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| 589329049 | Imperialism | Policy and practice of forming and maintaining an empire in seeking to control raw materials and world markets through war, the conquest of other countries and the establishment of colonies. The creation and maintenance of an unequal economic, cultural, and territorial relationship, based on domination and subordination | 0 | |
| 469034053 | Reasons for Imperialism | 1) Political (nationalism, to be the most powerful country by ruling many other countires). 2) Economical (capitalism, to strengthen their economy, to increase profits by exploiting other country's natural resources and labor force and establishing markets to sell their goods). 3) Religious (to spread Christianity, set up missionaries) 4) Ideological (racism, social darwinism believed whites/Europeans were superior and had a duty to civilize other people by teaching them European culture and historu | 1 | |
| 292614644 | American exceptionalism | the notion that the US is a unique country in the world which represents freedom, democracy, and justice and whose actions are always and only for the good, used to justify US actions in the world | 2 | |
| 40510818 | Alfred Thayer Mahan | American Naval officer and historian, wrote "The Influence of Sea Power on History" stressed importance of strong navy. Philosophy influenced expansionists like Teddy Roosevelt. Argued that modern industrial nations must secure markets for trade. | 3 | |
| 692590532 | Theodore Roosevelt | Assistant secretary of the Navy. Led Rough Riders up San Juan Hill in Cuba in war against Spain. Was a expansionist/imperialist. President from 1901-1909. Foreign policy was the big stick policy | 4 | |
| 157627481 | William McKinley | President of US during Spanish-American War. Imperialist/Expansionist. Declared war on Spain, annexed Hawaii and ordered occupation of Philippines | 5 | |
| 302184631 | Valeriano Weyler | Spanish general referred to as "Buther" Weyler. Undertook to crush Cuban rebellion by herding many civilians into barbed-wire concentration camps. These civilians died in deadly pestholes. "Butcher" was removed in 1897 | 6 | |
| 425117339 | Jingoism | Aggressive, nationalistic and patriotic expansion. Roosevelt and many others believed in this extreme form of expansion | 7 | |
| 204687673 | Propaganda | speech that attempts to influence people to think, believe, and act a certain way. form of brain washing. used by all governments to justify their acts and demonize the enemy using fear, half truths, emotion, exaggeration, and symbols. | 8 | |
| 34199046 | Yellow journalism | sensational and exaggerated news stories designed to divert people's attention away from important issues like government corruption and class conflict functioned as source of propaganda for American imperalists. | 9 | |
| 90434558 | USS Maine | Battleship sent by Washington in 1898 to Cuba to protect and evacuate Americans if necessary. Ship blew up mysteriously on Feb 15, 1898 in Havana Harbor. Due to yellow journalism and desire to go to war, Americans were led to believe the Spanish blew it up. Propaganda led to Spanish-American War. Spanish claimed explosion to be accidental which was the truth | 10 | |
| 20933493 | Teller Amendment | The act of Congress in 1898 that stated when the US had rid Cuba of Spanish misrule, Cuba would be granted freedom | 11 | |
| 769304485 | Rough Riders | group of American volunteers that formed to fight at San Juan Hill in Cuba. Many were cowboys, ex-convicts, and other rugged men eager to go to war; organized by Theodore Roosevelt; Expansionist | 12 | |
| 1061185960 | Queen Lilioukalani | the native rule of Hawaii in the 1890s; She tried to defend Hawaii's independence and sovereignty from American planters and businessmen but was eventually forced out of power | 13 | |
| 782647756 | Annexation | To take over land and add it to one's terrority; the US annexed Hawaii in 1898 | 14 | |
| 786881434 | Pan - American Conference | Conference called by James Blaine that created an organization of cooperation between US and Latin American countries | 15 | |
| 316323341 | Anti-Imperialist League | formed to fight McKinley administration's expansionist moves. Members included, William James, Mark Twain, and Andrew Carnegie. League claimed it was against American Democratic ideals to "take-over" other lands. | 16 | |
| 881029048 | George Dewey | Commodore of the Pacific fleet of American ships in the Spanish-American War. He attacked the Philippines when war was declared by the US | 17 | |
| 207653432 | Emilio Aguinaldo | Revolutionary Filipino who first commanded his Filipino troops to help George Dewey acquire Manila from Spain. He later led Filipinos against the US in 1899 because of their denied freedom after the war. | 18 | |
| 626506339 | Treaty of Paris 1898 | Treaty concluded the Spanish American War, Commissioners from the U.S. were sent to Paris on October 1, 1898 to produce a treaty that would end the war after 6 months of hostility. From treaty America got Guam, Puerto Rico, and paid 20 million for Philippines. Cuba was freed from Spain | 19 | |
