Ch. 20 AP US History Flashcards

8769500758	The Influence of Sea power upon History by Admiral Alfred Thayer	This book influenced the expansion of the US navy. What was it called and who wrote it?	0
8769500759	US Imperialism	A term used to describe the US acquisition of Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines in 1898	1
8796455760	Imperialistic actions of European countries in Africa	What may have inspired US imperialism?	2
8796587382	Resources of fishing, mining, furs, and ice	What made Alaska valuable to Americans?	3
8796594271	Klondike gold rush and the 1862 Homestead Act	What helped expand the population of Alaska?	4
8796605413	Location was halfway between California and Japan and had useful harbors	Why was Hawaii desirable to merchants and Naval officers?	5
8796612569	Control of California and completion of the Transcontinental Railroad	What factors expanded US interest in Hawaii?	6
8796620679	US sugar plantations	What was a major economic force in Hawaii?	7
8796625746	If Hawaii could ship a steady supply of sugar duty free to the US, then Hawaii would not grant trading rights or naval bases to any other country	What deal did Hawaii make with the US regarding trade?	8
8796638279	His sister Queen Liliuokalani	After King Kalakaua died, who took control of Hawaii?	9
8796643271	Wanted to win Hawaii back for the Hawaiians and reduce American power	What did Queen Liliuokalani want for Hawaii?	10
8796656716	American planters who formed the annexation club	Who overthrew Queen Liliuokalani?	11
8796667154	Cleveland sensed something amiss among the rebels and ended negotiations	When the US Navy arrived, why was Hawaii not annexed then by Grover Cleveland?	12
8796674779	Mckinley	Under which president was Hawaii annexed?	13
8796685519	Philippines and some Caribbean islands	After successful independence movements in Latin America, what were the only territories left that Spain had control over?	14
8796696120	Lost its last territories of Cuba, the Philippines, and Puerto Rico	After the Spanish American war in 1898, Spain lost what?	15
8796716259	Cuba	Where did the Spanish American war begin?	16
8796731278	1894 raise on the sugar tariff reduced the sales of sugar and severely hurt the economy	What began the Cuban revolution of in the 1890s?	17
8796740580	Created concentration camps to separate the Cubans from the rebels causing mass starvation and disease	How did Spain respond to the Cuban revolution of the 1890s?	18
8796749473	The publishing of sensationalized accounts of the events in Cuba	What was Yellow Journalism?	19
8796764795	Spain, to go to war with them	Americans blamed who or what for the explosion of the battleship the USS Maine? Why?	20
8796793644	American soldiers were ill-prepared for the climate and the battles were slow and difficult	Why was the US invasion of Cuba was not well planned?	21
8796802241	Led African American troops in an assault on San Juan Hill	How did Teddy Roosevelt gain fame?	22
8796811729	Cuba, the Philippines, and Puerto Rico	What was three territories did the US take during the Spanish American war?	23
8796818574	Made the US a world power with a far flung empire	What was the impact of the Spanish American war on the US?	24
8796829244	Maximize US involvement and establish a permanent naval base at Guantanamo Bay	What did the US decide to do with their newly acquired territory of Cuba?	25
8796835862	Convert the natives to Protestant Christianity through the aid of missionaries	What did the US decide to do with their newly acquired territory of Philippines?	26
8796857426	Formed a plan for revolt and revolted against US control under the leadership of Emilio Aguinaldo	How did the Philippines respond the US taking control?	27
8796869572	Organization to oppose the war an consisted of reformers, former abolitionists, among others	What was the Anti-Imperialist League?	28
8796881299	"The Constitution Follows the Flag"	An argument that the rights of US citizens should be extended to any people living in a territory conquered by the US	29
8796895487	Since Puerto Rico and the Philippines were only territories, those residing there were subjects not citizens; Insular cases	What did the Supreme court decide in the argument of "The Constitution Follows the Flag"? What were these cases called?	30
8796919403	The Panama Canal	What was Roosevelt's proudest accomplishment?	31
8796924472	Climate and the Terrain	Why was building a canal across Central America difficult?	32
