Imperialism Chapter 5.1

Question 1

Spanish-American War

Answer 1

War in 1898 beginning by the U.S. helping Cuba, and ending with the U.S. replacing Spanish control in the Philippines, Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Guam.

Question 2

Cuba

Answer 2

An Island south of the U.S. brutally crushed by Spanish troops, U.S. investment concerned them and Cubans were forced into concentration camps by the Spanish. (Pitied by the U.S.)

Question 3

Yellow Journalism

Answer 3

Exaggerates and distorts News to attract readers.

Question 4

Humanitarian

Answer 4

Concerned with or wanting to promote human welfare, forcing for good in the world

Question 5

U.S.S. Maine

Answer 5

Battleship sent to Cuba to protect Americans and their property, explosion sank it killing 260 men (newspapers false advertises, saying Spain blew it up).

Question 6

Rough Riders

Answer 6

U.S. Volunteer Cavalry in the Spanish American War led by Theodore Roosevelt. Won battles in the invasion of Cuba.

Question 7

Philippines

Answer 7

Island country annexed by the U.S., struggled to gain independence from the U.S.

Question 8

Imperialism

Answer 8

Policy extending a country’s power, influences diplomacy or military force.

Question 9

White Mans Burden

Answer 9

Racist phrase used to support imperialism, title of Rudyard Kiplings poem.

Question 10

Anti-Imperialist League

Answer 10

Idealists (like Twain and Addams) who objected to America acting as an empire, because we are a democracy, but failed to make their case in the Philippines in 1900.

Question 11

Puerto Rico

Answer 11

Caribbean island given to the U.S. by Spain as a payment for the cost of the Spanish American War, which became an American territory.

Question 12

Hawaii

Answer 12

Isolated volcanic archipelago seized by the U.S. in 1893 for pineapples and sugar as well as a military base halfway to Asia. (Became an American state)

Question 13

Panama Canal

Answer 13

Quicker passage from the Pacific to the Atlantic costing 400 million to build, now making 2 billion a year from trade fees.

Question 14

Yellow Fever

Answer 14

Often fatal, tropical viral disease transmitted by mosquitos near the Panama Canal.

Question 15

Monroe Doctrine

Answer 15

1800’s principle of US policy, that any intervention by external powers in American politics is a potential hostile act against the U.S.

Question 16

Roosevelt Corollary

Answer 16

Policy in 1904 that the U.S. can protect economic interests in South and Central America through military force, U.S. becomes policemen of the Americas

Question 17

Big Stick policy

Answer 17

Theodore Roosevelt’s foreign policy to “speak softly, and carry a” led to large military spending.

Question 18

Manifest Destiny

Answer 18

Attitude of American expansion in the 1800’s that the US was destined to expand from coast to coast fueling aggressive settlement. virtues of American people gave America a mission to save and remake the world in its own image. (Democracy, Capitalism, advanced tech, Christianity)

Question 19

Isolationism

Answer 19

National policy of avoiding involvement in world affairs.