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25 Cards in this Set
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Insular Cases |
Determined territorial possessions did not automatically have constitutional rights, Congress had power to decide these rights Import duties from Foraker Act were legal |
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Henry Cabot Lodge |
Advocate for imperialism in US throughout his time in Senate, including annexation of Hawaiian islands and armed intervention in Venezuela |
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Yellow Press |
Sensationalist, pro-war writings that led american people to want war against Spain Made famous by W. R. Hearts and Joseph Pulitzer |
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Platt Amendment |
Amendment added to Cuban constitution b/c of American pressure Limited Cuba's ability to make treaties, controlled it's debt, said the US could intervene w/ military when US felt it fit |
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Andrew Carnegie |
Part of Anti-Imperialist movement Felt it was irrational for US to think it could control so many countries over such a large area of the globe |
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Emilio Aguinaldo |
1899-1901; Leader of Filipino guerrilla fighters against US |
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Roosevelt Corollary |
Extension of Monroe Doctrine; stated that US could intervene with military force in South and Latin America to protect it's economic interests |
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Samuel Gompers |
Part of Anti-Imperialist league, along with people he fought against in AFL (i.e. Carnegie) |
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California |
After Russo Japanese War, there was a flood of Japanese immigrants into California 1906; Disagreement when whites in San Francisco, California believed that Japanese children should attend separate schools |
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Hawaii |
First US missionaries arrived in 1820s US base in Pearl Harbor Hawaiian sugar became very profitable McKinley tariff meant sugar prices increased, so frustrated Americans in Hawaii overthrew gov't and Queen Liliuokalani and it was annexed by US in 1898 |
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William Jennings Bryan |
Leader of Democratic Party Opposed imperialist movements by US gov't |
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Josiah Strong |
Called for more US missionary action overseas Believed Americans were more moral and superior to other nations |
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Rough Riders |
Headed by Theodore Roosevelt, group of Spanish-American War volunteers Used in TR's campaign efforts |
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Teller Amendment |
Said that when US overthrew Spanish misrule, it would give Cuba freedom Designed to persuade anti-imperialists that war was good idea, and everything would end fine |
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William Randolph Hearst |
Began yellow journalism, which helped start Spanish-American war Part of Anti-Imperialist leag |
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The Maine |
American battleship in Havana that mysteriously blew up in 1898 Many Americans thought Spanish were to blame Major cause of Spanish American War |
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Grover Cleveland |
American president Refused to annex Hawaii after discovering native Hawaiians did not want to be apart of US |
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McKinley Tariff |
Raised duties on Hawaiian sugar Made white sugar plantation owners want annexation, caused them to stage a rebellion |
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Hay-Pauncefot Treaty |
1901; Agreement between US & Britain saying US could build canal in Latin America without British involvement |
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Election of 1900 |
Republican candidate: William McKinley, platform of imperialism Democratic candidate: William Jennings Bryan, platform of anti-imperialism and free silver McKinley won the election |
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Russo Japanese War |
War Teddy Roosevelt aided concluding and got him Nobel Peace Prize Caused tensions between US and Russia & China |
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Open Door Notes |
Letters from Secretary of State John Hay Wanted countries w/ spheres of influence in China to respect China's right to free trade and competition within spheres of influence Established Open-Door Policy and ensured US could trade with China freely without having a sphere of influence |
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"Our Country" |
Written by Josiah Strong Justified American expansionism, the US had an obligation to spread superiority and Christianity to other nations |
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Manila |
Capital of the Philippines Where US steel navy defeated Spanish navy in overwhelming victory |
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William McKinley |
US president, assassinated in office in 1901 Believed he needed to listen to American people first and foremost At first anti-imperialist, but changed his mind later because of American people's opinion |
