Chapter 27

Question 1

causes of A imperaidlism

Answer 1

overseas market could provide a safety valve
yellow press descried foriegn expolits as many adcentures
missionaries to spread A culture and religion
darwinism said eath belonged to the futtest

Question 2

beginnings of imperialism

Answer 2

african broken up in 1880s
japan, germany, and russia extorted concession from china in 1890s
“big sister” policy

Question 3

big sister policy

Answer 3

aimed to ally altin american behind A and open their markets

Question 4

minor conflicts

Answer 4

A + german nvy over samoan islands
lynching italinas angered italy
chile and A when 2 A sailors died in chile
A and camada over seal hunting

Question 5

venezuela

Answer 5

a and eng conflict when gold was discovered in a contested area of venexuela
london deined monroe doctrine
clevelanad ordered a bounary to be drawn and to fight over it if necessary
eng chose not to fight bc canada was vunerable to a and was having troules with germany

Question 6

effects of the conflicts with venezuela

Answer 6

gave eng most of what they wanted anywyas
presige of monroe doctrine was enhanced
latin a was happy a would protect them
brtis turned to a friendship

Question 7

hawaii

Answer 7

1820: 1st missionaries to HI
as became to regard HI as an expansion of their coastline
state de[artment warned other powers to stay away
sugar cultivation in HI failed w/ mcKinely tariff
white planters concluded the vest wasy to overcome tariff was to annex HI
blocked by Queen Liluokalani
cleveland withdrew annextation treaty and sent invesstagtors to HI
couldnt get rid of whites w/out scandal

Question 7

cubans revolt

Answer 7

schorched earth policy
insurrectos torched sugarfields and attacled trains
A on cubas side bc of sentiment and $50 mil stake
spanish general weyler herded civilains into camps
As outraged and demanded action
cleveland against joining war
weyler removed but coditions worsened

Question 7

insurrectos

Answer 7

Cuban insurgents who sought freedom from colonial Spanish rule.

Question 7

battle of the press over cuba

Answer 7

william r hearst and joseph pilitzer attempted to outdo each other w/ stories of cuva
invented some stories
hearst sent an illstrator ro sketch the scenes of cuba
hearst headluned a private letter written by the spanish minister in Dc insulting mckinely

Question 8

the Maine

Answer 8

A sent the battleship Maine to cuba for friendly As to escape if things went wrong
mysteriosly exploded
spanish commosion states that the explosio nwas internal and accidental
a commision said it was cuased by a submarine mine
was actually caused by fire in a coal bunker
As lept at the theory that the spanish did it on purpose

Question 9

dupuy de lome

Answer 9

spanish minister who wrote a letter insulting McKinely

Question 10

liliuokalani

Answer 10

hawaiian queen who insisted that native Hawaiians should control the Islands

Question 11

A goes to war in cuba

Answer 11

nationakl war fever
madrid prmosed the end of teh camps and an armistace w/ cuban rebels
mckinely didnt want hostilities byt couldnt ignore public opnopn and didnt trust spanish promises
teller amendment

Question 12

teller amendment

Answer 12

proclaimed to world that A had ovrethrown spanish misruling and gave cubans their freedom

Question 13

vicotry at manilla port

Answer 13

As smaller army and worse navy
spanish bigger army and navy
hpeever, spanish navy not well managed
dewey descended on spanish philipines
spanish’s 10 vessels lost to As 6

Question 14

goerge dewey

Answer 14

U.S. naval commander who defeated the Spanish fleet at the Battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish-American War

Question 15

“butcher” weyler

Answer 15

spanish general who rounded ip up the population in reconcentrado camps

Question 16

theodore rooselvelt

Answer 16

help biuld the navy
rough rider
vp and president of us

Question 17

invading cuba

Answer 17

spamisj rdered warships to cuba led by admieral cevera
cevera found refuge in santiago harbor where he was blockaded by A fleet
A asmry sent from back to push him out
led by gen william r shafter
As were unequipped for war in tropics
“rough riders”
170000 embarked at tamoa
rough riders rushed transports and held for a week
shafter landed at santiago w/ rough riders/ amnd 2 black regiments on unorgnaized spanish army of 2000

Question 18

rough riders

Answer 18

volunteer reginemt of cowboys led by colonel leonard wood who helped invade cuba

Question 19

end of spain in america

Answer 19

cevera fought but spanish fleet was destroyed
santiago surrendered
if spain held on alittle longer, a wouldve lost due to disease
treaty was made

Question 20

obtaining puerto rico

Answer 20

a amry commanded by gen nelson a miles descneded on puerto rico before war ended
met little resistanc e

Question 21

Treay of Paris (1898)

Answer 21

cuba was freed
A secured guam and puerto rico
payed spain 20 mil for philipines

Question 22

problem of philipines

Answer 22

mck felt he couldnt give phil back to spanish misrule
if left free, phil would fall to anarchy and germany would take over, starting a world war
public wanted phil
mck decided to take phil to christianize and civilize them