| 631666637 | Platt amendment | Gave the US the right to take over the Island of Cuba if that country entered into a treaty or debt that might place its freedom in danger. Also gave the US the right to put a naval base in Cuba to protect it and US holdings in Caribbean. Amendment was resented by most Cubans | 20 | |
| 240331468 | Foraker Act | Act of 1900 set up a Legislative Assembly in Puerto Rico that dealt with domestic affairs. In 1917, the same act gave the Puerto Ricans United States citizenship | 21 | |
| 570012258 | Insular cases | In 1901 and 1903, these Supreme Court cases decided that the Constitution did not always follow the flag. The newly acquired islands of Puerto Rico and the Philippines would not have all the rights of American citizens | 22 | |
| 661806023 | Philippine Insurrection | After Spain was defeated, the US annexed the Philippines and made it part of the US empire. Filipinos were denied their independence and freedom and thus beginning a rebellion against US forces. It took 2 years to crush Filipino rebels. Between 200,000 to 600,000 Filipinos were killed in this war. | 23 | |
| 740105944 | Spheres of Influence | European powers such as Britain and Russia moved in to divide up China in 1895. These countries gained control of certain parts of China's economy.These countries were called spheres of influence. The US feared that these European powers would divide up China so they proposed the Open Door policy. Chinese did not like the idea of unwelcome foreigners trading freely within their country, so they started the Boxer Rebellion | 24 | |
| 256185107 | Open Door Policy | In 1899 the US feared that European countries with "spheres of influence" in China might choose to limit or restrict trade to and from their respective areas. Secretary of State John Hay sent notes to each country who held influence in power in China asking them to keep trade open and tariffs low. | 25 | |
| 453620422 | Boxer Rebellion | Anti-imperialist uprising in China. A group of Chinese revolutionaries called the Righteous Fists of Harmony (called The Boxers by the British) rebelled against western imperialism and intervention in China by Europeans which was overtaking their culture and economy The Boxers attacked Europeans and their businesses and other Chinese people working with the Europeans and Christian Missionaries. It took 5 countries' armies and four months to stop the rebellion which killed thousands | 26 | |
| 654396131 | Portsmouth Conference | 27 | ||
| 81709269 | Gentleman's Agreement | Agreement negotiated by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1908 with Japanese government. Japanese agreed to limit immigration to the US and Roosevelt agreed to discuss with San Francisco School Board that segregation of Japanese children in school would be stopped | 28 | |
| 335583104 | Root-Takahira Agreement | In 1908 US and Japan signed an agreement saying they would both honor the territorial possessions of the respective countries that were in the Pacific Ocean, and they would also uphold China's Open Door Policy | 29 | |
| 412629599 | Roosevelt Corollary | Roosevelt stated that the US would use military to intervene in Latin American affairs if necessary. This was an extension to the Monroe Doctrine which said the US would oppose any further colonization in the Western Hemisphere (except their own colonization) | 30 | |
| 843004169 | Big Stick Policy | Foreign policy of Theodore Roosevelt; enforcement of imperialism. "Big stick" symbolizes US military power and readiness to use force (war) against Latin American countries that did not agree with (follow) US policies. The US used its power to intimidate (threaten) these countries to form governments and economic policy that did not challenge US imperialism | 31 | |
| 451868486 | Clayton-Bulwar Treaty | Treaty between British and the US. Stated that any canal project on the isthmus of Panama would be a joint effort by the two countries. | 32 | |
| 88332103 | Hay-Pauncefote Treaty | Agreement created in 1901 between US and Great Britain in which the US would receive exclusive rights to construct Panama Canal, and presumably control and fortify it. In previous years the agreement had been that the US and Britain would build and fortify the canal jointly | 33 | |
| 451654864 | Hay-Buanu-Vanilla Treaty | Treaty signed in 1903 between the US and Panama that allowed the US to build the Panama Canal. US leased the 10-mile wide canal zone with a down payment of $10 million and an annual payment of $250,000 for ninety nine years. | 34 | |
| 31243899 | Panama Canal | US built the Panama Canal to have a quicker passage to the Pacific from the Atlantic and vice versa. It cost 400 million to build. Columbians would not let Americans build the canal but then with the financial and military assistance of the US, a civil war vegan that led to creation of Panama from Columbian territory. The new ruling people naturally allowed the US to build the canal | 35 | |
| 252324195 | John Hay | US Secretary of State in 1899; dispatched the Open Door Notes to keep the countries that had spheres of influence in China from taking over China and closing the doors on trade between China and the US. Also negotiated treaties for the Panama Canal | 36 |
