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How did Farmers and Factory owners feed America's movement toward imperialism?
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farmers and factory owners started to look for markets to sell their goods beyond American shores
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How did the US population feed America's movement toward imperialism?
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many Americans believed that the U.S. had to expand or it would burst.
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Where did the United States' new sense of power in this era come from?
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a) the nation was bursting with a new sense of power that came form our strong growth in population, wealth, and productive capacity
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How was moving markets overseas a good idea for the United States?
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the nation was feeling the stress of labor violence and agrarian unrest – overseas markets might be a safety-valve for this pressure
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How did the "Yellow Press" contribute to United States Imperialism?
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a) “yellow press” (a/k/a “yellow journalism”) of Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst portrayed American foreign exploits as manly adventures, and often took big license with the truth in reporting in the process
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What is Yellow Journalism?
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the use of exciting or shocking stories or language at the expense of accuracy, in order to provoke public interest or excitement in reporting
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How did Religion is the United States contribute to United States' imperialism?
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missionaries, inspired by books like Our Country: Its Possible Future and Its Present Crisis, by Reverend Josiah Strong, looked beyond U.S. borders for new souls to convert. He celebrated the “superiority” of Anglo-Saxon civilization and called upon Americans to spread their religion and their values to ‘backward’ peoples.
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How was Darwinism brought into the argument regarding US Imperialism?
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Aggressive Americans such as Theodore Roosevelt and Congressman Henry Cabot Lodge interpreted Darwinism to mean that the earth belonged to the fit and strong – i.e. to the U.S.
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How did Europe affect US Beliefs on imperialism?
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a) America came late to the spoils of imperialism, as Europe had started well-before.
1) in 1880s, Africa was divided up in colonial conquest by Europeans 2) in 1890s, Japan, Germany, and Russia all extorted concessions from the weak Chinese Empire 3) If America were to survive in a increasingly competitive world, it seemed like it would have to be come imperialistic too |
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What book argued that sea dominance was critical to a nation?
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Captain Alfred Thayer Mahan’s 1890 book The Influence of Sea Power upon History, 1660-1783, argued that control of the sea was critical to world dominance.
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What was the United States' response to Captain Alfred Thayer Mahan’s 1890 book The Influence of Sea Power upon History
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Americans demanded a mightier navy and an American-built isthmian canal between the Atlantic and the Pacific
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Explain the "Big Sister" Policy
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The idea was to get Latin American countries behind the leadership of the U.S.
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Where did Sen. James G. Blaine reveal his "Big Sister" policy?
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1889 Pan-American Conference
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What did the US and Germany almost go to war about in 1889
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American and German navies nearly started fighting in 1889 over Samoan Islands in South Pacific.
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What almost brought US and Italy to war?
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1) 1891 – lynching of 11 Italians in New Orleans brought America and Italy to edge of war
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What almost brought America and Chile to War?
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1) 1892 - American demands on Chile after the deaths of two American sailors in port of Valparaiso was diffused when Chile paid indemnity
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What were America and Canada disputing about in 1893?
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1) 1893 – argument between U.S. and Canada over seal hunting off the coast of Alaska was resolved by arbitration
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How was the Monroe Doctrine invoked in 1895
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1) 1895-1896 – Dispute between Venezuela and Britain about the border between British Guiana and Venezuela in South America
a) President Cleveland makes a strong protest to British boundary claim b) Sec of State Richard Olney presented a note to Britain in protest of their boundary assertion c) The note claimed in effect that the British, by attempting to dominate Venezuela in this dispute were violating the Monroe Doctrine, and that London should therefore submit the dispute to arbitration d) Britain denied the relevance of the Monroe Doctrine, rejected arbitration, basically asserted that the matter was none of the US’s business e) Much hysteria ensued, but with Britain diverted in its other foreign affairs, it ultimately consented to having the matter submitted to arbitration, and received most of what it originally claimed. f) The prestige of the Monroe Doctrine was enhanced |
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When did New England missionaries spread Protestant Christianity in Hawaii?
