US & Empire
What do US companies grow in Hawaii?
Sugarcane
What is a sphere of influence?
Sections of a country foreign nations have special rights in.
What caused the start of the Spanish-American War?
The explosion of the USS Maine.
What is the Treaty of Paris?
It's the end of the Spanish-American War, an agreement to end the war between the US and Spain.
What is Taft's Dollar Diplomacy?
How does the US acquire Alaska?
They buy it from Russia.
What was the FIRST Open Door Policy?
It allowed free trade between spheres of influence.
What is the US considered after they won the Spanish-American War?
A major military power/superpower.
How does the US acquire the Philippines?
It buys it from Spain (20 million dollars).
What is Wilson's Moral Diplomacy?
Based on ideas of moral right and wrong.
What is Imperialism?
Why was imperialism necessary?
Extending rule over others.
Needed materials and markets.
Which countries had spheres of influence in China?
US, Japan, European countries.
In what country does fighting begin?
Battle begins in the Philippines.
What does the Platt amendment do?
What does the Roosevelt Corollary give the US the right to do?
Right to be involved in Latin American affairs if they become unstable.
How does the US acquire Hawaii?
They annex it after setting up a provisional government.
What was the Chinese reaction to the FIRST open door policy?
Boxer Rebellion.
What is an Armistice?
Agreeing to end fighting.
What does Cuba get acquired as by the US?
A Protectorate.
What did the US become with the passage of the Roosevelt Corollary?
The worlds police/a policing power.
What did the US want in the Pacific?
They wanted a trading empire.
What made the SECOND Open Door Policy succeed?
It stressed Chinese independence.
Puerto Rico.
What does Puerto Rico and Guam become for the US after the Spanish-American War?
Territories.
What are ALL of the positives that comes with the construction of the Panama Canal?
Decreased shipping time and costs.
Extends US naval power.