Terms
An unequal relationship, often in the form of an empire, forced on other countries and peoples, resulting in domination and subordination of economics, culture, and territory.
What is imperialism?
The traditional belief that the United States should refrain from involvement in overseas politics, alliances, or wars, and confine its national security interest to its own borders.
What is isolationism?
Reason(s) for United States to start conflict with Spain
What is the creation of concentration camps in Cuba?
The Treaty of Paris led to the United States opting for _______________ of the Philippines.
What is full annexation?
These buildings were founded to eliminate traditional American Indian ways of life and replace them with mainstream American culture.
What are boarding schools?
The belief that white colonizers had to impose their civilization on the inhabitants of their colonies.
What is White Man's Burden?
The idea that the United States is destined—by God, its advocates believed—to expand its dominion and spread democracy and capitalism across the entire North American continent
What is Manifest Destiny?
Form of journalism that emphasizes sensationalism over facts
What is yellow journalism?
Who is George Dewey?
The ideology of Leon Czolgosz, the man who assassinated President McKinley
What is anarchism?
Waterway created to speed up transportation between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
What is the Panama Canal?
Three motivations for imperialism.
What is industrialization, national security, and white man's burden?
The 1st Volunteer Cavalry in the Spanish-American War, a regiment of U.S. cavalry volunteers recruited by Theodore Roosevelt
Who were the Rough Riders?
A form of unconventional warfare in which small groups of irregular military or armed civilians use ambushes, sabotage, raids, or hit-and-run tactics
What is Guerrilla Warfare?
Names of Ms. B's cats. (100 pts per cat)
Who are Paxton, Remy, and Lady?
The United States foreign policy position that opposes European colonialism in the Western Hemisphere.
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
The slaughter of approximately 150–300 Lakota Indians by United States Army troops in southwestern South Dakota.
What is the Wounded Knee Massacre?
A country that is under protection by another stronger country
What is a protectorate?
Filipino revolutionary, statesman, and military leader who became the first president of the Philippines
Who is Emilio Aguinaldo?
Motivation for the United States to support Panama's rebellion against Columbia.
What is the building of the Panama canal?
This act/system authorized the President to break up reservation land, which was held in common by the members of a tribe, into small allotments to be parceled out to individuals.
What is the Dawes Act/Reservation System?
Addition to the Monroe Doctrine - stated that not only were the nations of the Western Hemisphere not open to colonization by European powers, but that the United States had the responsibility to preserve order and protect life and property in those countries.
What is the Roosevelt Corollary?
First battle of the Spanish American war, U.S. General George Dewey won the battle quickly
What is the Battle of Manila?
Definition and goals of Benevolent Assimilation
What is McKinley's plan to colonize the Philippines? What is trying to enforce US culture with "good" intentions?
The conflict where President Theodore Roosevelt negotiated peace between the two involved nations which won him a Nobel Peace Prize.
What is the Russo-Japanese war?