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1820
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How did America regard the Hawaiian Islands?
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Americans gradually came to regard Hawaiian Islands as a virtual extension of American coastline
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How did the United States begin to act toward Hawaii in the 1840's
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1) Beginning in 1840s, the State Dept gave stern warning to other powers to stay out of Hawaii.
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What Agreement was reached with the US and Hawaii in 1875
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1) 1875 – commercial reciprocity agreement between U.S. and Hawaii.
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What Agreement was reached with the US and Hawaii in 1887
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1) 1887 – U.S. treaty with Hawaii grants naval base rights to U.S. to Pearl Harbor
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When was Hawaii actually annexed to the United States?
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1898
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Why did Cuba revolt against Spanish Rule in 1895?
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1) Cuba revolted against Spanish rule in 1895, after the Cuban sugar business was badly damaged by the American tariff of 1894
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How did the Cubans try to acquire US intervention in 1895?
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1) Cubans and Cuban insurgents started to damage the sugar industry (burning fields, etc), in an effort to try to enlist U.S. intervention
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How did the Spanish respond to the Cuban revolting in 1896?
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1896 – Spanish General “Butcher” Weyler arrived in Cuba and attempted to crush the rebellion by putting Cuban civilians into reconcentration camps. These were overcrowded and filthy, and many detainees died.
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Why was the USS Maine sent to Cuba?
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1) 1898 – Washington sends battleship Maine to Cuba for a ‘friendly visit,’ the real purpose of which was to protect and evacuate Americans if a dangerous flare-up of the violence should again occur
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What did Dupuy de Lome say about President McKinley in 1898
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he describes Pres McKinley as weak politician who did not operate in good faith.
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What did the Spanish Investigation of the Blowing up of the USS Maine state?
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1) The Spanish commission stated that the explosion had been internal, and presumably accidental – a conclusion that appears to have been the correct one.
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What did the American Investigation of the Blowing up of the USS Maine say?
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the American commission reported that the explosion had been caused by a submarine mine.
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What were America's two basic demands that were met before the Spanish American War even started?
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1. An end to the reconcentration camps.
2. An armistice with Cuban Rebels |
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What made the decision for Pres. McKinley to go to war?
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The Public
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What was the Teller Amendment?
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A Proclamation stating that when the US overthrew Spanish rule in Cuba, it gave the Cubans their independence
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Who had more men in the Spanish American War
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Spain with 200,000 compared to America's 28,000
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Why was America's Navy on par with Spain's despite the large number difference
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The Spanish Navy was old and in poor condition
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Who did most of Europe support in the Spanish-American War
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Spain
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What did Teddy Roosevelt command while Sec. of Navy John D. Long was away?
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a) Theodore Roosevelt cabled Commodore George Dewey, commander of naval forces in the Pacific, to descend on the Philippines in the event of war.
b) 5/1/98 – Dewey and his ships carried snuck into Manila harbor at night, and destroyed the Spanish fleet the next morning without loosing a single American ship or life. |
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Who aided the US to capture Manila?
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Emilio Aguinaldo and Filipino troops
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How did Spain respond to the beginning of the Spanish-American War?
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a) Shortly after the war broke out, Spain sent a fleet of rickety warships to Cuba under command of Admiral Cervera
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What happened to the Spanish fleet that was sent to Cuba at the beginning of the Spanish-American war?
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1) the Spanish ships entered Santiago harbor, Cuba, and were promptly blockaded by the American fleet
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Who were the "Rough Riders"
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The “Rough Riders”, part of the invading army, were made up mostly of western cowboys and other characters, with some ex-polo playing friends of TR, and some ex-convicts.
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When did the significant fighting on Cuba actually begin? What was the result?
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Significant fighting broke out on July 1 at El Caney and San Juan Hill, up which Col. Roosevelt and his ‘horseless Rough Riders charged,” with strong support from two black regiments. Heavy casualties were experienced. TR loved the experience.
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What did the Americans proceed to do after beating Spain on Cuba?
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Take Puerto Rico
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When did the Spanish-American War End?
