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1
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Depression of 1893

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Encouraged businessmen to look for opportunities overseas

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Senator Albert j beveridege

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We are producing more than we can use so we must find a new market

3
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Social Darwinism

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Races constantly struggle for existence and only the fittest can survive

4
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John fiske

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Wrote in harpers magazine that English speaking people would eventually control every land

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Josiah strong

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Wrote our country: it’s possible future and present crisis

Anglo Saxon race in America was commissioned to speed it’s institutions over earth

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John w. burgess

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Wrote political science and comparative law

Our duty to uplift less fortunate and force our institutions upon them

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Alfred Thayer mahan

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Captain and later admiral in the us navy

Wrote the influence of sea power upon history

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James g Blaine

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Secretary of State led efforts to expand amer influence in Latin America

9
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Pan American union

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Weak international organization located in Washington that served as clearing house for distributing info to the member nations but rejected blaines proposal for for inter American customs union and arbitration procedures for hemispheric disputes

10
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Richard olney

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Sec of state , charged Brit with violating Monroe doctrine when they ignored demands that Venezuela dispute be submitted for arbitration

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King kamehameha

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Established dominance in HI, welcomed traders and helped develops trade with china

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G P Judd

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Prime minister in HI under kamehameha who agreed to establish constitutional monarchy

13
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Queen Liliuokalani

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Powerful nationalist elevated to the throne for 2 years

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General valeriano weyler

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Cuban, Led spanish confined civilians and made concentration camps where many died of disease and malnutrition

15
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Dupuy de lome

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Spanish minister. Cuban agent stole his letter and gave it to America who published it

16
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George Dewey

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Attacked Spanish naval forces in Philippines

17
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Pascual cervera

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Led Spanish fleet in Cuba

18
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Lares rebellion

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Resistance to spanish rule in PR in 1868

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Luis Muñoz revera

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Led political pressure and got Spain to give island degree of independence.

20
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Foraker act

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Ended military rule in PR and established a colonial gov

21
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Jones act

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PR to be us territory and made all PRs American citizens

22
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Treaty of Paris 1898

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Armistice Cuba, PR, Guam, and US gave $20 million for spain to cede Philippines

23
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Anti imperialist league

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Against ratifying the treaty of Paris

24
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William Jennings Bryan

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Anti imperialist but supported treaty of Paris

25
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Emilio aguinaldo

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Led Filipino government

26
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One door notes

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By John hay

  1. Each nation was to respect the rights and privileges of other nations in its sphere.
  2. Chinese officials were to continue to collect tariff duties in all spidered
  3. Nations were not to discriminate against other nations in levying port dues and rr rates
27
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Boxer rebellion

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Revolt against foreigners in china

Us intervened to secure voice in settling of the issue nd prevent partition of china by euorpean powers

28
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Elihu root

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McKinley appts him as sec of war to supervise overhaul of armed forces

29
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Army staff college

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A system of officer training schools

30
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General staff

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Acts as military advisors to the sec of war

31
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Russo Japanese war

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Japan attacks Russia in Manchuria

Roos holds peace conference to resolve it.

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Roosevelt corollary

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Claimed us had the right to oppose European intervention in st hemisphere and to intervene in the domestic affairs of its neighbors if they couldnt maintain order and natal sovereignty

33
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Philippe bunauVarilla

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Ally of Roos, helped spark rebellion inn panama

34
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Porfirio días

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Corrupt initial dictator of Mexico

Overthrown by Francisco madero

35
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Victoriano Huerta

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Asked to dispose of madero, but his new government was not recognized by Wilson
Established full military dictatorship

36
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Venustiano carranza

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Constitutionalist that the us wanted to bring to power in Mexico

37
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Pancho villa

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Carranza s lieutenant that led rebel army

38
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John j Pershing

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Ordered by wilson to lead American forces in pursuit of villa. Never found him and Wilson had to acknowledge carranza regime