Period 7

Question 1

The Influence of Sea Power

Answer 1

Held argument that every successful nation had a powerful navy, led to race for navy armament increase and upgrade

Question 2

Queen Liliuokalani

Answer 2

Last Monarch of Hawaii, believed that the economy of Hawaii should stay in the hands of the local Hawaiians, not the white planters from America. Forced to abdicate her throne

Question 3

Spanish American War

Answer 3

Conflict between America and Spain over territories in Latin America and the far east. America used the fact that Spain was “taking the civil liberties and rights” of their colonies to make war, and take over some of their colonies. Ended with American victory and Spain gave up a lot of colonies.

Question 4

General Valeriano Weyler

Answer 4

Spanish governor in charge of suppressing the Cuban revolution, 1896-1898; his brutal “re-concentration” tactics earned him the nickname of the “Butcher” in America’s yellow press.

Question 5

Joseph Pulitzer

Answer 5

Creator of Yellow Journalism, made things such as the cuban revolution seem worse than they actually were.

Question 6

William Randolph Hearst

Answer 6

American journalist that introduced large headlines and sensationalist journalism.

Question 7

Enrique Dupuy de Lome

Answer 7

Spanish ambassador to the United States that sent the de lome letter to the United States government about the Spanish’s thoughts about American intervention

Question 8

USS Maine

Question 9

Theodore Roosevelt

Question 10

Commodore George Dewey

Question 11

Rough Riders

Question 12

Foraker Act

Question 13

Jones Act

Question 14

Treaty of Paris 1898

Question 15

Anti-imperialist League

Question 16

Anti-imperialist League

Question 17

Platt Amendment

Question 18

Emelio Aguenaldo

Question 19

William Howard Taft

Question 20

John Hays

Question 21

John Hays

Question 22

Open Door Notes

Question 23

Open Door Notes

Question 24

Boxer Rebellion

Question 25

Boxer Rebellion