Chapter 19

Question 1

Exceptionalism

Answer 1

American is destined to expand because its special

Question 2

“thoughtful men of the country”

Answer 2

Dictated foreign policy; travelled aboard; included TR; exertion of US influence aboard; talked about building bigger navy

Question 3

Shift in balance of trade in 1874

Answer 3

US gained a favorable balance of trade (export > import)

Question 4

Josiah Strong

Answer 4

“Our Country”; Anglo-Saxon race to lead others

Question 5

National Geographic

Answer 5

Depicted oversea societies as exotic and premodern

Question 6

Burlingame treaty

Answer 6

1868; free immigration between US and China; 1880 suspended immigration

Question 7

Rock Springs massacre

Answer 7

White coal miners/railway workers and massacred 25 chinese people

Question 8

Relation with Tokyo

Answer 8

San Franciso 1906 ordered segregation of all East Asias in special schools; compromise: no more immigration from tokyo, segregation order taken back; 1913 california denied japanese residents property rights

Question 9

William H. Seward

Answer 9

Secretary of State of NY; vision: US empire built by gravitation toward the US and not war

Question 10

Virgin Island annexation

Answer 10

Seward tried to do this 1867, political foes and hurricane delayed till 1917

Question 11

Annexation of Alaska

Answer 11

Seward paid Russia 7.2mil

Question 12

Seward and the Monroe doctrine

Answer 12

Collaborated with mexican nationalists to drive out French Monarchy from Mexico

Question 13

Samoa

Answer 13

Islands on the trade route to Australia; US made terms on equal footing to european nations

Question 14

“Blue water” vs “Brown water

Answer 14

Expansion of navy; blue (new role) = ocean, brown (existing role) = coast

Question 15

Alfred Tahyer Mahan

Answer 15

captain of new navy; The Influence of Sea Power upon History 1890; TR and Cabot consulted; alarm over Germany military spirit

Question 16

Navy upgrades

Answer 16

Steam engine, wood > steel, powerful guns

Question 17

McKingly Tariff

Answer 17

1890; eliminated duty free status of Hawaiian sugar

Question 18

Annexation club

Answer 18

Formed in reaction to princess trying to roll back political power of haole + Mckingly Tariff

Question 19

John L. Stevens

Answer 19

Dispatched troops to occupy Honolulu

Question 20

Newlands resolution

Answer 20

Mckingly annexed hawaii by majority vote (as opposed to treaty which would require 2/3)

Question 21

Organic act

Answer 21

hawaiians citizens

Question 22

Venezulan boundary dispute

Answer 22

Venezula vs Britain; US claimed it is all powerful and Britain silently left; US drew borders without consulting Vene

Question 23

Marti

Answer 23

Cuban trade; “conquering policy” “dependencies”

Question 24

Wilson Gorman Tariff

Answer 24

Duty on cuban sugar

Question 25

Reconcentration

Answer 25

Cuban revolt; Spain separated rebels and others into concentration camps; also used by US in residence in philipino war

Question 26

Sinking of the Maine

Answer 26

US want purchase Cuba; pro spanish riot; Maine pulled to Havana harbor; Maine explode; people blame Spanish

Question 27

Teller amendment

Answer 27

Disclaimed US intention to annex Cuba

Question 28

Treaty of Paris 1898

Answer 28

Cuba and philipines independnet; US gain pacific islands; pay 20mil to spain; Carnegie disturbed that war to free Cuba led to empire

Question 29

Commodore George Dewey

Answer 29

Led Olympia into Manila Bay; Spanish outgunned

Question 30

Perspectives on Imperialism

Answer 30

Jane Addams: not freeing cubans but slaying spainards AA: Double standard (liberty not for AA) Gompers: fear cheap labor

Question 31

Imperialist arguments for philipines

Answer 31

1, philips resistance makes surrender cowardly 2, Germany and Japan eyeing it

Question 32

Emilio Aguinaldo

Answer 32

philipino nationalist leader ordered out of Manila from decision making; went to war with US

Question 33

Battle of Bud Dajo

Answer 33

Muslims philipinos refused to surrender, many slaughtered

Question 34

Jones Act

Answer 34

vaguely promised decolonization after stabilization of philipines; happened after period of decolonization after WWII

Question 35

John Hay

Answer 35

Sent 2 notes to nations with spheres of influence to honor Open Door; nations response vague and complained internally

Question 36

Boxer rebellion

Answer 36

Chinese insurgency against foreigners and Christians

Question 37

TR's stick

Answer 37

Speak softly and carry a big stick; Importance of American power to shape world affairs (civilized vs uncivilized)

Question 38

United Fruit Company

Answer 38

1899 2 big banana importers merged; owned much land in C America and had political influence

Question 39

Platt amendment

Answer 39

US control over Cuban's ability to make treaties, right to intervene

Question 40

Dr. Walter Reed

Answer 40

Experiments based upon Cuban physician's studies proved yellow fever transmission by mosquitos

Question 41

Clayton Bulwer Treaty

Answer 41

Provided for joint control of canal; Britain stepped aside for Panama Canal

Question 42

Panama independence

Answer 42

US encouraged Panama to rebel when columbia did not respond favorably to Panama canal

Question 43

Roosevelt Corollary

Answer 43

Warned C/S America to stablize politics and finances (debts) to prevent European intervention or America will intervene

Question 44

Victoriano Huerta

Answer 44

Did not collaborate with US; overthrown in 1914

Question 45

Russo Japanese war

Answer 45

1904-1905; Japan won war but Roosevelt mediated negotiations to shrink japan's "big head"

Question 46

Taft's dollar diplomacy

Answer 46

Private funds to serve American diplomatic goals, garner profits, and reform; Built railway in china; wanted to stop japanese control but did not work