Imperialism Vocab 23-2

Question 0

Brutal Spanish governor of Cuba, sent to control the rebel resistance. Used a policy of reconcentration and moved 500,000 Cubans into prison camps where they died from starvation and disease.

Answer 0

Valeriano weyler

Question 1

Newspaper owner (Patria) and fundraiser for Cuba in America. Returned to Cuba in 1895 to join the rebel resistance and was killed fighting against the Spanish.

Answer 1

Jose Marti

Question 2

War between Spain and the U.S. over Cuban independence. Lasted only 4 months, took place in the Caribbean and in the Philippine Islands. Spain was defeated.

Answer 2

Spanish- American war

Question 3

Commodore of the U.S. Navy who conquered Spain in the Philippines. He bombarded Spain’s fleet in Manila bay in a surprise attack.

Answer 3

George Dewey

Question 4

Filipino Rebel Leader whose forces were assisted by U.S. troops to capture Manila and defeat Spain in the Philippines.

Answer 4

Emilio Aguinaldo

Question 5

First Volunteer Calvary Regiment, composed of men of varied backgrounds, formed by Teddy Roosevelt to fight in the Spanish-American War.

Answer 5

Rough Riders

Question 6

African American troops of the 10th Calvary who helped win the Battle of San Juan Hill. Their dreadlocked hair and fierce fighting reputation resembled the coat and manner of the buffalo, gaining them the nickname.

Answer 6

Buffalo soldiers

Question 7

Allowed the U.S. to intervene in Cuba whenever we deemed it necessary, and gave the U.S. control of the naval base at Guantanamo Bay.

Answer 7

Platt amendment

Question 8

1900. Set up a new Puerto Rican government which only gave Puerto Ricans a limited say in their own affairs.

Answer 8

Foraker act

Question 9

Policy of moving a population to detention camps, as used by Spanish Governor Weyler with the Cuban people.

Answer 9

Reconcentration Camps

Question 10

Wartime acts of cruelty or brutality, as in journalists writing news stories about “Spanish atrocities against the people of Cuba” to incite and anger the U.S. public.

Answer 10

atrocities

Question 11

Reporting that relies on sensational stories and headlines, exaggeration of the truth and/or excessive gore in order to boost newspaper sales.

Answer 11

Yellow journalism

Question 12

A nation whose independence is limited by the control of a more powerful country.

Answer 12

Protectorate