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Zander Flashcards

1
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What illnesses incapacitated hundreds of Spainiards

A

Malaria, typhoid fever, dysentery, and yellow fever

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2
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Late in 1898 spanish and American negotiators met where

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Paris

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3
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What remote pacific island did america easily capture in 1898

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Guam

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4
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Which nation did not know a war was happening due to a lack of a cable

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Spain

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5
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Which country did Spain give up to the US to pay for war costs

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Puerto Rico

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6
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Which country from spain was the first territory annexed to the U.S without the express promise of being grated statehood

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Puerto Rico

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7
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Whick island country did Mckinley not want to leave as he felt it would be cowardly

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Philippines

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8
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Who kept a ear close to the ground due to their fear of public perception

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William Mckinley

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9
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Who did anti-imperialists oppose because they were “Unassimilable”

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Exotic New peoples

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10
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Who were eager for new converts from Spanish catholicism

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Zealous protestants

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11
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Who claimed to receive divine gurdance to take all the philippines and civilize and christainize them

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Mckinley

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12
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Which city was captured the day after the armistice was signed

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Manila

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13
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What did the americans pay 20 million to Spain for

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The philippine islands

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14
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What questions did the americans face that confronted them with fundamental questions about their national identity

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What to do with the Philippines

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15
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Who expressed dismay at the treatment of the philippine isles

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William James

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16
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Who could not believe the US would puke up its ancient soul in 5 minutes without a wink of squeamishness

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Proffessor William James

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17
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Who resigned in protest of americas new imperial adventure

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Tomas Czar Reed

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18
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What did proponents of the new imperial adventure argue would happen if the philippines annexed

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A history of glorious expanisiveness would continue

19
Q

Which organizations main purpose was to fight annexation in the philippines

A

Anit-imperialist league

20
Q

Who thirsted for freedom

A

The fillipinos

21
Q

What group sang a seductive song and appealed to patriotism and invoked americas civilizing mission

A

Imperialists

22
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Who wrote the Poem “Take up the white mans burden Ye dare not stoop to less nor call too loud on freedom to cloak your weariness

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Rudyard Kipling

23
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Who did the senate approve a treaty with on Feb 6th, 1899, with just one vote to spare

A

Spain

24
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Who tool and investigative trip to the Philippines in 1900 to defind its annexation and said “The Philippines are ours forever”

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Senator Albert J. Beveridge

25
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Who broke from the Republican party and denounced the annexation of the Philippines in 1902

A

Senator George F. Hoar

26
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What act accorded the Puerto Ricans a Limited form of popular government

A

The Foraker Act of 1900

27
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Which US warships steamed into puerto rico’s Guanica Harbor

A

Gloucester

28
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What did the US invasion of a Caribbean island eventually lead to

A

More US immigrants

29
Q

What caused the Spainiards to crush a Indian revolution and Import African slaves

A

Taino Indians revolted against against spain

30
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What country only had local autonomy for a year before getting captured by america

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Puerto Rico

31
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What caused a population surge in Puerto Rico after the US takeover

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Improved health and sanitation

32
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What caused unemployment rates to skyrocket in puerto rico

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No industry to provide wage labor

33
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What caused Puerto Ricans to move to America start working cotton fields, factories, and mines

A

Congress granting Puerto Ricans US citizenship

34
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Where did a lot of filipino immigrants settle

A

Newyork City

35
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What made imigration slow down for Puerto Ricans

A

The great depression

36
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Why did travel become so easy for puerto ricans after WWII

A

Plane tickets got cheap

37
Q

What broadway musical was based on the struggles of Puerto Rican immigrants in the US

A

West side story

38
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Who sometimes campaigned in New York for the thousands of voters who were expected to return to the island for the election

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Puerto Rico’s supranational candidates

39
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Who was excluded from the peace negotiations between the US and Spain

A

The Phililippines

40
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What was it called when US soldiers would force water down victims throats until they died or gave information

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Water cure

41
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What were a series of opinons by the Supreme Court of the US in 1901 about the status of US territories acquired in the Spanish-American War

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Insular Cases

42
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What Dr. performed amazing experiments on American soldiers who volunteered as Guinea Pigs and proved that the stregomyia mosquito was a lethal carrier fo yellow fever

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Dr. Walter Reed

43
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What amendment outlined the role of the US in cuba and the Caribbean, limiting Cubas right to make treaties with other nations and restricting Cuba in the conduct of a foreign policy and commerical relations

A

Platt Amendment

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