Vocab
journalism that is based upon sensationalism and exaggeration
Yellow Journalism
True or False: President William McKinley was an imperialist.
True
True or False: Some Chinese people joined secret societies, such as the Righteous and Harmonious Fists aka the "Boxers", in response to the growing influence of outsiders in China.
True
Why did people blame the Spanish for the explosion of the USS Maine?
Yellow Journalism
Which current US state did Secretary of State William Seward purchase in 1867?
Alaska
policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force
Imperialism
What idea, related to Manifest Destiny, did imperialists use to justify imperialism?
Social Darwinism
Which country did Commodore Matthew Perry get to open their ports to American trade?
Japan
True or False: The United States granted the Philippines independence after the Spanish-American War.
False
Puerto Rico is considered a ________ of the United States.
Commonwealth
imperial country removes raw materials from the colony and ships them to the home country
Extractive Economy
According to John Green, what was the main reason for US imperialism?
Trade
What did the US do in 1905 that showed everyone America’s role in world affairs was growing?
Intervened in negotiations to get a peace treaty signed between Russia and Japan
Why did some Americans support the Cubans over the Spanish?
Reminded them of their own revolutionary heritage
Why did Americans originally go to Hawaii?
They were missionaries looking to convert Hawaiians
the claim by a state to exclusive control over foreign area or territory
Sphere of Influence
What type of diplomacy did Woodrow Wilson support?
Moral Diplomacy
How did Japan feel about Europeans in Asia?
They disapproved of the European “carving up” of the region
What was the name of Theodore Roosevelt’s cavalry unit?
Rough Riders
What was the Great White Fleet? Why did they sail around the world?
A new force of navy ships; showed off America’s increased military strength
Roosevelt's policy in Latin America that depended on a strong military
Big Stick Diplomacy
What was the solution to America’s surplus problem?
Expanding trade to new overseas markets to sell surplus goods there
Who led the Filipino nationalists in their fight for freedom from the Spanish?
Emilio Aguinaldo
What did the Anti-Imperialist League believe?
Condemned imperialism as a crime and attacked it as against the principles of the US government
updated the Monroe Doctrine: the US would use police power to keep Europeans out of Latin America
Roosevelt Corollary
What was moral diplomacy?
US wouldn't use force to assert influence in the world, but would promote human rights
What did Spain lose with the Treaty of Paris?
Puerto Rico, Cuba, and Guam
Why did the white locals (Americans born in Hawaii) want to control the Hawaiian government?
To make it more favorable for their sugar businesses