Chapter 27: Empire and Expansion Flashcards

651044047	"The Influence of Sea Power upon History"	Book by Alfred T. Mahan which argued that control of the sea wast he key to world dominance	0
651044048	"big stick"	Teddy Roosevelt's use of military power for diplomatic reasons and foreign policy	1
651044049	"Little Brown Brothers"	William H.Taft's belittling term of endearment for the Filipinos.	2
651044050	"twisting the lion's tail"	Practice of bashing the British in a campaign to gain the Irish immigrant vote, also used during the land dipute between Venesuala and Great Britian.	3
651044051	"White Man's Burden"	Idea that many European countries had a duty to spread their religion and culture to those less civilized	4
651044052	"yellow peril"	Phrase used for the 3% of Japanese population in California.	5
651044053	Alfred Thayer Mahan	US Admiral who encouraged the US to strengthen its naval power to become a world power.	6
651044054	Americanization	Assimilation of the American culture.	7
651044055	Anti-Imperialist League	Group of anti-imperialists that advocated for isolationism	8
651044056	arbitration	Settling a dispute by agreeing to accept the decision of an impartial outsider.	9
651044057	atrocity	Act of cruelty and brutality	10
651044058	bellicose	Inclined or eager to fight	11
651044059	blue blood	Of noble or upper class descent	12
651044060	Boxer Rebellion	Chinese rebellion against foreign influence which the U.S helped supress.	13
651044061	Clayton-Bulwer Treaty	Treaty created in 1850 which provided that neither Britain or the US could have exclusive control of a future isthmian waterway in Central America.	14
651044062	Dupuy de Lome	Spanish minister in Washington who criticized McKinley in a letter that was leaked to press and published by Hearst; forcing him to resign	15
651044063	Elihu Root	US Secretary of War who established a General Staff and a War College.	16
651044064	Emilio Aguinaldo	Filipino who was lead both the Phillipine revolution against Spain and then the United States	17
651044065	Foraker Act	Act which gave the US direct control over and power to set up a government in Puerto Rico.	18
651044066	Gentlemen's Agreement	Secret understanding in which Japan stopped the flow of laborers to the US	19
651044067	George Washington Goethals	American engineer who organized the building of the Panama Canal	20
651044068	George Dewey	U.S. naval commander who led the American attack on the Philippines	21
651044069	Great Rapproachment	The reuniting of America and Britain after renegotiating the border of Venezuela.	22
651044070	Great White Fleet	Navy force that circumnavigated the globe to show off US naval prowess	23
651044071	Guantanamo	A naval station in Cuba granted to the US by the Platt amendment	24
651044072	Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty	Treaty signed with the new Panamanian government that authorized the construction of the Panama canal.,	25
651044074	Hay-Pauncefote Treaty	Treaty permitted by Great Britian which nullified the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty and gave the U.S the right to build the Panama Canal.	26
651044076	Henry Cabot Lodge	Massachusetts senator who called for expansion	27
651044078	hostage	person given or held to ensure that an agreement or demand is kept or fulfilled	28
651044080	imperialism	Policy in which a strong nation seeks to dominate other countries poitically, socially, and economically.	29
651044082	indemnity	Payment for damage or loss	30
651044085	insular cases	Cases in which the Supreme Court declared Constitution didn't extend to Philippines and Puerto Rico.	31
651044087	James G. Blaine	Served as secretary of state in two administrations in the 1880's,also presided in the first Pan-American Conference in his early efforts to expand american influence in latin america.	32
651044088	John Hay	Secretary of State under McKinley and Roosevelt who pioneered the open-door policy and construction of the Panama canal.	33
651044090	John Philip Sousa	Bandmaster and composer of military marches	34
651044091	Josiah Strong	U.S minister who claimed it was our divine mission to spread liberty and christianity to less civilized people in his book "Our Country"	35
651044092	"near wars"	The U.S's close encounters between various contries in the imperialistic age.	36
651044093	Open Door Notes	Mesage sent by John Hay to other countries to protect U.S. trading rights in China	37
651044094	Pan-American Conference	Conference called by James Blaine which created an organization of cooperation between the US and Latin American countries	38
651044095	partition	That which separates anything into distinct parts.	39
651044096	Pearl Harbor	Naval base which made the Hawaiian Islands particularly important to the US	40
651044097	"patting the eagles head"	Great Britians attitude towards the U.S in the Great Rapproachment.	41
651044098	Phillippe Bunau-Varilla	Chief engineer of the french canal company and later prime minister of Panama.	42
651044099	Phillippine Insurrection	Uprising of philipinos when U.S. broke its promise of Phillipine independance, this lasted a long time and casualties were tremdously high	43
651044100	Platt Amendment	Legislation which Allowed the United States to intervene in Cuba and gave the United States control of the naval base at Guantanamo Bay.	44
651044101	Portsmouth Conference	The meeting between Japan, Russia, and the U.S. that ended the Russo-Japanese War in 1905.	45
651044102	proviso	a condition in a contract or negotiation	46
651044103	Queen Liliuokalani	Last Hawaiian monarch who opposed American annexation and was later forced out of power by a revolution started by American business interests.	47
651044104	reconcentration camps	Spanish refugee camps into which cuban farmers were herded to prevent them from providing assistance to rebels fighting for Cuban independance from Spain.	48
651044105	Richard Olney	Secretary of state under Cleveland. who attacked Britain for it's attempt to get some of Venezuela's land, claiming it went against the Monroe Doctrine.	49
651044106	Roosevelt Corollary	Roosevelt's 1904 extension of the Monroe Doctrine, which stated that the United States had the right to protect it's economic interests in the Americas by using military force	50
651044107	Root-Takahira Agreement	Agreement between US and Japan which officially recognizing the territorial sovereignty of each nation and upheld the Open Door Note in China.	51
651044108	Rough Riders	Volunteer soldiers led by Theodore Roosevelt in Cuba during the Spanish American War, who helped at San Juan Hill.	52
651044109	Russo-Japanese War	A conflict that grew out of the rival imperialist ambitions of the Russian Empire and the Empire of Japan over Manchuria and Korea, beginning in 1904.	53
651044110	San Francisco school crisis	Disagreement between America and Japan, when the people of San Francisco demanded Asian children attend a seperate school.	54
651044111	scorched-earth policy	Practice of burning crops and killing livestock during wartime so that the enemy cannot live off the land	55
651044112	sphere of influence	Foreign region in which a nation has control over trade and other economic activities	56
651044113	Teller Amendment	Legislation which promised that the US would not annex Cuba after winning the Spanish-American war.	57
651044114	The Maine	An American battleship which exploded and sank in Havana Harbor and contributed to the beginning of the Spanish American War. "Remember the Maine" was a rallying cry	58
651044115	Theodore Roosevelt	26th president who was known for: conservationism, trust-busting, Hepburn Act, safe food regulations, "Square Deal," The Panama Canal, The Great White Fleet, and winning the Nobel Peace Prize for negotiation of peace in Russo-Japanese War	59
651044116	"Butcher" Weyler	Nickname that the American press dubbed the Spanish general Valeriano Weyler in Cuba because of his brutal treatment of prisoners and his cruel policies	60
651044117	William Howard Taft	27th President of the United States and later chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1857-1930).	61
651044118	William Randolph Hurst	Journalist who was a "Pioneer" in the kind of sensational reporting often called Yellow Journalism. He Helped whip up hostility toward Spain, which led to the Spanish American war.	62
651044119	yellow press	Tabloid journalists and newspapers that reported sensationalist stories with a strong emotional component.	63