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1) 8/12/1898 – Spain signs an armistice
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What were the consequences for American Soldiers in the war?
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1) The Americas soldiers suffered from malaria, typhoid, dysentery, yellow fever, and bad rations.
2) About 400 American soldiers died were killed in action in the war, but more than five thousand American troops died as a result of bacteria and other causes. |
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What was the main issue for both Spain and America while trying to make peace in Paris?
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main issue became the Philippines, which the Americans had conquered a day after the armistice
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What did McKinley decide to pursue regarding the Philippines?
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McKinley, after much soul-searching about what was the right thing to do, went along with the thoughts of his trusted aid Mark Hanna, and decided to demand the Philippines, and to then try to Christianize the Filipino people.
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Who resigned in response to McKinley's plan regarding the Phillipines.
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1) Speaker of the House “Czar” Reed resigned in protest of this American imperialism
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How did The Anti-Imperialist League fight the expansionist moves of McKinley’s administration?
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a) they pointed out that annexation of the Philippines would violate the ‘consent of the governed’ principles of the Declaration of Independence.
b) Also, they noted that this would draw the U.S. into political and military issues of the Far East. |
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What were the pro-imperialistic views of the US People?
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a) the pointed out the huge profits in trade that would come with exploiting the Philippines
b) they argued that wealthy Americans needed to help uplift (which translated into a large degree of exploitation) the underprivileged, underclad, and underfed of the world. |
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What was the Froaker Act of 1890
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Congress accorded Puerto Rico a limited amount of self-government
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What was ruled in the Insular Cases?
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the Supreme Court ruled that the Constitution did not keep up with the flag, in the sense that Constitution did not necessarily extend with full force to the new territorial acquisitions.
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What happened to the Territory of Puerto Rico after it was acquired?
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General Leonard Wood, an old Rough Rider, headed up a spectacularly progressive military government in Puerto Rico, counting among its successes advances in finance, education, agriculture, and with experiments by Dr. Walter Reed, eradication of huge amounts of mosquito-borne Yellow Fever, which had huge benefits for our Southern and Atlantic seaboard.
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What did the US Force Cuba to put into its constitution and what was it?
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1) the Cubans were forced to put the Platt Amendment into their Constitution, which severely restricted the Cubans –
a) they could impair their independence by entering into a treaty or contracting a debt beyond their ability to pay b) they agreed that the U.S. could intervene with troops to restore order and provide mutual protection c) they agreed to sell or lease coaling or naval stations – ultimately two and then just one (Guantanamo), to the U.S. The U.S. still occupies Guantanamo. |
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In addition to all of the military victories, what also contributed to the growing national pride?
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1) New military marching music by John Philip Sousa contribute to the growing National pride.
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What nations were suspicious of the United States and their imperialism
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Germany and the Latin American
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What was meant when it was said that the US had acquired the heal of Achilles with the acquisition of the Philippines?
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1) By taking the Philippines, the U.S. had become a genuine Far Eastern power. But, the U.S. had acquired a “heel of Achilles” with the Philippines, and had taken on commitments that it was later unwilling to defend by naval and military means.
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Who founded the war college in Washington?
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Elihu Root
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What was the happy result of the Spanish-American War?
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A happy result of the Spanish American War was the closing of the ‘bloody chasm’ between North and South.
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What did the McKinley Tariff do?
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McKinley Tariff (1890) raised barriers against Hawaiian sugar
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What was established in the Pact of Paris?
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Pact of Paris: U.S. agreed to pay $20 for Phillippines
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Why did America become a world power?
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Expansionism an aberrationa temporary lapse from American democratic principles
a. yellow press b. strains of economic depression and Populist agitations c. contagious scramble for imperial possessions 2. Roosevelt: diplomatic realistneed to keep up with the Joneses' (Britain, Germany, Russia, Japan etc.) 3. Economic dominance over foreign markets, resources, investments. |
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in 1901. Pres. McKinley sent who to serve as the Philippines' civil governor?
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William H. Taft
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How was Taft's relationship with the Filipinos?
