Apush Pageant Chapter 27

Front 1

What was meant by the term “yellow press” in the late nineteenth century?

Back 1

The use of the press to spread an agenda by the publishers.

Front 2

Which two men were famous publishers in the late nineteenth century which helped to involve the United States in the Spanish-American War?

Back 2

Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst

Front 3

Which of those two men will have their grand-daughter kidnapped by the Symbioses Liberation Army in the 1970s who had convinced her to rob a bank along with other illegal activities? What was her name?

Back 3

William Randolph Hearst; Patty Hearst

Front 4

“We assert that one nation can long endure half republic and half empire, and we warn the American people that imperialism abroad will lead quickly and inevitably to despotism at home” was the Democrat’s platform in 1900. What famous speech did they take this idea from?

Back 4

Lincoln’s speech from 1858. “House divided” speech

Front 5

What message did Reverend Josiah Strong send in his book “Our Country: Its Possible Future and Its Present Crisis”?

Back 5

He trumpeted the superiority of Anglo-Saxon civilization and summoned Americans to spread their religion and their values to the “backward” peoples.

Front 6

Whom did Theodore Roosevelt and Henry Cabot Lodge use as an argument to use the power of the United States to rule over weaker nations?

Back 6

Charles Darwin

Front 7

Who wrote the book The Influence of Sea Power upon History, 1660—1783?

Back 7

Alfred Thayer Mahan

Front 8

What was the message of the book in question #7?

Back 8

That control of the sea was the key to world dominance. Mahan helped to stimulate growing national Navies.

Front 9

What plan by James Blaine (from Maine) aimed to rally the Latin American nations behind Uncle Sam’s leadership and to open Latin American markets to Yankee traders?

Back 9

“Big Sister” policy

Front 10

What caused a possible war between Chile and the United States in 1892?

Back 10

Two sailors were killed in the port of Valparaiso.

Front 11

She was the Queen of Hawaii who will be deposed by the Americans in the late Nineteenth Century?

Back 11

Queen Liliuokalani

Front 12

When will Hawaii finally be annexed by the United States?

Back 12

1898

Front 13

What honor did some Latin American republics pay to the passing of Grover Cleveland in 1908? Why?

Back 13

They lowered their flags to half-mast. Because he had helped them and their independence movement.

Front 14

What country owned Cuba in 1898?

Back 14

Spain

Front 15

Who will William Hearst send to Cuba with the instructions, “you furnish the pictures and I’ll furnish the war”?

Back 15

Frederic Remington

Front 16

What mysterious explosion will lead to US intervention in the Spanish-American War?

Back 16

The explosion of the USS Maine’s boiler.

Front 17

How did the newspapers report on this explosion?

Back 17

Said that the US had been attacked in Havana harbor by the Spanish.

Front 18

What will be the battle cry during the Spanish-American war?

Back 18

“Remember the Maine, To hell with Spain!”

Front 19

Who will be known as “Wobbly Willie” after the battle ship Maine exploded? Why?

Back 19

William McKinley; He was slow to ask for a declaration of war from Congress

Front 20

What was Theodore Roosevelt’s opinion of William McKinley?

Back 20

He said that the “white-livered” occupant of the White House did not have “the backbone of a chocolate éclair”.

Front 21

What was unique about the Teller Amendment (Democrat party inspired) that was added to McKinley’s war message from Congress? What amendment will replace the Teller amendment concerning American withdrawal from Cuba?

Back 21

It stated that the United States would grant Cuba independence as soon as the Spanish had been removed from Cuba; Platt Amendment

Front 22

Where else did the United States fight the Spanish during the Spanish-American war?

Back 22

Philippines

Front 23

What great Filipino leader will help the United States rid Spain from their island?

Back 23

Emilio Aguinaldo

Front 24

After freeing the Philippine Islands in 1898 from Spanish rule what did the United States do with the Island nation?

Back 24

Claimed it as a new territory—but they had to kill 1 out of 5 Filipinos on the island.

Front 25

What new territories did the United States acquire after the Spanish-American war?

Back 25

Guam, Philippines and Puerto Rico

Front 26

What was the name of Theodore Roosevelt’s invading army in Cuba?

Back 26

Rough Riders

Front 27

What famous hill did TR lead his men up on July 1, 1898?

Back 27

San Juan Hill, but it really was Kettle Hill.

Front 28

What was responsible for killing more men during the Spanish-American war?

Back 28

Malaria and Typhoid fever (5,000 compared to 400 by bullets)

Front 29

Why was William McKinley’s statement about “Christianizing” the Filipino people wrong?

Back 29

The Spanish had “Christianized” them before the founding of Jamestown

Front 30

What was “Czar” Reed’s response to America acquiring the Philippines?

Back 30

He resigned in protest.

Front 31

What famous protest movement came into being because of the United States taking of foreign territories?

Back 31

Anti-Imperialist League

Front 32

What was the Democratic slogan post Filipino acquisition?

Back 32

“Republic forever, An Empire Never”

Front 33

This man was responsible for penning the famous poem “The White Man’s Burden”.

Back 33

Rudyard Kipling

Front 34

What was the premise of “The White Man’s Burden”?

Back 34

The Americans must help to uplift (and exploit) the underprivileged, underfed, and underclad of the world.

Front 35

What unexpected help came to William McKinley’s side to pass the treaty through the U.S. Senate ending the Spanish-American war?

Back 35

William Jennings Bryan convinced Democratic Senators to vote for the treaty hoping this might lead to Filipino independence shortly after—not!!! He thought it would make the Republicans look like imperialists and the US citizens would hate it…but they didn’t!

Front 36

What question was answered by the Insular Cases in 1901?

Back 36

If the newly acquired territory inhabitants might enjoy all of the rights of Americans. SCOTUS stated that the flag outran the Constitution and that the inhabitants did not have the same rights as American citizens.

Front 37

What did the Platt Amendment make the Cubans write into their Constitution?

Back 37

They become a protectorate of the United States with the ability to intervene with troops to restore order and to provide mutual protection. They also agreed to sell or lease Guantanamo to the US

Front 38

What was the nickname of the Spanish-American war? Who coined that phrase?

Back 38

“Splendid Little War”; John Hay (future Secretary of State)

Front 39

How long did it last?

Back 39

113 days

Front 40

Why did the US want to acquire the Philippines?

Back 40

They wanted to have influence in the Asian hemisphere and later help the US with our Open Door policy with China.

Front 41

The “bloody chasm” between Northern and Southerners was somewhat mended by the Spanish-American war. How?

Back 41

The Northern and Southerners fought together again in a war and tried to lay to rest their deep seeded hatred towards each other.

Front 42

What famous mistaken phrase will gray-bearded Confederate General Joseph Wheeler make while fighting during the Spanish-American war?

Back 42

“To hell with the Yankees! Dammit, I mean the Spaniards.”

Front 43

Place the following in chronological order: Mahan publishes The Influence of Sea Power upon History, Explosion of the Maine, Teller Amendment, Venezuelan boundary crisis with Britain, Insular Cases, Filipino’s originally Christianized.

Back 43

Filipino Christianized, Mahan’s book, Venezuelan crisis, Maine explosion, Teller Amendment, Insular Cases.