Spanish American War - Part 2 Flashcards
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Between 1895 and 1900 US exports to where quadrupled?
China
In 1894, war erupted between what two countries over Korea ( Which was a client state dependent on one of these countries)?
China and Japan
In what treaty did China recognize Korea’s independence and give Japan territory in Manchuria?
The Peace Treaty
In 1898, what country demanded that China lease Manchuria to them instead?
Russia
Soon after Germany, France, and Britain also demanded what in China?
Leaseholds
Each what became the center of each country’s sphere of influence?
Leasehold
What is a section of a country where a foreign nation enjoys special rights and powers?
Sphere of influence
McKinley and S.O.S. John Hay supported what in China?
Open Door Policy
The policy that allowed each foreign nation in China to trade freely in the other nation’s sphere of influence was?
Open Door Policy
Who were known to the Westerners as “Boxers”?
The Society of Righteous and Harmonious Fists
In 1900, this group decided to destroy the “foreign devils” and their Chinese Christian converts, whom they believed were corrupting Chinese society. What was the group?
The Society of Righteous and Harmonious Fists
The “Boxers” and some Chinese troops attacked foreign embassies in Peking (Now Beijing) killing more than 200 foreigners in what came to be called the?
Boxer Rebellion
Who was reelected in 1900, but their second term was cut short by an assassin’s bullet?
McKinley
After McKinley’s death in September 1901, what vice president assumed the presidency?
Theodore Roosevelt
Who believed that the US had a duty to shape the “less civilized” corners of the earth and displaying US power to the world to deter nations from fighting?
Theodore Roosevelt
Who said, “Speak softly and carry a big stick.”?
Theodore Roosevelt
The “Big stick” policy was used in the acquisition and construction of what?
The Panama Canal
In 1889, a company from what country abandoned its efforts to build a canal in Panama?
France
In 1902, who authorized US purchase of the French company’s assets and the construction of the canal?
Congress
Panama was a province of what country at the time of the construction of the canal?
Columbia
Tensions would increase between what two peoples because of the province’s rule during the canal construction?
Panamanians and Columbians
During the construction of the Panama Canal, what two diseases, transmitted by mosquitoes, sickened workers and slowed their progress?
Malaria and Yellow Fever
By inspecting and controlling all potential breeding places of mosquitoes, who helped maintain a Canal Zone in which mosquitoes could not live?
Surgeon General of the US Army, William Crawford Gorgas
In 1902, after what country defaulted its debts, Britain, Germany, and Italy blockaded its ports.
Venezuela