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Taft got along well with the Filipinos. They generally like him and he called them his "little brown brothers."
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Under Taft, America pursued a policy called?—to kindly bring the Philippines up to civilization
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"benevolent assimilation"
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After Japan had defeated China in 1894-1895, China had been sliced up by Europe into what?
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"spheres of influence."
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What were "spheres of influence"
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This usually meant that a European nation controlled a coastal city and its surrounding area. The European nation held exclusive trade rights for that city and area (for example, Britain's control of Hong Kong).
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Who drafted the Open Door Policy and what did it state?
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Sec. of State John Hay drafted the Open Door Policy saying spheres of influence should be dropped and Chinese cities should be open to all nations for business. Europe was not interested in giving up their sweet situations.
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Explain the Boxer Rebellion and its aftermath
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In this, the Chinese rose up to oust/kill foreigners who controlled their cities. 200 foreigners and thousands of Chinese Christians were killed.
Europe and the U.S. responded together and smashed China, then charged China for damages. China's fine was $333 million; America's cut would be $24.5 million. Feeling guilty about such a high amount, the U.S. used $18 million to educate Chinese students in American universities. Sec. of State Hay sent the Open Door Policy along again and this time it was accepted. China's borders were to be respected and its cities open to trade to all. |
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What incident in the Spanish-American war sought the need for the Panama Canal?
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The U.S.S. Oregon had been "trapped" in the Pacific Ocean and took weeks to travel around South America to the Caribbean
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What treaty was signed to negate the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty with Britain (1850) saying the U.S. couldn't control the isthmus route (Panama Canal) alone.
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Hay-Pauncefote Treaty (1901)
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What event eliminated Nicaragua as a prospective location for the building of the Panama Canal?
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the volcano Mt. Pelée erupted, killed 30,000 people, and changed minds about the location.
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How was Panama chosen as the sight for the Panama Canal?
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A French company was eager to move the U.S.'s attention to Panama where it'd tried and failed at constructing a canal. Engineer Philippe Bunau-Varilla got the price of the canal holdings dropped from $109 to $40 million
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After the Colombian senate reneged on the deal to lease the Panama Canal Zone to the United States, how did Philippe Bunau-Varilla respond?
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Bunau-Varilla worried the whole deal would fall through. He incited Panama to revolt against Colombia. The revolution began on November 3, 1901 with the killing of a Chinese citizen and a donkey. The U.S. navy was conveniently offshore to give aid and the revolution was pulled off.
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Explain the Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty
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It leased the canal to the U.S. for $10 million and $250,000/year for a 10 mile wide canal strip.
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What was the first obstacle to the building of the Panama Canal and how was it dealt with?
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Obstacle #1 was sanitation. Tropical diseases forbade workers from even getting to the job site. Col. William C. Gorgas drained the swamps and eradicated the mosquitoes and diseases.
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What was the second obstacle to the building of the Panama Canal and how was it dealt with?
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Obstacle #2 was the scope of the task. It was likely the largest modern engineering undertaking to date. West Point engineer Col. George Washington Goethals headed up construction to its fruition—a modern marvel when completed in 1914. It'd cost $400 million to construct.
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What did the Roosevelt Corollary state?
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It said that the U.S. would intervene in Latin America and collect the debts for Europe.
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When did TR make a presence on the International Stage?
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Teddy Roosevelt jumped onto the international scene in 1904 when Russia and Japan went to war.
The two nations were fighting over land, namely the Manchuria area and Port Arthur in particular. When peace negotiations broke down, Japan asked TR to mediate. This was a bit ironic for the War Hawk Teddy Roosevelt to have turned peace-maker. |
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What were the results of TR's peace negotiations between Russia and Japan at Portsmouth, NH (1905).
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Both nations wanted the Sakhalin island. Japan wanted payments since they felt they'd won the war.
Russia got half of Sakhalin island. Japan was awarded no money but gained control over Korea. Neither side was overjoyed, Japan was especially unhappy, but the war was over. With both countries going home disgruntled over the outcome of the war, America's friendship with Japan and Russia went sour. |
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What won TR the Nobel Peace Prize?
