Exam 1 pt 4 Flashcards
What strike was in Pennsylvania and involved andrew carnegie? / And what happened?
The Homestead strike/ Andrew Carnegie controlles the homestead town.He was going to cut off workers salary by 15 % and rent up by 50% and grocery prices up by 45%. Carnegie calls men and wants troops to deal with strike. Troops come down and another bloody aftermath happens.
What is the largest strike? / What happened/ What Union tries to help the laborers and is first person to campaign for presidency in a jail?
Pullman strike/George Pullman cut salaries by a third and increase the amount of work in factories. A strike broke out. / Eugene Debs
Who wrote the book “Influence of Sea Power Upon History”? / Why is it made? / By the turn of the century where does the US Navy stand in ranks/ who hands out copies of the books to congress for resources to exploit and refueling stations?
Alfreda Mayhem / to show USA needs to build up as a naval power and why we need to process colonies around the world/ We go from 15th to 3rd. / Roosevelt.
What territory does USA bring into the nation? why? / What was our navy base called and what was it used for?
USA brings Hawaii into our nation. Hawaii is used as a military base and resources. / We built a navy base called Pearl Harbor / navy base and trading outpost
In 1898 What did the Cubans want and who did they fight to achieve it? What did the Cubans do to make Cuba looked unattractive to Spain?
Cubans wanted independence/ Spain/ They used Guerilla Warfare to make Cuba look unattractive.
Who was the general Spain sent /What did the Cubans say to gain sympathy?/ What was the generals nickname and what did he do?
Valeriano Weyler / Cubans made up horrific stories about the general/ The generals nickname was “ The Butcher” / He made concentration camps to figure out who are his target. The people in the camp died from starvation.
What is yellow journalism? / Who was the editor for New York Journal? Who is the editor for New York Times? / What did they do?
No one fact checked anything, and rumors were being speeded/ William Randolph Hearst/ Joseph Pulitzer/ These two newspapers were competing to see who can get information out faster before the other but no one fact check.
What battleship does President McKinley ordered to go to Havana Harbor? Why?
Battleship Maine/ To demonstrate to the Cubans that the Americans won’t allow these atrocities to continue.
What happened to battleship Maine? / What did the American journalism station in Havana said Spain did? / What did President McKinley do after?
Blew up / Spain was responsible for the destruction of the battleship exploding. / Goes to congress and ask for declaration of war for Spain.
Who was the commodore who had a fleet outside Manila Bay ready to attack Spanish? / What capital of the Philippines did we capture? / How long did the war against Spain last for and was Spain a threat?
George Dewey/ Captured Manila Bay/ The war lasted four months and Spain was not a threat.
The significance of conflict with Cuba gives a rise to which president? / Roosevelt resigned from Secretary of what? / Roosevelt raised an army called what?
President Roosevelt/ Resigned as secretary of the Navy./ the rough riders
Who became the hero of the Spanish American War and uses victory of San Juan Hill to run for governor of New York & then is VP? / What was Roosevelt’s launching pad to presidency?
President Roosevelt/ His watching pad was through the Battle of San Juan Hill
after signing a year peace treaty what colony did, we get? / is Cuba a colony that we get?
We get Puerto, Guam, and Philippines/ We get Cuba, but it is not a colony.
Who holds a protector status where the United States guarantees the sovereignty of who?
cuba
Who was is stationed in Cuba who is responsible for reconstruction of Cuba to be like USA?
Leanord Wood
