Transcript US History Chapter 18

U.S. History
Chapter 18
Lecture Notes
The United States seeks an Empire
► 1.
Policy in which stronger nations extend
their economic, political, and/or military
control over weaker territories.
►Imperialism
► 2.
Author of The Influence of Sea Power
upon History urging the United States
to modernize and enlarge its Navy.
►Alfred
T. Mahan
Purchasing Alaska, pays off later
► 3.
United States Secretary of State, he
authorized the purchase of Alaska.
►William
Seward
► 4.
Two nicknames for Alaska given to it
because of its perceived lack worth. Later
when gold and oil were discovered in the
region, those nicknames were dismissed.
►“Seward’s
Icebox”
►“Seward’s Folly”
Annexation of Hawaii
► 5.
Port that became home to the United States
Pacific Fleet based in Hawaii.
► Pearl
Harbor
► 6.
American sugar planter that led a rebellion
against the Queen of Hawaii, deposed her, the
created the Pine Apple Republic.
► Sanford
B. Dole
► 7.
Queen of Hawaii, she proposed a “Hawaii for
Hawaiians” agenda, was deposed by American
sugar planters.
► Queen
Liliuokalani
Crisis in Cuba
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8.
9.
Cuban poet and writer that led a war of Independence
against Spanish authorities in Cuba.
► Jose
Marti
Spanish General placed in command of forces sent to
crush the revolution in Cuba, he was accused of
numerous atrocities against Cuban civilians.
► Victoriano
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10. Term describing newspapers that printed exaggerated
and sensationalized stories with the intent of starting a
war with Spain and increasing newspaper sales.
► Yellow
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Weyler
Journalism (Yellow Press)
11. Photographer sent to Cuba to provide the Yellow Press
with pictures to support their wild stories.
► Frederick
Remington
The U.S. goes after its Empire
► 12. Letter
sent by the Spanish Ambassador to the
United States back to Spain. It was very
critical and insulting of President McKinley
giving those who supported war with Spain
ammunition.
► De
Lome Letter
► 13. United
States warship that blew up in the port
of Havana. The Spanish were blamed for the
explosion and the “murder” of over 200
American sailors.
► U.S.S.
Maine
War makes some men heroes
► 14.Volunteer
Cavalry Regiment organized by
former Assistant Secretary of the Navy
and Future President Theodore
Roosevelt.
►The
Rough Riders
► 15.The
Rough Riders became heroes for
their heroic “Charge up ______ Hill”.
►San
Juan
Mo Empire, Mo Problems
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16. Treaty that ended the Spanish-American War and ceded Cuba,
Puerto Rico, the Philippines, and Guam to the United States.
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17. Act of Congress that ended United States military occupation of
Puerto Rico and set up a civilian government.
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The Insular Cases
19. Amendment to the Cuban Constitution that reserved, for the
United States, the right to intervene in Cuban Affairs and gave the
United States a lease for a Naval Base at Guantanimo Bay.
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Foraker Act
18. Supreme Court decision that the United States Constitution did
not automatically apply to people in acquired territories.
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Treaty of Paris of 1898
The Platt Amendment
20. Led Philippine rebellions against both the occupation governments
of Spain and, later, the United States.
►
Emilio Aguinaldo
Gaining a foothold in the rich “China
Market”
► 21. United
States Secretary of States that sent
letters to the representatives of Great Britain,
France, Russia, and Japan demanding that
free trade be opened up in China.
► John
► 22. Term
Hay
describing Hay’s proposal for Free Trade
in China.
► Open
Door Policy
► Boxer
Rebellion
► 23. Rebellion
against western oppression led by a
secret society in China. The U.S. used the
rebellion to open trade in China.
Getting involved in the World
► 24.Treaty
ending the Russo-Japanese War,
Treaty was mediated by President Theodore
Roosevelt.
►Treaty
of Portsmouth
► 25.Canal
dug through the Isthmus of
Panama, became a military and commercial
link between the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean.
►The
Panama Canal (“The Big Ditch”)
Enforcing the Monroe Doctrine
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26. Describes Theodore Roosevelt’s foreign policy, which
caused the United States to act as an “international
policeman” in Latin America.
► The
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Roosevelt Corollary
27. William Howard Taft’s foreign policy related to Latin
America. It featured U.S. Banks backing the debts of
Latin American nations in exchange for control over
various national industries. Example being U.S. Banks
given control over the national railroad in Nicaragua.
► Dollar
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Diplomacy
28. Woodrow Wilson’s foreign policy, Recognizes only proAmerican, Democratic governments in Latin America.
► The
Missionary Policy