AP US History Chapter 27 Flashcards
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| 5847498432 | McKinley Tariff | (BH) , 1890 tariff that raised protective tariff levels by nearly 50%, making them the highest tariffs on imports in the United States history, first time farmer products on productive list | 0 | |
| 5847498433 | Insurrectos | Cuban insurgents who sought freedom from colonial Spanish rule. Their destructive tactics threatened American economic interests in Cuban plantations and railroads | 1 | |
| 5847498434 | Maine | A ship stationed near Cuba which exploded on February 15, 1898. The explosion was blamed on the Spanish, and provided a reason for starting the Spanish-American War. Evidence to the contrary was ignored in the rush to War | 2 | |
| 5847498435 | Teller Amendment | Legislation that promised the US would not annex Cuba after winning the Spanish-American war | 3 | |
| 5847498436 | Rough Riders | Volunteer regiment of US Cavalry led by Teddy Roosevelt during the Spanish American War | 4 | |
| 5847498437 | Anti-Imperialist League | A group of anti imperialists that advocated for isolationism | 5 | |
| 5847498438 | Foraker Act | This act established Puerto Rico as an unorganized U.S. territory. Puerto Ricans were not given U.S. citizenship, but the U.S. president appointed the island's governor and governing council | 6 | |
| 5847498439 | Insular Cases | Determined that inhabitants of U.S. territories had some, but not all, of the rights of U.S. citizens | 7 | |
| 5847498440 | Platt Amendment | Legislation that severely restricted Cuba's sovereignty and gave the US the right to intervene if Cuba got into trouble | 8 | |
| 5847498441 | Open Door Note | Message send by secretary of state John Hay in 1899 to Germany, Russia, Great Britain, France, Italy & Japan asking the countries not to interfere with US trading rights in China. | 9 | |
| 5847498442 | Boxer Rebellion | 1899 rebellion in Beijing, China started by a secret society of Chinese who opposed the "foreign devils". The rebellion was ended by British troops | 10 | |
| 5847498443 | Hay-Pauncefote Treaty | 1901 - Great Britain recognized U.S. Sphere of Influence over the Panama canal zone provided the canal itself remained neutral. U.S. given full control over construction and management of the canal | 11 | |
| 5847498444 | Roosevelt Corollary | Addition to the Monroe Doctrine asserting America's right to intervene in Latin American affairs | 12 | |
| 5847498445 | Root-Takahira Agreement | Agreement between US and Japan officially recognizing the territorial sovereignty of each nation | 13 | |
| 5847498446 | Josiah Strong | A Congregationalist minister who added the sanction of religion to theories of racial and national superiority with his book Our Country: Its Possible Future and Its Present Crisis (1885) | 14 | |
| 5847498447 | Alfred Thayer Mahan | Navy officer whose ideas on naval warfare and the importance of sea-power changed how America viewed its navy | 15 | |
| 5847498448 | James G. Blaine | a U.S. Representative, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, U.S. Senator from Maine, two-time United States Secretary of State, and champion of the Half-Breeds. He was a dominant Republican leader of the post Civil War period, obtaining the 1884 Republican nomination, but lost to Democrat Grover Cleveland | 16 | |
| 5847498449 | Richard Olney | Attorney General of the U.S., he obtained an active injunction that state union members couldn't stop the movement of trains. He moved troops in to stop the Pullman strike | 17 | |
| 5847498450 | Liliuokalani | Hawaiian Queen who tried to eliminate white control in the Hawaiian government. The white population revolted and seized power. Under McKinley Hawaii was annexed | 18 | |
| 5847498451 | "Butcher" Weyler | Spanish general Valeriano Weyler called "Butcher Weyler" because hundreds of thousands of people died in his concentration camps | 19 | |
| 5847498452 | Depuy de Lome | Spanish Minister who wrote a letter to a friend in Havana, referring to President McKinley as "weak and a bidder for the admiration of the crowd." | 20 | |
| 5847498453 | George Dewey | A United States naval officer remembered for his victory at Manila Bay in the Spanish-American War, U.S. naval commander who led the American attack on the Philippines | 21 | |
| 5847498454 | Emilio Aguinaldo | Filipino General - helped US take Philipines during Spanish-American war - helped Philippines gain freedom from US | 22 | |
| 5847498455 | William H. Taft | 27th US president, took over presidency after theodore Roosevelt, strengthened ICC, trust buster | 23 | |
| 5847498456 | John Hay | Secretary of State under McKinley and Roosevelt who pioneered the open-door policy and Panama canal | 24 | |
| 5847498457 | Theodore ("Teddy") Roosevelt | 26th president of the US, Republican, had leadership in the progressive movement. In office 1901-1909 | 25 |