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Becoming a World Power Flashcards

1
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Is the economic and political domination over weaker ones

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Imperialism

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Is a country that is technically independent but is actually under the control of another country

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Protectorate

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Historian John Fiske argued the English-speaking nations had superior, character, ideas, and systems of government. This was known as

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Anglo-Saxism

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Helped build public support for the idea that a nation needed large fleets of ships to trade with the world

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Captain Alfred T. Mahem

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5
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Ordered commodore Matthew C. Perry to negotiate a trade treaty with Japan.

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President Millar Filmore

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6
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Japan signed________ giving the U.S. the rights at two Japanese ports.

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Treaty of Kanagawa

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7
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Hawaii’s main cash crop

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Sugarcane

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8
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What harbor did the U.S. gain in Hawaii

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Pearl Harbor

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9
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What year did Hawaii become a state

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1959

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10
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What means to take over

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Annex

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Promoting cooperation among nations in the Western Hemisphere

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Organization of AMerican Staes (OAS)

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12
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Was one of Spain’s oldest colonies in the Americas

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Cuba

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13
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Is a cuban rebel leader who fled to the US

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Jose Marti

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14
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NY Journal was lead by

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William Randolph Hearst

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15
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NY World was lead by

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Joseph Pulitzer

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Is a type of sensational, biased and often false reporting for the sake of attracting readers

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Yellow Journalism

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is the quality of or state of being self-governing

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Autonomy

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18
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McKinley sent_____ to Havana Harbor to protect Americans living there.

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USS Maine

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19
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Harbor that the USS Maine blew up

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Havana

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20
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Is a form of aggressive nationalism

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Jingoism

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21
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Would be ordered to attack the Spanish fleet based in the Philippines

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Commodore George Dewey

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22
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a Filipino revolutionary leader who had staged an unsuccessful uprising against the Spanish, to take over the Philippines

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Emilio Aguinaldo

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23
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Calvary Unit was a rough mix of cowboys, miners, and law officers known as the

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Rough Riders

24
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was the leader of the Rough Riders

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Colonel Theodore Roosevelt

25
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The Rough Riders and all African American 9th and 10th Cavalry Regiments attacked and held Kettle Hill, then assisted the U.S Army in the capture of

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San Juan Hill

26
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Spain had agreed to the annexation of

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Guam and Puerto Rico

27
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The U.S and Spain had signed the________ which ended the Spanish American War

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Treaty of Paris

28
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The U.S spent $20 million for the

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Philippines

29
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Was submitted by Senator Orville Platt that specified the conditions to the Cuban Constitution

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The Platt Amendment

30
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In 1900 Congress passed the_________, establishing a civil government for Puerto Rico

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Foraker Act

31
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In 1917 U.S granted ______ U.S citezenship

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Puerto Rico

32
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The first U.S civilian governor of the island was

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William Howard Taft

33
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In the peace treaty, China recognized Korea’s independence and gave Japan the territory in

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Manchuria

34
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Germany, France and Britain demanded

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Leaseholds

35
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is a section of a country where a foreign nations enjoys special rights and powers

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A sphere of Influence

36
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McKinley and secretary of state_______ both supported what they called an Open Door policy

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John Hay

37
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Was a policy that allowed each foreign nation in China to trade freely in the other nation’s spheres of influence

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Open Door Policy

38
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The Society of Righteous and Harmonious Fists was known to the Western as

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Boxers

39
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In 1900 this group decied it would destory the______ and their Chines Christian converts, whom they believed were corrupting Chinese Society

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Foreign Devils

40
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Boxers and some Chinese troops attacked forgein embassies in Peking(now Beijing) killing more than 200 foreigners

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Boxer Rebellion

41
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Was relected in 1900 but his second term was cut short by an assassians’s bullet

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McKinely

42
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After his death the VP___________ assumed the presidency

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Theodore Roosevelt

43
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Believed that the U.S had a duty to shape the “less civilized” corners of the Earth

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Roosevelt

44
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Roosevelt expressed this belief of with a West Africa saying

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Speak softly and carry a big stick

45
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His_______ policy was evident in the U.S acquistion and construction of the Panama Canal

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big stick

46
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In 1889 the ______ comapany abandoned its efforts to build a canal in Panama

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French

47
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Was a province of Columbia at the time

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Panama

48
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Tension would increase between Columbia and Panamanians who opposed

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Columbian ruke

49
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During the construction, _______________ wa transmitted by mosquitoes, sicked workers and slowed their process

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Malaria and Yellow Fever

50
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By inspecting and controlling all potential breeding places Surgeon General of the U.S Army_______ helped maintain a canal zone in which mosquitoes could not live

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William Crawford Gorgas

51
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Roosevelt would give a speech to congress in which it stated what came to be known as the Roosevely Corollary to the

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Monroe Doctrine

52
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Was a policy of joining the business interests of a country with its diplomatic interests abroad

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Dollar diplomacty

53
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Whose idea was Dollar Diplomacy

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Taft’s

54
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In 1853 warships under Perry’s command entered _____ known today as Tokoyo Bay

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Edo Bay

55
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Who tried to win over the Filipinos by improving education, transportaion, and health care

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Taft

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