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Roosevelt also mediated a North African dispute in 1906 at a conference in Spain. For his peace-making, Roosevelt was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
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What was the Gentlemen's Agreement?
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In 1906, San Francisco was recovering from a devastating earthquake and fires. The school board ordered segregation of Chinese, Japanese, and Korean students.
The issue quickly erupted and the yellow press on both sides went wild. There was even talk of possible war. Roosevelt invited the school board to the White House where he mediated a deal known as the "Gentlemen's Agreement." It said that the school board would repeal the segregation policy and Japan would halt the emigration of laborers to California. |
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What was the Great White Fleet?
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TR ordered the sparkling new U.S. naval fleet on a world-wide tour. The "Great White Fleet" went to Latin America, Hawaii, New Zealand, Australia, and Japan. It was a diplomatic good-will mission on the outside, and a not-so-subtle show of military muscle underneath.
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What was the Root-Takahira agreement?
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The U.S. and Japan signed the Root-Takahira agreement where both nations promised to respect one another's territorial boundaries to honor China's Open Door policy.
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1. In his book Our Country: Its Possible Future and Its Present Crisis, the Reverend Josiah Strong advocated American expansion
a) based on a powerful new navy b) to open up new markers for industrial goods c) to spread American religions and values d) to ease labor violence at home e) to maintain white racial superiority |
c) to spread American religions and values
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1. By the 1890s, the U.S. was bursting with a new sense of power generated by an increase in
a) population b) wealth c) industrial production d) all of the above e) none of the above |
d) all of the above
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1. A major factor in the shift in American foreign policy toward imperialism in the late nineteenth century was
a) the need for additional population b) the desire for more farmland c) the construction of an American-built isthmian canal between the Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean d) the closing of the frontier e) the need for overseas markets for increased industrial and agricultural production |
e) the need for overseas markets for increased industrial and agricultural production
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1. The 1889 Pan-American Conference resulted in
a) settlement of the Venezuela boundary dispute b) the lowering of tariff barriers between participating nations c) arbitration of the Pribilof Island dispute d) worsened relations between the U.S. and Latin American nations e) creation of the Organization of American States (OAS) |
B) The lowering of Tariff Barriers between participating nations
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1. U.S. naval captain Alfred Thayer Mahan argued that
a) free trade was essential to a nation’s economic health b) control of the sea was the key to the U.S.’ world domination c) the U.S. should continue i9ts policy of isolationism d) an isthmian canal between the Atlantic and the pacific was impossible e) the U.S. should construct a fleet of battleships |
b) control of the sea was the key to the U.S.’ world domination
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1. The numerous near-wars and diplomatic crises of the U.S. in the late 1880s and 1890s demonstrated
a) the hostile reaction to American expansionism b) that other nations were jealous of American power c) how weak America seemed to the rest of the world d) the failure to the Monroe Doctrine e) the aggressive new national mood |
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1. To justify American intervention in the Venezuela boundary dispute with Britain, Secretary of State Olney invoked the
a) Platt Amendment b) Open Door policy c) Monroe Doctrine d) Foraker Act e) Gentlemen’s Agreement |
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1. During the boundary dispute between Venezuela and Britain, the U.S.