Question 23

debate over the annexation of cuba

Answer 23

anti-imperialost league fought with mck administration
filipinos wanted freed om and ot annex them would violate “consent of the goverend”
ezpansionists and imperialists appeled to patriotism and the glory of annexation
playe up possible trade profits and natural resources
bryan championed the treaty abd ut was approved

Question 24

conditions in puerto rico

Answer 24

many lived in poverty
foraker act of 1900
A improved education, sanottion, transportation
PRs still wanted independece
some moced to NYC

Question 25

conditions in cuba

Answer 25

A set up military gov under gen wood
improvements in gov, finance, education, agriclutre, and publi chealth
removed and reduced yellow fever
withdrew from cuba in 1898
cubans forced to write their constitution under the platt amendment

Question 26

effects of the spanish-smerican war

Answer 26

a prestige rose and gained respect
national pride
became imperialistic
became a full-fledged Fa Eastern Power
further closing of the bloody chasm b/w N and S

Question 26

the filipinos

Answer 26

watned indpendence
DC excluded them from peace negotitionas
INSURRECTION UNDER EMILIO AGUINALDO
A DEPLOYEDTROOPS TO crush rebels
built reconcentration camps
william h taft
improved roads, sanitation, oublic health, and education
trade in sugar

Question 27

william h taft

Answer 27

civil governor in philipines w/ his “little brown brothers”

Question 28

china

Answer 28

as worried abt the vivisection of china
open door note
chinese didnt like w influence
boxer rebellion
multinational force quelled the rebellion
assessed damge as 333 mil

Question 29

open door note

Answer 29

secretary of state john hay dispatched the note to the major world powers
urged tgem to respect certain chinese rights in their spheres of influence

Question 30

boxer rebellion

Answer 30

chinese group murderered foreigners and christians

Question 31

election of 1900

Answer 31

repub renominated McK w/ VP Teddy Rooselvelt
Byran renominated for dems. claiming there was a roblem w/ reub imperialism
McK won

Question 32

TR as pres

Answer 32

Mck murdered
preached virile cirtues and denounced pacifists
cjampion of military and navy
loved people
believed pres should lead boldly and felt he could do whatever in the gernal interest unless specifically forbidden in const

Question 33

panama canal

Answer 33

help quicly move the navy and pritect new acquisitions
problem: clayton-beulwer treaty said us couldnt secure an istmian roite
hay-paunceforte treary
french canal company champoined for panama over A wanting nivuragua
columbia rejected A offer of 10 mil for a six mi wide zone
panaminans rebelled bc they wonted the prosperity
tr made panama an outpost and cnal construciton began

Question 34

revision of monroe doctrine

Answer 34

Latin A debt defaluts made eurpean countries mad and wanted to take action
rooselvelt corollany

Question 35

roosevelt corollany

Answer 35

in the event of financial maldeasance by latin a , us would intervene and pay fff debts to keep europe away

Question 36

russia-japan dispute

Answer 36

russia wanted china’s manchuria
japan responded w/ a suprise attack
japan ran out of money and men and approached TR to help sponser peace negotioations
TR guided them into a settlement neigher liked
soured relations b/w A and bith countries

Question 37

TR gets nobel peace prize

Answer 37

achieveing agreement b/w tussia and japan and helping arrainge an international conference to mediate disputes

Question 38

japanese in cali

Answer 38

new wave of japanese immigrants to cali
san fan’s school board segregared chinese, japanese, and koean to make room for whites
japan mad
tr invited the board to white housw ewhere he broke the deadlock
repealed in exhange of less flow of japense immigrants
root takahira agreement

Question 39

root-takahira agreement

Answer 39

pledged japan and A to respect other’s territorial possessions and uphold open door in china

Question 40

great rapprochement

Answer 40

reconciliation b.w US and and Eng

Question 41

foraker act

Answer 41

gave the puerto ricans a limited degree of popular gov

Question 42

insular cases

Answer 42

USSC decreed that the const did not alwuas extend with full force to the new windfall

Question 43

platt amandmen t

Answer 43

treaty between the US and Cuba that attempted to protect Cuba’s independence from foreign intervention

Question 44

hay-pauncefote treaty

Answer 44

gave us free hand to build and fortify the panama canal

Question 45

josiah strong

Answer 45

supported missionary work

Question 46

alfred thayer mahan

Answer 46

published The Influence of Sea Power upon History, 1660–1783, a revolutionary analysis of the importance of naval power

Question 47

james b blaine

Answer 47

advocated a “Big Sister” policy of United States domination in Latin America.

Question 48

Richard Olney

Answer 48

tirred up conflict with Great Britain during the Venezuelan Crisis

Question 49

Emilio Aguinaldo

Answer 49

Filipino leader who first fought against Spain and later led the Philippine insurgency against United States colonial rule.

Question 50

John Hay

Answer 50

author of the Open Door Notes