Chatper 10 - America Claims An Empire Flashcards
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Why Imperialism?
1) desire for military strength -Mahan advised strong navy
2) thirst for new markets - to spur economy and trade
3) belief in cultural superiority - a belief that Anglo-Saxons were superior.
Imperialism
The policy in which stronger nations extend control over weaker nations.
What was the Steward’s box?
In 1867, Secretary of State William Steward arranged for the United States to buy Alaska from the Russians for $7.2 million.
Alaska was rich in…
Timber, mineral and oil.
U.S takes Hawaii
Hawaii has been economically important to Americans for centuries.
To avoid import taxes (tariffs) who and what did they do?
Sugar growers pleaded for annexation.
What naval base did they build on the island and why?
The U.S built the Pearl Harbor in 1887 because they knew the value of the islands.
Who led the annexation of Hawaii in 1898?
Sanford Dole led annexed Hawaii in 1898 and it formally became a state in 1959.
When Cubans unsuccessfully rebelled against Spanish rule in the 19th century…__________________.
American sympathy went out to the Cuban people.
Why did the Americans invest millions in Cuban sugar?
Because it was after Spain abolished slavery in Cuba in 1886.
Who was Jose Marti?
He was a poet who led the revolution in 1895 in which Cuba attempted to.
What was Jose Marti’s plan of attack?
He destroyed property, including American sugar plants, hoping to provoke American intervention.
Who were William Randolp Hearst and Jospeh Pulitizer?
They were publishers who exaggerated Spanish atrocities and brutality in “Headline Wars.”
Early in the 1888 President McKinley ordered the U.S.S Maine to Cuba because?
In order to bring U.S.S American citizens in danger
On Feb. 15 1898 the ship blew up in the harbor of _____.
Havana. (More than 260 people killed)
Newspapers blamed the _______ for bombing the U.S.S Maine
Spanish
“Remember Maine!”
Became a rallying cry for U.S intervention in Cuba.
Who attacked Spain by attacking the Spanish colony of the Philippines?
The U.S forces
11,000 Americans joined forces with Filipino rebel leader _________.
Emilo Aguinaldo
By August, 1898 Spain did what?
Spain had surrendered to the U.S in Manila.
The war in the caribbean
There was a naval blockade followed by a land invasion by Roosevelt’s Rough Rider victory at San Juan Hill.
What did the America Navy destroy in the Spanish colony?
They destroyed the Spanish fleet and paved the way for an invasion of Puerto Rico.
What was the “splendid little war?”
The treaty of paris in which the U.S and Spain signed on August. 12, 1898.
Last only for 16 weeks
Cuba was now independent
U.S received Guam, Puerto Rico, and “bought” Philippines for $20 million,
Puerto Rico wanted independence but the U.S didnt allow it. Why?
Puerto Rico was important to the U.S strategically.
The U.S set up a civil government, full citizenship and bicameral system.
