Vocabulary
What is Manifest Destiny?
the 19th-century doctrine or belief that the expansion of the US throughout the American continents was both justified and inevitable and also to expand beyond the west to the seas.
What is annexation?
To incorporate (territory) into an existing political unit such as a country, state, county, or city.
Give an example from the book where yellow journalism was used to prepare the American public for the decision of war (Spanish American War) There are at least three
The sinking of the USS Maine
The De Lome Letter
The relocation of Caban rebels to reconcentration camps call the General Butcher Weyler.
What leads to the building of the Panamanian revolt?
Building the Panama Canal, 1903–1914. President Theodore Roosevelt oversaw the realization of a long-term United States goal—a trans-isthmian canal. Throughout the 1800s, American and British leaders and businessmen wanted to ship goods quickly and cheaply between the Atlantic and Pacific coasts.
What is Social Darwinism?
Social Darwinism was used to justify imperialism. The main idea behind Social Darwinism is that the strongest and fittest survive. ... The imperialists believed their culture, their way of life, their government, and their economic system were the best. They were the best at everything!!
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
The Monroe Doctrine was a United States policy of opposing European colonialism in the Americas beginning in 1823
Why did the United States go to war with Spain?
Yellow Journalism
the sinking of the USS Marine
demonstrate American power in the world
humanitarian concerns for Cuba Rebels
Economic Interests in the regions Sugar Plantations.
Why do we build the Panama Canal?
It wanted to expand its shipping and naval power between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. It paid $10 million to Panama and $40 million to France. U.S. engineers decided a canal lock would protect ships from landslides in the Andes Mountains
What is Yellow Journalism?
The term was coined in the mid-1890s to characterize the sensational journalism that used some yellow ink in the circulation war between Joseph Pulitzer's New York World and William Randolph Hearst's New York Journal. ... In 1898 the paper simply elaborated: "We called them Yellow because they are Yellow."
What is the definition of an isthmus?
a narrow strip of land with sea on either side, forming a link between two larger areas of land.
What were the purposes and effects of the Open Door policy with China?
Open Door Policy's wanted to establish an international equal trade program for all countries with China. The effects would allow the Chinese government to have free regulate trade and create tariffs without giving any special advantage to any one government.
What territories did the United States annex because of the Spanish American War?
Hawaii, Philippines, Cuba, Guan, and Puerto Rico
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
The Paris Peace Conference opened on January 18, 1919, with the goal of developing a treaty that would punish Germany and meet the goals of the various Allied Powers. Negotiating the treaty, which would be known as the Treaty of Versailles, was a long and complex process.
What does economic interest mean?
Economic interest refers to a substantial financial interest in investments, employment, awarding of contracts, purchases, leases, sales, or similar matters
The outbreak of the Spanish American War leads to the annexation of what territories by the United States.
What is Hawaii, Philippine, Cuba, Puerto Rico and Guam
What was the Zimmerman Telegram?
Germany wanted Mexico to attack the United States.
What is the League of Nations?
The League of Nations, 1920. The League of Nations was an international organization, headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, created after the First World War to provide a forum for resolving international disputes.
What does the word humanitarian mean?
concerned with or seeking to promote human welfare.
Name five main reasons that (we) the United States when to war with Spain. ( Spanish American War)
What is:
1. American economic interest in Cuba
2. Humanitarian concerns for the Cuban people
3. A desire to demonstrate American power in the world
4. The sinking of the USS Maine
5. Yellow Journalism
Who were the Allies?
United States, France and Great Britain