Spanish American War
This incident sparked the beginning of the "splendid little war".
Sinking of the USS Maine
The annexation of this land created a valuable outpost in the pacific.
What is Hawaii?
Overcrowded, unsanitary, substandard urban housing prevalent in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
What is a tenement?
The amendment to the Monroe Doctrine that stated the US would be the "policeman"of the North, Central, and South America.
What is the Roosevelt Corollary?
Hands off approach to the economy by the government. Hint: french word
Laissez faire economics
This volunteer unit fought in Cuba and participated in two major victories.
A man-made waterway that enabled greater shipping and travel for the
What is false.
People, often reporters and journalists, who expose the filth and corruption of society and politics.
What is a muckraker?
The decree that Europe must stay out of affairs in the western hemisphere.
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
When a single company achieves control over an entire market
What is a monopoly?
Spanish diplomat's critical letter about President McKinley, contributing to US sentiment leading to the Spanish-American War.
What is the De Lome Letter?
Seward's Folly
What is Alaska?
Corrupt urban political organizations controlling local politics in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
What are political machines?
The Roosevelt belief in trying to use negotiating tactics first and military might second.
What is Big Stick Diplomacy?
List one pro and one con of a monopoly.
Benefits:
Makes the owner very rich
Consistency in products
Economies of scale: Large companies are able to produce goods at a cheaper price
Costs:
Prices can go up dramatically
No competition = no choice
What is yellow journalism?
Naval fleet sent by Theodore Roosevelt on a global tour to demonstrate US naval power.
What is the great white fleet?
Corrupt political boss in 19th-century New York, emblematic of urban political machines and corruption.
Who is Boss Tweed?
Expansion of a nation from coast to coast, usually with the belief that it was divined or destiny.
What is Manifest Destiny?
Owning all the different businesses on which a business depends.
What is vertical integration?
This was the significance and outcome of the Spanish American war for the US globally.
It signified that they had become a world power
What the U.S. practiced when acquiring territories, new markets, resources, and control outside of the country.
What is imperialism?
Enclaves, tenements, and political machines were all part of the daily lives of many of these people.
Who are immigrants?
Fundamental human rights, central to the Declaration of Independence.
Unalienable rights
Combining many firms engaged in the same type of business into one large corporation.
What is horizontal integration?