a) supported the Venezuelan claim b) failed to invoke the Monroe Doctrine c) never threatened war over the issue d) opposed American intervention e) “twisted the [British] lion’s tail” |
A
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1. One reason that the British submitted their border dispute with Venezuela to arbitration was
a) their growing tensions with German made settlement seem wise b) to see the Monroe Doctrine ruled invalid in a world court c) to maintain their policy of isolation d) to break the ties between Spain and its South American colonies e) that they recognized America’s growing domination of Latin America |
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1. The Venezuela boundary dispute was settled by
a) a grief war between Venezuela and British Guiana b) British concession of the disputed territory to Venezuela c) stationing U.S. marines along the disputed border d) Arbitration of the Venezuelan and British claims e) the mediation of Brazil and Columbia |
D
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1. As a result of the settlement of the Venezuelan and boundary dispute,
a) the Monroe Doctrine was weakened b) Venezuela gained the build of the disputed territory c) British and American relations steadily worsened until World War I d) Latin American nations were pleased by the determination of the U.S. to protect them e) the U.S. developed respect for Latin American autonomy |
D
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1. Hawaii’s Queen Liliuokalani was removed from power because
a) she did not allow Christian missionaries in her country b) many Hawaiians found her rule corrupt c) Hawaiian agriculture had failed under her leadership d) President Grover Cleveland believed that U.S. national honor required control of the Hawaiian government e) she insisted that native Hawaiians should control Hawaii |
E
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1. of the following, the individual who had the least enthusiasm for the U.S. imperialistic adventures was the 19th century ended was
a) Theodore Roosevelt b) William Randolph Hearst c) Alfred Thayer Mahan d) William McKinley e) Grover Cleveland |
E
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1. The question of the annexation of __________________ touched off the first major imperialistic debate in American history.
a) Hawaii b) Cuba c) the Philippines d) Puerto Rico e) the Virgin Islands |
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1. President Grover Cleveland rejected the effort to annex Hawaii because
a) the islands were not particularly productive b) the U.S. did not have the naval power to protect the islands c) a majority of native Hawaiians opposed annexation to the U.S. d) passage of the McKinley Tariff made Hawaiian sugar unprofitable e) the U.S. would then have to establish military bases in Hawaii |
C
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1. In an attempt to persuade Spain to leave Cuba or to encourage the U.S. to help Cuba to gain its independence, Cuban insurrectos
a) attacked Spanish shipping b) blew up the battleship Maine c) made guerilla raids on Havana d) assassinated Spanish officials e) burned the cane fields and sugar mills |
E
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1. Americans favored providing aid to the Cuban revolutionaries for all of the following reasons except
a) outrage at the Spanish use of re-concentration camps b) anger at Spain’s destruction of the sugar cane and sugar mills c) fear that Spanish misrule in Cuba menaced the shipping routes to the West Indies d) sympathy for patriots fighting for their freedom e) the atrocity stories reported in the ‘yellow press’ |
B
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1. The battleship Maine was sent to Cuba to
a) start a war with Spain b) protect and evacuate American citizens c) show U.S. support for Spain d) stop rioting by the Spanish e) demonstrate American power to Spain |
B
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1. The battleship Maine was sunk by
a) the Spanish b) an explosion on the ship c) Cuban rebels d) Reporters working for William Randolph Hearst e) A mine planted by pro-Cuban Americans |
B
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1. President William McKinley asked Congress to declare war on Spain mainly because the
a) business community favored the conflict b) Spanish government had insulted him c) justice of obtaining Cuban independence was clear d) Teller Amendment had been passed e) American people demanded it |
E
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1. The U.S. declared war on Spain even though the Spanish had already agreed to
a) sign an armistice with the Cuban rebels b) accept Cuban independence c) transfer Cuba to American possession d) apologize for the sinking of the Maine e) accept international arbitration of the conflict |
A
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1. The Teller Amendment
a) guaranteed the independence of Cuba b) made Cuba an American possession c) directed President McKinley to order American troops into Cuba d) appropriated funds to combat yellow fever in Cuba e) granted the U.S. a base at Guantanamo Bay |
A
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1. American military strength during the Spanish American War came mainly from
a) its large army b) overwhelming European support c) battle-hardened army generals d) its efficient logistical support e) its new steel navy |
E
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1. A major weakness of Spain in the Spanish American War was
