APUSH Chapter 27
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| 1405566012 | Josiah Strong/Our Country:Its Possible Future and Its Present Crisis | championed superiority of Anglo-Saxons, encouraged Americans to spread religion to backward peoples | 0 | |
| 1405566013 | Captain Alfred Mahan/The Influence of Sea Power Upon History | control of the seas is necessary for world dominance, economy, strategy... | 1 | |
| 1405566014 | Pan-American Conference 1889 | James G. Blaine wanted to trade with Latin America, sketched outline for low tariff... | 2 | |
| 1405566015 | the Great Rapproachement | cooling of tensions between GB and US, reconciliation because English anger focused on Germany and other Euro. powers... | 3 | |
| 1405566016 | Hawaii | islands that the US coveted as a provision center, military base and sugar plantation... | 4 | |
| 1405566017 | Pearl Harbor | US has naval base rights here since 1887... | 5 | |
| 1405566018 | Queen Liliuokalani | Hawaii's queen that refused to let the US control the islands. She was eventually overthrown by whites... | 6 | |
| 1405566019 | Cuba | Spanish controlled, useful for sugar, US had lots of money invested here, wanted independence from Spain... | 7 | |
| 1405566020 | insurrectos | rebels who created havoc in trying to drive out the Spanish. scorched-earth policy... | 8 | |
| 1405566021 | yellow journalism | scorching headlines and scoops instead of hard facts. Pulitzer vs Hearst... | 9 | |
| 1405566022 | USS Maine | battleship to "visit"/protect, Americans in Cuba. eventually sunk... | 10 | |
| 1405566023 | Teller Amendment | if the US wins the Spanish-American war, the US will promptly give Cuba its freedom... | 11 | |
| 1405566024 | Commodore George Dewey/Manila Bay | soldier vs defeated Spanish, ordered by Roosevelt to go to Philippines to fight war. Quickly destroyed Spanish fleets @ Manila Bay ... | 12 | |
| 1405566025 | Emilio Aguinaldo | Chinese-Filipino leader of insurgents who sided with Americans to fight Spain's stronghold on them... | 13 | |
| 1405566026 | Santiago Harbor | Spanish sent weak Cervera to fight Americans in Cuba. Easily defeated by the US Cervera vs William Shafter's ill equipt "Rough Riders", commanded by T-Roosevelt... | 14 | |
| 1405566027 | Rough Riders | part of Shafter's invading army, withstood very difficult obstacles in war. no hourses... | 15 | |
| 1405566028 | Foraker Act 1900 | gave Puerto Ricans limited degree of self government. American regime worked wonders for PR... | 16 | |
| 1405566029 | Platt Amendment | Cubans were forced to wire their own constitution in 1901... | 17 | |
| 1405566030 | Guantanamo | Cubans sold this base to the US still used today, can only be undone by 2 parties, Cuba + US... | 18 | |
| 1405566031 | John Philip Sousa | wrote popular military marching music... | 19 | |
| 1405566032 | Manchu government | the government in charge of China in the early 20th century... | 20 | |
| 1405566033 | Johny Hay/Open Door | Hay urged that people should respect Chinese rights and have fair competition with other countries. Anyone can trade every nation given = ops to trade... | 21 | |
| 1405566034 | Boxers/Boxer Rebellion | Patriotic Chinese group, martial arts, ill foreign devils, took over Beijing, murdered Christians and foreigns... | 22 | |
| 1405566035 | "Speak softly & carry a big stick" | motto of Teddy Roosevelt, successor of McKinley, one must be affirmative in how they do his jobs at being president... | 23 | |
| 1405566036 | Hay-Paunceforte Treaty 1901 | gave United States right to build and fortify the canal. Britain approved... | 24 | |
| 1405566037 | New Panama Canal Company | company that undertook the job of building it. $40 million to build... | 25 | |
| 1405566038 | Panama | Site of canal, next to Columbia which did not approve of the canal. US created rebellion here... | 26 | |
| 1405566039 | Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine | if LA countries can't pay back loans, the US steps into help. Keep Europe out of equation | 27 | |
| 1405566040 | Great White Fleet | 16 batallions from VA sailed to Japan, Hawaii, LA, New Zealand to show how great America is | 28 | |
| 1405566041 | Root-Takahira Agreement | uphold Open Door and for each other to respect Pacific territory... | 29 |
