Chapter 21 Flashcards

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Walter lafeber

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Walter LaFeber (born August 30, 1933 in Walkerton, Indiana[1]) was a Marie Underhill Noll Professor and a Steven Weisse Presidential Teaching Fellow of History in the Department of History at Cornell University. He is one of the United States' most distinguished historians, a revisionist, of the nation's Foreign Relations.

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Monroe Doctrine

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a piece of legislation saying that the eastern and western hemispheres should not intervene with affairs.

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Isolationism

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fostering a desire to stay out of foreign entanglements

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Imperialism

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the creation and maintenance of an unequal economic, cultural and territorial relationship, usually between states and often in the form of an empire, based on domination and subordination

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Josiah Strong

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an American Protestant clergyman, organizer, editor and author. He was one of the founders of the Social Gospel movement that sought to apply Protestant religious principles to solve the social ills brought on by industrialization, urbanization and immigration

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"Our Country"

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book by josiah strong. called on foreign missions to civilize the world under the Anglo-Saxon races.

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William Henry Seward

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the 12th Governor of New York, United States Senator and the United States Secretary of State under Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson

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Queen Liluokalani

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the last monarch and only queen regnant of the Kingdom of Hawaii

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Alfred Thayer Mahan

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a United States Navy flag officer, geostrategist, and historian, who has been called "the most important American strategist of the nineteenth century."[1] His concept of "sea power" was based on the idea that the most powerful navy will control the globe

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"The Influence of Sea Power Upon History"

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a history of naval warfare written in 1890 by Alfred Thayer Mahan. It details the role of sea power throughout history and discusses the various factors needed to support and achieve sea power, with emphasis on having the largest and most powerful fleet

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George Dewey

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an admiral of the United States Navy. Many historians called him the "Hero of Manila." He is best known for his victory at the Battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish-American War.

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McKinley Tariff

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set the average ad valorem tariff rate for imports to the United States at 48.4%, and protected manufacturing. Its chief proponent was Congressman and future President William McKinley

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Wilson Gorman Tariff

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slightly reduced the United States tariff rates from the numbers set in the 1890 McKinley tariff and imposed a 2% income tax

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Valeriano Weyler

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he was sent out as captain-general to the Philippines, where he dealt very sternly with the native rebels of the Carolines, of Mindanao and other provinces. He won La Cruz Grande de Maria Cristina ("Grand Cross of Maria Cristina") for his command of troops in the Philippines in 1895, displaying a cold and brutal approach which would surface prominently in Cuba, where he invented 'hamleting' and gained the sobriquet "The Butcher"

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Yellow Journalism

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Newspapers written simply to sell. Gave Americans the idea that it was Spain who was imposing a war on us.

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USS Maine

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Ship illegiably sunk by Spainish navy

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Reconcentration Policy

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designed to move native population of Cuba into camps and destroy the rebellion's popular base

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Teller Amendment

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pledged that the United States had no intention of taking Cuba

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"Splendid Little War"

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Nickname for the Spanish-American War

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San Juan Hill

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a series of hills to the east of Santiago, Cuba running north to south and known as the San Juan Heights or in Spanish "Alturas de San Juan" before Spanish-American War of 1898. These were the heights where Spanish soldiers entrenched themselves in the most famous battle of the Spanish-American War; the Battle of San Juan Hill. The Americans named the lesser heights, "Kettle Hill" and the higher southern hill, "San Juan Hill" after the battle July 2, 1898. The two high points or hills are connected by a draw or saddle on a north-south axis

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Treaty of Paris 1898

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Ended Spanish-American War, gave Cuba independence, U.S. acquired Puerto Rico and Guam, and the U.S. payed $20 million for Philippines

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Charles Francis Adams

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warned that the more countries, the bigger armies, bigger govrenment, and more debts

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Anti-Imperialism League

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an organization established in the United States on June 15, 1898 to battle the American annexation of the Philippines

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Foraker Act

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established civil government in Puerto Rico

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Platt Amendment

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legislature ruling over Cuba. They could make no treaties with other countries, acquire no debts they couldn't pay, and lease naval bases to the US

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Open Door Policy

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No European Nation should carve out a sphere of influence in China and exclude others from trading in the area

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John Hay

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named by President McKinley as Secretary of State and helped negotiate the Treaty of Paris of 1898, which ended the Spanish–American War. Hay continued serving as Secretary of State after Theodore Roosevelt succeeded McKinley, serving until his own death in 1905.