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| a specific act of extreme cruelty | ||
| an article or clause in a statute, treaty, or contract establishing a particular stipulation or condition affecting the whole document | ||
| a person or think forcibly held in order to obtain certain goals or agreements. | ||
| the process of assimilating American character, manner, ideals, culture, and so on. |  | |
| in international affairs, the territory where a powerful state exercises the dominant control over weaker states or territories. | ||
| in politics, the act of dividing a weaker territory or government among several more powerful states. | ||
| a person of supposedly "pure blood," presumed to be descended from nobility or aristocracy. | ||
| disposed to fight or go to war | ||
| the accumulation of sufficient armed forces and materiel to go to war | ||
| a secondary inference or deduction from a main proposition that is assumed to be established or proven. | ||
| a payment assessed to compensate for an injury or illegal action | ||
| arguing that domination of the seas through naval power was the key to world domination. | ||
| white planters had illegally overthrown Queen Liliuokalani against the wishes of most native Hawaiians. | ||
| Americans sympathized with Cuban rebels in their fight for freedom from Spanish rule. | ||
| President McKinley was reluctant to get into a war. | ||
| The leader of Filipino insurgents against Spanish rule | ||
| Guam, the Philippines, Puerto Rico, and Cuba. | ||
| A combination of religious piety and material economic interests. | ||
| An agreement between Americans and Filipinos to move toward Philippine independence. | ||
| respect Chinese rights and permit economic competition in their spheres of influence. | ||
| encouraging Panamanian rebels to revolt and declare independence from Colombia. | ||
| "Speak softly and carry a big stick" | ||
| Samoan Islands | ||
| Chile | ||
| the principle of American foreign policy invoked by Secretary of State Olney to justify American intervention in the Venezuelan boundary dispute. | ||
| American battleship sent on a "friendly" visit to Cuba that ended in disaster and war | ||
| Manila Bay. | ||
| Supreme Court cases of 1901 that determined that the U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights did not apply in colonial territories under the American flag. | ||
| John Hay's clever diplomatic efforts to preserve Chinese territorial integrity and maintain American access to China | ||
| antiforeign Chinese revolt of 1900 that brought military intervention by Western troops, including Americans. | ||
| Diplomatic agreement of 1901 that permitted the United States to build and fortify a Central American canal alone, without British involvement. | ||
| Questionable extension of a traditional American policy; delcared an American right to intervene in Latin American nations under certain circumstances. | ||
| Diplomatic understanding of 1907-1908 that ended a Japanese American crisis over treatment of Japanese immigrants to the U.S. | ||
| American clergyman who preached Anglo-Saxon superiority and called for stronger U.S. missionary effort overseas | ||
| American naval officer who wrote influential books emphasizing sea power and advocating a big navy | ||
| Native Hawaiian ruler overthrown in a revolution led by white planters and aided by U.S. troops. | ||
| Spanish general whose brutal tactics against Cuban rebels outraged American public opinion. | ||
| Naval commander whose spectacular May Day victory in 1898 opened the doors to American imperialism in Asia. | ||
| Scheming French engineer who helped stage a revolution in Panama and then became the new country's instant foreign minister | ||
| Harvard philosopher and one of the leading anti-imperialists opposing US acquisition of the Philippines | ||
| New York politician who successfully schemed to get Roosevelt out of NY and into the vice presidency in Washington. | ||
| Leading Democratic politician whose intervention narrowly tipped the Senate vote in favor of acquiring the Philippines in 1899. | ||
| The United States entered the World Stage and began to develop a stronger country.. and changed due to rising exports, increased manufacturing, want of power and wealth, missionaries like Josiah Strong, yellow journalism, Social Darwinism, White Man's Burden, Alfred Mahan and his book about sea power influence. | ||
| Gold was discovered and so Cleveland sent a note written by Olney to Britain. Ignoring the Monroe Doctrine, Britain said no Monroe Doctrine. Britain then allowed 3rd party arbitration. That resulted in the GREAT RAPPROACHEMENT and strengthened relations. Britain got most of what it wanted. | ||
| White planters and U.S. soldiers overthrew Queen Lilioukalani and Hawaii became a great resource for sugar, coffee, and fruit. In 1887, a treaty was signed with the native government guaranteeing priceless naval-base rights at Pearl Harbor. In 1890, the McKinley tariff was placed on Hawaiian products and so white planters tried yet again to annex Hawaii but Queen Liliuoklani insisted that native Hawaiians should control the islands. | ||
| Grover Cleveland. He objected overthrowing Queen Liliuokalani. | ||
| It sought better relations with Latin America. James Blaine. | ||
| 1898 under McKinley | ||
| self government, freedom |  | |
| They wrecked property and sugar mills and sugar fields. | ||
| General "Butcher" Weyler. | ||
| The U.S. invested $50 million in Cuba and the U.S. didn't like Spain. | ||
| Hearst's paper intercepted a letter from Spain's minister in Washington, de Lome. The letter basically called McKinley a wuss. | ||
| The USS Maine exploded and the US blamed Spain. | ||
| McKinley did not want hostilities but also didn't want Cuba to be possessed by Spain. Public pressure eventually convinced McKinley to declare war on the bastard faced Spaniards and on Apr 11 he sent his war message to congress. | ||
| Spain had investigators conclude that the explosion had been accidental | ||
| .Claimed that the US would give Cuba its freedom. | ||
| Naval Power, support of the rebelling people(?) | ||
| Roosevelt cabled Dewey to attack Manila. He carried out his orders on May 1, 1898 and pwned the 10 ship Spanish fleet. He had to wait until August 13 to capture Manila when American troops finally arrived and collaborated with Filipino insurgents commanded by Emilio Aguinaldo. | ||
| Shafter landed near Santiago. Fighting broke out on July 1 at El Caney and Kettle Hill where Colonel Roosevent and ze Rough Riders charged. The American army closed in on Santiago and doomed the Spanish fleet on July 3. | ||
| 1st major land battle which was famous for rought riders charging up a hill. US won, bitches. | ||
| as liberators | ||
| bacteria and other causes | ||
| the US became an empire from its territories gained. | ||
| It payed the US Guam, Puerto Rico, Cuba, and the Philippines for the war. | ||
| For: Patriotism, America's mission, and economy. Against: Morally bound to abandon them, went against Filipino freedom, violated "consent of the governed" philosophy in the Declaration of Independence, and annexation would propel the US into the political and military cauldron of East Asia. | ||
| They were a sizeable new market for American manufactured goods and would provide a naval/coaling base for US trade interest and maintain Asian water stability. | ||
| They said that it doesn't follow the flag. | ||
| Cubans could not do treaties that compromise their independence, could not take debt beyond their resources, and could be intervened to by the US | ||
| Positive: We americanized some Phillipines and improved their education. Negative: Filipinos had an insurrection leading to 600,000 Filipino and 4,234 American casualties. | ||
| People looked for new markets beyond American shores, believed the US had to expand, Yellow Journalism, and power hungry | ||
| Philippines and Cuba on April 25, 1898 | ||
| Hub of Spanish Pacific Fleet, Roosevelt orders Dewey to attack Manila Bay. | ||
| Leonard Wood and Theodore Roosevelt | ||
| McKinley annexed in in 1898, when he was afraid Japan would try to take it while America was focused on the Spanish-American war. It received full territorial status in 1900. |
