10.1 Imperialism Notes
What are the three reasons to imperialize?
political, economical or military
Who did the United States fight during the Spanish American War?
Spain
What is one of two reasons why the United States wanted Puerto Rico?
1) strategic location in the Caribbean
2) protection of the Panama Canal
What was the main point of the Monroe Doctrine (1824)?
Keep European powers in the Western Hemisphere
What is the MAIN reason to build a canal in Panama?
Short cut for economic trade
Why would some American's resist to U.S. imperialism?
1) goes against U.S. republican principles
2) uninterested in inquiring people with different languages, cultures, and religion
Who was Jose Marti?
Cuban (poet) who organized resistance against Spain by using guerrilla campaign to destroy American businesses on the island
What was the "Open Door" Notes?
national trading rights with China not to allow any foreign power to block off China (in other words- U.S. was the last country to get to China and wanted to leave the possibility to Chinese market)
What is Moral Diplomacy?
Democracy is the most important part of a stable prospering nation
1) Weather (hot, humid, rainfall)
2) Terrain (not level)
3) Bugs (mosquitos- yellow fever and malaria)
How did the United States acquire Alaska?
Bought from Russia for 7.2 million dollars (1867)
What is "yellow journalism"?
Exaggeration of news to lure and enrage readers to deepen American sympathy for rebels
What was the Foraker Act?
Ended military rule and setup (U.S.) civil government in Puerto Rico
Was Dollar Diplomacy successful?
No, ended with military action
Why did the French abandon the project?
Too expensive and 20,000 deaths
What was the main reason for acquiring Hawaii?
Naval Base (Pearl Harbor) to refuel our ships
What was the name of the Treaty that ended the Spanish American War?
Treaty of 1898
What was the Boxer Rebellion?
Chinese nationalists killing outsiders (European imperialists)
What is Dollar Diplomacy?
Ensure financial stability in the region and protecting and extending U.S. commercial and financial interest
How did Americans overcome the uneven terrain?
Locks to raise and lower the ships
Describe the process in which the United States acquired Hawaii.
Sugar plantations (American business) -> McKinley tax on sugar -> American plantation owners upset and asks to annex the island-> Queen Liliuokalani says "No" -> U.S. show of military force
What was the end result of the Spanish American War?
Guam and Puerto Rico U.S. territories and Cuba to remain free
Name two of the four provisions of the Platt Amendment.
1) Cuba couldn't make treaties
2) U.S. reserved the right to intervene
3) Cuba couldn't go into debt
4) U.S. could buy or lease land on the island for a future naval base
Said that the U.S. will use military force
How did the United States gain rights to build the Panama Canal?
Supported the Panamanian rebellion to kick out the Columbians