a) the lack of support from its European allies b) the wretched condition of its navy c) its very small army in Cuba d) its unpreparedness to fight in a tropical climate e) its inability to wage guerilla war |
B
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1. The Philippine nationalist who led the insurrection against both Spanish rule and U.S. occupation was
a) Valeriano Weyler b) Emilio Aguinaldo c) Dupuy de Lome d) Pasqual de Cervera e) Ramon Macapagal |
B
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1. When the U.S. captured the Philippines from Spain,
a) Hawaii was annexed by the U.S. b) America granted the Philippines its independence c) Spain asked for an end to the Spanish American War d) Filipinos were granted American citizenship e) they did so without Filipino assistance |
A
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1. The ‘Rough Riders,’ organized principally by Teddy Roosevelt,
a) were a well-disciplined fighting force b) were trained in gueri9lla warfare c) managed to take San Juan Hill unassisted d) consisted primarily of Roosevelt’s upper-class friends e) were commanded by Colonel Leonard Wood |
E
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1. During the Spanish American War, the entire Spanish fleet was destroyed at the Battle of
a) Havana b) Santiago c) Guantanomo d) Samoa e) Manila Bay |
B
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1. When the U.S. invaded Puerto Rico during the Spanish American War,
a) they army encountered stiff resistance from the Spanish b) the resulting battle ended the war c) most of the population greeted the invaders as liberating heroes d) the majority of the fighting occurred in the harbor at San Juan e) its intentions were to grant Puerto Rican independence |
C
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1. The greatest loss of life for American fighting men during the Spanish American War resulted from
a) naval battles in the Caribbean b) the war in the Philippines c) land battles in the Cuban campaign d) sickness in both Cuba and the U.S. e) the bungling of unprofessional military volunteers |
D
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1. At the time, the most controversial event associated with the Spanish American War was the
a) declaration of war against Spain b) adoption of the Teller Amendment c) adoption of the Platt Amendment d) acquisition of the Philippines e) acquisition of Puerto Rico |
D
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1. All of the following became possessions of the U.S. under the provisions of the Treaty of Paris except
a) Puerto Rico b) Guam c) The Philippine Islands d) Hawaii e) Manila |
D
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1. President McKinley justified American acquisition of the Philippines primarily by emphasizing that
a) the Filipinos wanted to be annexed by the U.S. b) the electoral success of the Republican party depended on their acquisition c) the U.S. would gain key naval bases there d) the Philippines were spoils of war and America’s by right of conquest e) there was no acceptable alternative to their acquisition |
E
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1. American imperialists who advocated acquisition of the Philippines especially stressed
a) their strategic advantage for American naval operations b) their economic potential for American trading profits c) the opportunity that they presented for Christian missionary work d) the Filipinos’ preference that their archipelago became an American protectorate e) their potential as a base for intervention in China |
B
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1. Anti-imperialists presented all of the following arguments against acquiring the Philippine Islands except that
a) it would violate the ‘consent of the governed’ philosophy of the Declaration of Independence b) despotism abroad might lead to despotism at home c) the islands were still rightfully Spain’s, for they were taken after the armistice had been signed d) annexation would propel the U.S. into the political and military cauldron of the Far East e) the Filipinos wanted freedom, not colonial rule |
C
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1. Starting in 1917, many Puerto Ricans came to the mainland U.S. seeking
a) independence b) political refuge c) to learn English d) citizenship e) employment |
E
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1. As to whether American laws applied to the territory acquired in the Spanish American War, the Supreme Court decided that
a) American laws did not necessarily apply b) the U.S. Congress had no voice in the matter c) federal but not state laws applied d) only tariff laws could be enforced e) only the Bill of Rights applied |
A
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1. The U.S. gained a virtual right of intervention in Cuba in the
a) insular cases b) Platt Amendment c) Teller Amendment d) Foraker Act e) Guantanamo Bay Treaty |
B
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1. By acquiring the Philippine Islands at the end of the Spanish American War, the U.S.
a) assumed rule over millions of Asian people b) became a full-fledged East Asian power c) assumed commitments that would be difficult to defend d) developed popular support for a big navy e) all of the above |
E
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1. Arrange the following events in chronological order (A) American declaration of war on Spain, (B) sinking of the Maine, (C) passage of the Teller Amendment, (D) passage of the Platt Amendment
a) A, B, D, C b) D, C, B, A c) B, A, D, C d) B, A, C, D e) C, D, A, B |
D
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