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| 2280942518 | Reasons for US Imperialism | Economic factors- new markets; Nationalist factors- love of country and offering America a new frontier; Military factors- bases around world; Humanitarian factors- spread US idea of a better way of life | 0 | |
| 2280942519 | Yellow Journalsim | Publishing exaggerated or made-news stories to attract readers and influence their idea A kind of sensationalist reporting, in which writers often exaggerated and made up stories to attract readers. | 1 | |
| 2280942520 | Captain Alfred Thayer Mahan | In 1890, he wrote The Influence of Sea Power upon History. He was a proponent of building a large navy. He said that a new, modern navy was necessary to protect the international trade America depended on. | 2 | |
| 2280942521 | Venezuelan boundary dispute | (GC2) 1895, Guiana and Venezuela in conflict with each other (discovery of gold), Cleveland called for arbitration, The US determined to enforce the Monroe Doctrine by itself, without relying on the British (got most of the land) navy. | 3 | |
| 2280942522 | Hawaiian Revolution of 1893 | Small number of white farmers on the Hawaiian island revolt with the help of American troops, there unauthorized, and force the U.S. to try to rush a treaty of annexation which is cut down by Cleveland who suspects foul play; Queen Lilloukalani is not reinstated to power. | 4 | |
| 2280942523 | Dupuy de Lome | He was a Spanish minister in Washington. He wrote a private letter to a friend concerning President McKinley and how he lacked good faith. He was forced to resign when Hearst discovered and published the letter. This publishing helped to spark the Spanish-American War. | 5 | |
| 2280942524 | Battleship Maine | On February 15, 1898, the American ship, Maine blew up in the Havana port. The Spanish investigators deduced that it was an accident (spontaneous combustion in one of the coal bunkers) while the American investigators claimed that Spain had sunk it. The American people were convinced by the American investigators and war with Spain became imminent. | 6 | |
| 2280942525 | Theodore Roosevelt | 1858-1919. 26th President. Increased size of Navy, "Great White Fleet". Added Roosevelt Corollary to Monroe Doctrine. "Big Stick" policy. Received Nobel Peace Prize for mediation of end of Russo-Japanese war. Later arbitrated split of Morocco between Germany and France. | 7 | |
| 2280942526 | Commodore George Dewey | Commander of the American naval squadron based in Hong Kong. He was ordered to defeat the Spanish fleet located in Manila Bay preventing them from sailing east and attacking the United States. He was successful. | 8 | |
| 2280942527 | Battle of Manilla Bay | Marked the end of the wooden navy, when the more powerful American Steel Navy destroyed the entire Spanish Wooden Navy in one single battle led by George Dewey.america won in just a few minutes, making him a hero. US colonized the Philippines | 9 | |
| 2280942528 | Annexation of Hawaii | U.S. wanted Hawaii for business and so Hawaiian sugar could be sold in the U.S. duty free, Queen Liliuokalani opposed so Sanford B. Dole overthrew her in 1893, William McKinley convinced Congress to annex Hawaii in 1898 | 10 | |
| 2280942529 | Rough Riders | The First United States Volunteer Calvary, a mixure of Ivy League athletes and western frontiermen, volunteered to fight in the Spanish-American War. Enlisted by Theodore Roosevelt, they won many battles in Florida and enlisted in the invasion army of Cuba. | 11 | |
| 2280942530 | Treaty of Paris 1898 | (WMc) , The treaty that concluded the Spanish American War, Commissioners from the U.S. were sent to Paris on October 1, 1898 to produce a treaty that would bring an end to the war with Spain after six months of hostilitiy. From the treaty America got Guam, Puerto Rico and they paid 20 million dollars for the Philipines. Cuba was freed from Spain. | 12 | |
| 2280942531 | Anti-Imperialist League | objected to the annexation of the Philippines and the building of an American empire. Idealism, self-interest, racism, constitutionalism, and other reasons motivated them, but they failed to make their case; the Philippines were annexed in 1900 | 13 | |
| 2280942532 | White Man's burden | idea that many European countries had a duty to spread their religion and culture to those less civilized | 14 | |
| 2280942533 | Foraker Act of 1900 | gave Puerto Ricans a limited degree of popular government | 15 | |
| 2280942534 | Insular Cases | These were court cases dealing with islands/countries that had been recently annexed and demanded the rights of a citizen. These Supreme Court cases decided that the Constitution did not always follow the flag, thus denying the rights of a citizen to Puerto Ricans and Filipinos. | 16 | |
| 2280942535 | Teller Amendment of 1898 | U.S. promises Cuba independence once they over throw and defeat the Spaniards. Also it showed that the United States had no interest of controlling Cuba. | 17 | |
| 2280942536 | Platt Amendment | (WMc) 1) Cuba makes no treaty with others if in endangers independence 2) can't borrow money if they can't pay back 3)US can get involved with Cuba affairs 4)US has navy there | 18 | |
| 2280942537 | Philippine Insurrection | A rebellion before the Spanish American War when there were tensions between the Filippinos and the US | 19 | |
| 2280942538 | Secretary of State John Hay | Open Door notes,September, 1899 - Hay sent imperialist nations a note asking them to offer assurance that they would respect the principle of equal trade opportunities, specifically in the China market. | 20 | |
| 2280942539 | Open Door Note | In 1899 the United States feared that countries with "spheres of influence" in China might choose to limit or restrict trade to and from their respective areas. John Hay avoided any problems with trade by sending notes to each country who held power in China asking them to keep trade open and tariffs low. | 21 | |
| 2280942540 | Boxer Rebellion | 1899 rebellion in Beijing, China started by a secret society of Chinese who opposed the "foreign devils". The rebellion was ended by British troops. | 22 | |
| 2280942541 | Big stick policy | Roosevelt's philosophy - In international affairs, ask first but bring along a big army to help convince them. Threaten to use force, act as international policemen | 23 | |
| 2280942542 | Clayton-Bulwer Treaty | 1850 - Treaty between U.S. and Great Britain agreeing that neither country would try to obtain exclusive rights to a canal across the Isthmus of Panama. Abrogated by the U.S. in 1881. | 24 | |
| 2280942543 | Hay-Pauncefote treaty in 1901 | 1901 - Great Britain recognized U.S. Sphere of Influence over the Panama canal zone provided the canal itself remained neutral. U.S. given full control over construction and management of the canal. | 25 | |
| 2280942544 | Hay-Bunau Varilla treaty | 1903 - U.S. guaranteed the independence of the newly-created Republic of Panama. | 26 | |
| 2280942545 | The Panama Canal | Buit to make passage between Atlantic and Pacific oceans easier and faster because there were many Navy ships that needed to get from Gulf of Mexico out to the Pacific to help protect American islands in case of invasion; built by Roosevelt | 27 | |
| 2280942546 | Roosevelt Corollary of the Monroe Doctrine | US attempt to protect venezuela from europe; Us would aid any latin american nation with financial trouble; US became the policeman for Latin America | 28 | |
| 2280942547 | Russo-Japanese War | (1904-1905) War between Russia and Japan over imperial possessions. Japan emerges victorious. | 29 | |
| 2280942548 | Gentleman's Agreement 1907-1908 | Agreement between the U.S. government and Japan. Japan would restrict the immigration of it's citizens to the U.S. in exchange for the segregation in San Francisco schools to be stopped | 30 | |
| 2280942549 | The Great White Fleet | a group of US warships which took a world tour from 1907-1909 to show the world that the US was an emerging power | 31 | |
| 2280942550 | Root-Takahira Agreement of 1908 | In 1908 the United States and Japan signed this 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. | 32 |