8796930717	Treaty between US and Britain which stated the canal would be treated as a joint venture even though neither controlled the territory	What was the 1850 Clayton-Bulwer Treaty?	33
8796945736	A treaty giving the US exclusive rights to build the canal	In 1901, Secretary of State John Hay and British ambassador to the US Lord Pauncefote created what?	34
8796963903	Panama	Where did Roosevelt want the canal to be built?	35
8796968909	Roosevelt Corollary	President Theodore Roosevelt's policy asserting US authority to intervene in the affairs of Latin American nations; an expansion of the Monroe Doctrine	36
8796991134	Panama belonged to Colombia	Why was building a canal in Panama difficult?	37
8797017070	Sent the US Navy to stop any forces from the Colombian government from landing in Panama	When Panama revolted against Colombia what did the US do?	38
8797027361	Roosevelt quickly recognized them as an independent country and proposed the canal idea to them	What happened once Panama declared independence?	39
8797035975	1914	When was the canal opened?	40
8797385987	Russia was looking to expand its territory in Asia but Japan was determined to stop Russia's expansion in Manchuria and Korea	Why did the war between Russia and Japan begin?	41
8797401191	Japan asked Roosevelt to negotiate peace between the two	How did the process for peace between Russia and Japan begin?	42
8797408260	Portsmouth, New Hampshire	Where did the representatives of the two countries and Roosevelt meet?	43
8797418153	Received much praise from both of the countries and won a Nobel Peace Prize	What recognition did Roosevelt get from orchestrating peace between Japan and Russia?	44
8797429589	Russia called the US out for their hypocrisy because of American lynchings of African Americans and the poor treatment of Chinese immigrants	How did Russia respond to America formally protesting Russia's use of pogroms?	45
8797443111	Gentlemen's Agreement	A diplomatic agreement in 1907 between Japan and the US curtailing but not abolishing, Japanese immigration	46
8797450309	Great White Fleet	A US Navy fleet send around the world from December 1907to February 1909 by President Roosevelt to show American strength and to promote good will, helped ease tensions with Japan	47
8797462366	In San Francisco, the School Board adopted a racial segregation policy for Chinese, Korean, and Japanese children in schools	Why was Japan not happy with the US?	48
8797473886	Boxer Rebellion in 1901 attacking foreigners including American businessmen and missionaries who were seen as the cause for their plight	Why were tensions against the US rising in China?	49
8801336407	Dollar Diplomacy	The US policy urged by Taft of using private investment in other nations to promote American diplomatic goals as business interests	50
8801358398	An international loan to support building rail lines in China	What loan did JP Morgan propose to give to China?	51
8801376265	No	Did the government approve the loan by JP Morgan?	52
8801420704	California continuing to marginalize Japanese immigrants	What was the main cause of tensions between the US and Japan?	53
8810686431	Mexico's revolutions and coups	What was the most difficult foreign policy issue for Wilson in his first term?	54
8810691949	When Mexican army general Victoriano Huerta overthrew President Francisco Madero.	How did the Mexican Revolution of 1913 begin?	55
8810732540	Wilson believed the coup in Mexico was a part of a battle between British and American oil companies	Why did Wilson refuse to support the Huerta administration?	56
8810775669	He immediately recognized it	What did Wilson do when Venustiano Carranza and Pancho Villa led a revolution against Huerta?	57
8810813345	Independence movements, Germany angry at being left out of the colonies in Asia and Africa, an arms race for security, and a series of alliances among countries	What issues contributed to the growing tensions across Europe and ultimately led to World War I?	58
8810839123	Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire	What countries made up the Central Powers alliance?	59
8810845090	Russia, France, and Great Britain	What countries made up the Allies alliance?	60
8810850951	An easy victory	What did many Europeans expect at the beginning of the war?	61
8810870154	Battle of the Somme	This battle took place in 1916 and killed 60,000 British soldiers	62
8810878478	Tanks, artillery, flamethrowers, and the introduction of mustard gas	What new inventions in the war increased the death toll?	63
