Murphree Imperialism Terms Honors Flashcards
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former confederate general who later re-joined the US army and led troops during the S-A war he fought against the Spanish in Cuba and later the Filipino rebels in the P-A war he reped alabama in the US House of Reps
Gen josesph wheeler
he was the leader of the Filipno rebels who helped the Us defeating the Spanish in the philipines during the S-A war He later led the Filipino Rebels in a war for independence
Emilio Aguinaldo
this was the treaty that ended the S-A war, the results where..
- the Us got Guam and Puerto Rico
- the Us paid spain $20mil for the philipines
- Cuba became independent
- the US became an imperial powe
Treaty of Paris
proposed by Us senator Orville Platt the Us forced the new Cuban Government to add this to their constitution; made Cuba a pectorate, it stated..
- cuba could not sign treaties that would weaken independence
- no forigen conrol over cuba
- couba could not go into debt
- Us had a right to interviene
platt ammendment
propsed by pres monore he announced that the european powers must stay out of the western hemisphere
Monroe doctrine
president TRs addition to the monroe doctorine Tr declared that in addition to the european powers staying out of Latin america the US had a right to interviene in Latin Amercain affairs to protect US interests
Roosevelt Corollary
president William Howard tafts policy towards latin america countries to help them build up thier industries and stablize their economies
dollar diplomacy
president woodrow wilsons policy towards latin america the Us would not recognize any country/gov/leader qhich is hostile to Us intrests this was also applies to leader wilson believed where not ligit elected
missionary diplomacy
secretary of state for president william mckinley and President TR a devout imperialist he proposed the open door policy and negoaciated over 50 treaties to expand the Us empire
John hay
The Us proposal which would allow all countiries to trade at any port in chine with equal treatment the Us feared the Eropeans would carve up china and close trade with the US no country formally agreed to the policy but the US announced it was happening anyway
Open door policy
the Us encouraged Pnama to revolt and declare independence from colombia we recognized thier independence and signed an agreement with panama to build a canal the final canal project began in 1904 and was completed in 1914 the canal cut the travel distance from NYC to san fransisco to 5900 mi
Panama Canal
us army medical officer in cuba during the spanish amercain war he was one of the first to discover that mosquitos transmitted yellow fever and malaria he drained swamps to keep them from hatching, it helped to build the canal
william Gorgas
when one country dominates another contry military politically economically and sometimes culturally
imperialism
an area of region of a country where the economic and political situation is dominated by another country
influence
a situation where one country dominates another but the dominate country allows the weaker country to elect local leaders and make some political decisions
protectorate
this is when a country absorbs a new territory and makes it part of the country
annex
the aggressive building up of milllitary forces by a country the strong millitary can be used as a tool of diplomacy this may also cause tensions with other countries and lead to an arms race
millitarism
intense pride in ones country can be simple patriotism the belief that a country should always do what is best for themselves and take care of their self-intrests this can also lead to tension between countries
nationalism
the belief by people of Western and Nouthern Europe anncestry that they where the dominant race the british amercians beleived that thier ways were the best and all other people should adopt them
anglo-saxon superiority
European imperial powers and thier allies dominated the world Each country or group of allied powers was/were relatively equal
global balance of power
many amercains beleived that survival of the fittest should apply to countries European countries dominated the world the US may get left behind
social darwinism
Us naval officaer Taught at naval war college Wrote the influence of sea power upon history its said: Us was expanding trade overseas US needed a strong navy to protect trade Navy needed coal water and supplies US needed islands for supply stations Us needed land for naval bases
alfred T mahan
former confederate general from alabama served in the US senate following the civil war was a big supporter of US imperialism Supported the annexation of Hawaii and going to war against Spain
sen. John tyler morgan
- yellow journalism
- sinking of the USS maine
- Do Lome Letter
- Sympathy for Cuban rebels
- US economic intrests in Cuba
Causes of the spanish Amercian war
