Vocabulary
A powerful country seeking control of a weaker country of a weaker countries affairs is ___________
Imperailism
He was the 26th president and the secretary of the navy.
Theodore Roosevelt
Alaska was purchased for $________
$7.2 Million
Native Americans were once called ________________.
Indians
Why did America and other countries want to annex Hawaii?
Hawaii's rich soil, warm climate, and rainfall were perfect for growing crops all year round.
Reporting that relied on sensational stories that were often untrue is _________________
Yellow Journalism
William Seward is known for ____________________
The negotiation with Russia for Alaska during a game of cards.
What did America gain from the Treaty of Paris?
Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines.
Carlisle school was used for ______________
For turning Native Americans into American citizens
In _____ Hawaii was annexed.
1898. Two years later Hawaii became U.S. territory and in 1959 Hawaii became the 15th state.
An area usually found around a seaport, where a nation has certain trading privileges is _____________
Sphere of influence
This person urged China to keep an open door policy fearing that imperial power would cut off China to American Merchants.
William Hay
Queen Liliuokalani rose to power in what year?
1891
What were some of the classes/clubs that Carlisle Offered?
Football team
Band
Ironing class
Laundry class
What was some influence that America had on Hawaii?
1 ) Hawaiian could not be taught in schools
2 ) Dances such as the Hula were banned
A narrow strip of land that has water on each side of it, and a strip of land connecting the two larger bodies of land is ___________________
Isthmus
General Valeriano Weyler is known for______________________.
He was a governor from Spain and used brutal tactics to move 1/2 a million Cubans to detention camps where at least 100,000 Cubans died from starvation and disease.
What year did American Planters rebel against Queen Liliuokalani?
1893
How many Native Americans graduate from Carlisle School?
158
Hawaii's first constitution was written in _____ with America's help.
1840
A nation whose independence is limited by a more powerful country is _________________
Protectorate
He led Filipino nationalists into a war against Spain, and then the United States.
Emilio Aguinaldo
What year did America win the Spanish - American war?
The war was won on August 12th, 1898
Why did people think that Carlisle was helping?
Carlisle was made to "Kill the Indian in him, and save the man." As they saw the Native Americans as Savages. They believed that they were "Civilizing" the Native Americans.
____________________ blocked moves to take over Hawaii's islands.
President Grover Cleveland