
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Harvard philosopher and one of the leading anti-imperialists opposing US acquisition of the Philippines
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William Jennings Bryan
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Leading Democratic politician whose intervention narrowly tipped the Senate vote in favor of acquiring the Philippines in 1890
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Walter Reed
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Economic expansion, the yellow press, and competition with other powers caused
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The Venezuelan boundary dispute caused
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The white planter revolt against Queen Liliuokalani caused
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The Cuban revolt against Spain caused
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The Maine explosion caused
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Theodore Roosevelt's secret orders ot Commodore Dewey caused
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The confusion and weakness of Spain's army and navy caused
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McKinley's decision to keep the Philippines caused
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W.J. Bryan's last-minute support for the treaty acquiring the Philippines caused
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The Spanish-American War caused
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