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1
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What is the term for the economic and political domination of a strong nation over a weaker nation?

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Imperialism

2
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When a country becomes a protectorate of another country, do the nation’s local rulers stay in control of their country?

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Yes

3
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List the three main reasons that the United States decided to become an imperialist power

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Economic concerns, applied theory of social Darwinism politically, economically, and militarily, Anglo-Saxonism

4
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What were well-known writer John Fiske’s ideas known as?

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Anglo-Saxonism

5
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Name the popular minister who supported the idea of the United States expanding its overseas influence.

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Josiah Strong

6
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In 1888, Germany tried to take control of what country?

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Samoa

7
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Name the military officer and author who argued that the United States needs a strong Navy.

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Captain Alfred T. Mahan

8
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Name two senators who also supported a large and strong navy

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Henry Cabot Lodge, Albert J. Beveridge

9
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Name the President who tried to force japan to trade with the U.S.

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Millard Fillmore

10
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name the Commodore who was sent to Japan to negotiate a trade treaty

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Matthew C. Perry

11
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Name the treaty that opened up Japan to trade with the United States

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Treaty of Kanagawa

12
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By the 1890’s the __________________ began to build their own empire.

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Japanese

13
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In 1878, the United States negotiated permission to open a base on what island chain?

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Samoan Islands/ Hawaii

14
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What agricultural crop was so important to Hawaii in the early days of colonization

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sugar cane

15
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The United States wanted a military base where in Hawaii?

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pearl Harbor

16
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Name the Queen of Hawaii in 1891.

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Queen Liliuokani

17
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Did the queen like the influence the American settlers had on Hawaii?

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no

18
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Did the United States marines support the planters attempt to overthrow the monarchy in Hawaii

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Yes

19
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Did the President Cleveland support the annexation of Hawaii?

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No

20
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What message did the United States want to send to the European about Latin America?

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The United States was the dominant power in the region.

21
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name the secretary of state who tried to expand American influence in Latin America?

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James. G. Blaine

22
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What was the idea known as that called for the American nations to work together to support peace and increase trade?

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Pan-Americanism

23
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Did the Latin American countries support Blaine’s ideas at the Latin American conference?

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No

24
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What is the OAS?

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Organization of American States

25
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wrote a best-selling book that helpedto build public support for a big navy

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Alfred T. Mahan

26
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the economic and political domination of a strong nation over other weaker nations

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Imperialism

27
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the idea that Latin America and the United States should work together

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Pan-Americanism

28
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the idea that English-speaking nations had superior charcter ideas, and systemsof government

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Angle-Saxonism

29
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took a naval expedition to Japan to negotiate a trade treaty

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Matthew C. Perry

30
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What was a territory called when an imperial power allowed local rulers to stay in control?

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A protectorate

31
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A tariff passed in 1890 demonstrated the Hawaiian economy’s dependence on

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Sugar

32
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In the 1880’s American opinion began to shift and more people wanted to make the United States

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A World Power

33
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When Americans began looking overseas for new markets in the 1800s, the naturally tended to look toward

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The Pacific

34
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The Commercial Bureau of the American Republics was formed in order to promote

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cooperation among the nations of the Western Hemisphere