16714782 | Captain Alfred Thayer Mahan | author of The Influence of Sea Power Upon History: 1660-1783 | |
16714783 | Joseph Pulitzer | "yellow press" journalist | |
16714784 | William Randolph Hearst | "yellow press" journalist, published letter written by Spanish minister to Washington Dupuy de Lome | |
16714785 | James G. Blaine | creator of the "Big Sister" policy, presided over the first Pan-American conference | |
16714786 | Grover Cleveland | Democratic president from 1885-1889, 1893-1897 | |
16714787 | Valeriano "Butcher" Weyler | Spanish general sent to Cuba during the Spanish-American War | |
16714788 | Frederick Remington | drew pictures for William Randolph Hearst's stories | |
16714789 | William McKinley | Republic president from 1897-1901 | |
16714790 | Theodore Roosevelt | Republic president from 1901-1909, vice president for McKinley | |
16714791 | John D. Long | Navy secretary during the Spanish-American War | |
16714792 | Commodore George Dewey | commander of the American Asiatic Squadron, took over Philippines | |
16714793 | Emilio Aguinaldo | Leader of Filipino insurgents against the Spanish | |
16714794 | William R. Shafter | fat American general who was ill-prepared at Cuba | |
16714795 | Leonard Wood | colonel and commander of the "Rough Riders," helped clean up yellow fever in Cuba | |
16714796 | the "Rough Riders" | regiment of volunteers, mostly cowboys, organized by Theodore Roosevelt | |
16714797 | the Anti-Imperialist League | opposed McKinley administration's expansionism: Mark Twain, William James, Samuel Gompers, Andrew Carnegie | |
16714798 | Rudyard Kipling | author of the White Man's Burden | |
16714799 | William Jennings Bryan | Democratic candidate for the elections of 1900 | |
16714800 | William C. Gorgas | American colonel who helped clean up yellow fever in Cuba | |
16714801 | Dr. Walter Reed | helped clean up yellow fever in Cuba | |
16714802 | Joseph Wheeler | American general who was given command in Cuba | |
16714803 | Elihu Root | Secretary of War who established a general staff for the army and founded the War College | |
16714804 | William Howard Taft | leader of the Philippine Commission, which tried to assimilate Filipinos | |
16714805 | John Hay | Secretary of State who made the Open Door Policy | |
16714806 | the "Boxers" | super-patriotic Chinese rebel group against foreigners | |
16714807 | Philippe Bunau-Varilla | leader of the old French Canal Company, assisted American in the creation of the Panama Canal |
Chapter 27: Empire and Expansion 1890-1909 - People
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