AP Exam Flashcards
Yellow journalism
Journalism that exploits, distorts, or exaggerates the news to attract readers
Ex. Joseph Pulitzer, William Randolph Hearst
Alfred Thayer Mahan
Wrote the Influence of Sea Power Upon History, which argued that control of the sea was the key to world dominance
Commodore Matthew Perry
U.S. Navy commodore who in 1853 presented the ultimatum that led Japan to open itself to more normal relations in the world
Queen Liliokalani
The Hawaiian queen who was forced out of power by a revolution started by American business interests
Treaty of Paris (1898)
Brought a formal end to the Spanish-American war; confirmed the terms of the armistice concerning Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Guam. The Spanish accepted the American terms.
Insular Cases
Court cases dealing with islands/countries that had been recently annexed and demanded the rights of a citizen.
Platt Amendment
A stipulation the United States had inserted into the Cuban constitution in 1901 restricting Cuban autonomy and authorizing United States intervention and naval bases
Open Door Notes
American policy of seeking equal trade and investment opportunities in foreign nations or regions
Pan-Americanism
International organization originally established as the commercial bureau of American republics by Secretary of State James Blaine’s first Pan-American conference in 1889 to promote cooperation among nations of the west hemisphere through commercial and diplomatic negotiations
Teller amendment
A congressional resolution adopted in 1898 renouncing any American intention to annex Cuba
Dollar Diplomacy
The U.S. Policy of using private investment in other nations to promote American diplomatic goals and business interests.
Social Gospel Movement
Sought to introduce religious ethics into industrial relations and appealed to churches to meet their social responsibilities
Gentlemen’s Agreement
Under this agreement, Japan agreed to deny passports to workers trying to come to the United States, and the United States promised not to prohibit Japanese immigration overtly or completely
Muckrakers
Journalism exposing economic, social, and political evils, so named by Theodore Roosevelt for its “taking the muck” of American Society
Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine
He declared that his Corollary would cause the United States to exercise “an international police power” in Latin America; it expressed American hostility to European intervention in Latin America
James Blaine
Secretary of State under James A. Garfield, he advocated a “big sister” policy of U.S. Domination in Latin America
