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| 786671320 | end of isolationism | caused by rising exports, manufacturing capability, power and wealth, over seas markets to sell goods. yellow journalism and Darwinism influenced this. | |
| 786671321 | Captain Alfred Thayer Mahan | (1890) The influence of Sea Power Upon History. he argued that every successful world power once held a great navy. helped start a naval race among the great powers including the US | |
| 786671322 | Pan American Conference | Conference called by James Blaine that created an organization of cooperation between the US and Latin American countries. "Big Sister" policy | |
| 786671323 | 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 | |
| 786671324 | Cuban Revolt | (1895) Cuban revolt against Spain. America sides with Cubans because of Monroe Doctrine and the cruel practices of General Valeriano Weyler who came to Cuba to put down the revolt. we egged on by yellow journalism. American war ship the Maine exploded on the Cuba coast and the Spanish were blamed America declares war with the Teller Amendment. | |
| 786671325 | Teller Amendment | April 1896 - U.S. declared Cuba free from Spain, but this amendment disclaimed any American intention to annex Cuba | |
| 786671326 | Theodore Roosevelt | assistant secretary of the Navy modernized the US navy. commode Commodore George Dewey and the American Asiatic Squadron at Hong Kong to take over the Philippines if America went to war with Spain. which he did very successfully. | |
| 786671327 | Rough Riders | Volunteer regiment of US Cavalry led by Teddy Roosevelt during the Spanish American War | |
| 786671328 | Spanish American War | War fought between the US and Spain in Cuba and the Philippines. It lasted less than 3 months and resulted in Cuba's independence as well as the US annexing Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines. | |
| 786671329 | 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 | |
| 786671330 | Platt Amendement | a series of provision that, in 1901 the U.S. insisted Cuba to add to its new constitution, commanding Cuba to stay ut of debt and giving the U.S. the right to intervene in the countryand the right to buy or lease Cuban land for naval and fueling stations. | |
| 786671331 | Foraker Act | 1900 gave Puerto Ricans a limited degree of popular government. 1917 - Puerto Ricans get full american citizenship. US improved PR sanitation, trasportation, beauty, and education. | |
| 786671332 | Insular Cases | Determined that inhabitants of U.S. territories had some, but not all, of the rights of U.S. citizens. | |
| 786671333 | Guantanamo Bay | the US naval base in Cuba | |
| 786671334 | Spanish American War | In 1898, a conflict between the United States and Spain, in which the U.S. supported the Cubans' fight for independence | |
| 786671335 | William Howard Taft | 27th president of the U.S.; he angered progressives by moving cautiously toward reforms and by supporting the Payne-Aldrich Tariff; he lost Roosevelt's support and was defeated for a second term. | |
| 786671336 | Open Door Policy | (1899) Secretary of State John Hay. urged the europeans nations to keep fair competition open to all nations willing and wanting to participate. | |
| 786671337 | Boxer Rebellion | (1900) Chinese patriotic group started a rebellion in Beijing against the foreign people | |
| 786671338 | Election of 1900 | The Republicans nominated William McKinley on a platform that advocated imperialism while the Democrats chose Willima J. Bryan on a platform of free silver. During the election, the Republicans professed tha free silver would end U.S. prosperity. McKinley won the election with an overwhelming victory in the urban areas. | |
| 786671339 | Theodore Roosevelt | president after McKinley's death. first modern president , 26th president, known for: conservationism, trust-busting, Hepburn Act, safe food regulations, "Square Deal," Panama Canal, Great White Fleet, Nobel Peace Prize for negotiation of peace in Russo-Japanese War | |
| 786671340 | Panama Canal | built by Phillippe Bunan Varilla (french). Treaty withe the Colombian government 10 million and a $250,000 anual payment. Last second COlombian government said they would not do it. when a revolution started in Panama in 1903 the Colombians government organized the Hay Bunau Varilla Treaty with the US that gave them the land for the Panama canal. | |
| 786671341 | Roosevelt Corollary | Latin American countries were defaulting on their debts to Europeans countries. Roosevelt issued this document that seconded the Monroe Doctrine that said in future cases of debt problems the US would take over and handle any intervention in Latin Ameican on behalf of Europe. this made the US a bully in Latin America and not well liked. | |
| 786671342 | Russo-Japanese incident | T Roosevelt negotiated peace between Russia and Japan, leaving both sides unsatisfied | |
| 786671343 | Root Takahira Agreement | 1908 - Japan / U.S. agreement in which both nations agreed to respect each other's territories in the Pacific and to uphold the Open Door policy in China. |