8810887841	Herbert Hoover	Who was known as the "Napoleon of Mercy"?	64
8810891180	War cut into US trade and hurt farmers who couldn't get their goods to European markets	Why was it hard for America to maintain neutrality?	65
8810913099	Germany's use of submarines	What caused the greatest diplomatic tensions during the war?	66
8810925469	The Lusitania	What famous ship did German submarines sink?	67
8810932965	No	Was the sinking of the Lusitania the cause that brought America into the war?	68
8810939072	Germany announcing it was resuming full employment of all the weapons, and sending the Zimmerman telegram	What were the two mistakes that Germany made while Wilson was trying to negotiate peace between Germany and England?	69
8810955233	Secret cable to Mexico from Germany offering them the restoration of the territory from Texas to California if Mexico attacked the US	What was the zimmerman telegram?	70
8810971891	Asked Congress to declare war against Germany	After German submarines sank 3 US merchant ships killing 15 Americans, what did Wilson do?	71
8810985935	Robert La Follette and George Norris	In the Senate who led the opposition to declaring war?	72
8810991527	Jeannette Rankin	Who was the only woman in the House of Representatives at this time?	73
8811015020	Wanted her to vote for war as a way to demand women's rights but she voted no	Why did women want Jeannette Rankin to vote in favor of the war? What was her vote?	74
8811026380	Committee on Public Information	Government agency during World War I that sought to shape public opinion in support of the war effort through newspapers, pamphlets, speeches, films, and other media	75
8811044895	George Creel	Who was the head of the Committee on Public Information?	76
8811052190	volunteers who were ready to speak at a moment's notice in favor of the war	What were the "Four Minute Men"?	77
8811061818	Sedition Act	Broad Law restricting criticism of America's involvement in World War I or its government, flag, military, taxes or officials	78
8811072811	Schenck v. United States	The first of several decisions by the US supreme court upholding the Sedition and Espionage Acts	79
8811080978	Espionage Act	Law whose vague prohibition against obstructing the nation's war effort was used to stop dissent and criticism during World War I	80
8811094858	General John J. Pershing	Who was the commander of the American Expeditionary Forces?	81
8811102194	July 4th, 1917	What date did the American troops arrive in France?	82
8811105498	"doughboys"	What was another name for the American troops?	83
8811112607	Pulled Russia out of the war	What impact did the Bolshevik Revolution have on the course of the war?	84
8811120434	Because America had more people and thus more soldiers	Why did Germany need to win the war before America entered the war?	85
8811130029	November 11th, 1918	What date was the armistice signed and the official end of the war?	86
8811137510	Paris (Versailles)	Where did the leaders of the victorious nations meet to write a peace treaty?	87
8811148438	Sailed to Paris to lead the American delegation at the peace talks, which no other president had done before	What precedent did Wilson break when negotiating a peace treaty?	88
8811158066	America had helped end the war	Why did Wilson think he had a strong bargaining position when he arrived in France?	89
8811169503	France- Georges Clemenceau Britain- David Lloyd George Wanted revenge for their losses; not in mood for generosity	Who were the leaders of France and Britain and what was their stance in the peace talks?	90
8811186293	The losing countries and Russia	Who was excluded from the peace conference?	91
8811189526	Fourteen Points	The proposed points outlining peace offered by Wilson in 1918 after World War I. The treaty agreed to at the Versailles peace conference did not, however; include all 14 points-Treaty that emerged disappointed everyone	92
8811213492	Faced strict limits on military power, temporary occupation of the Rhineland, and a war guilt clause making Germany pay for most of the war	What consequences did Germany have at the end of the war?	93
8811222493	Poland, Yugoslavia, Romania, and Czechoslovakia	What nations were created as a result of the peace conference?	94
8811240078	They were instead made mandates assigned to the victorious powers	Colonies belonging to the defeated powers expected to be independent but what happened instead?	95
8811229681	No	Did Congress approve the League of Nations?	96