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The first major imperialistic debate in American history
What was the result of the attempt to annex Hawaii?
100
To protect and evacuate American citizens.
What is the reason the Maine was sent to Havana?
100
Two factors that caused the US to shift towards imperialism
What are political darwinism, markets & raw materials, white man's burden, safety valve, and strategic interests.
100
Gentlemen's Agreement
What caused Japan to halt the flow of Japanese to the US in exchange for an end of a racist school decree?
100
Imperialism
What is a policy of extending a nation's authority over another country by economic, political, or military means?
200
Three territories gained by the US as a result of the Treaty of Paris 1898
What is Puerto Rico, Philippines, and Guam.
200
Insurrectos burned the cane fields and sugar mills.
What did the insurrectos do to persuade Spain to leave Cuba and encourage the Americans to help?
200
What Mahan argued was necessary for world domination.
What is control of the seas?
200
Insisted that Hawaii be governed by native Hawaiians
Who is Queen Liliuokalani?
200
PLatt Amendment
What allowed the US to intervene in Cuban affairs?
300
How the Roosevelt Corollary differed from the Monroe Doctrine
What had an emphasis on economics instead of political independence?
300
Colonel Leonard Wood
Who led the Rough Riders?
300
The major weakness of Spain during the Spanish American War
What was the decrepit Spanish navy?
300
Led the Philippine Insurrection
Who is Emilio Aguinaldo?
300
Teller Amendment
What "guaranteed" Cuban independence?
400
An American President who was not imperialistic in the late 19th c.
Who is Grover Cleveland?
400
Where Americans during the Spanish American War were greeted as liberating heroes
What is Puerto Rico?
400
Boxer Rebellion
What is the rebellion in China that attempted to get rid of all of the foreigners?
400
Root-Takahira Agreement
What is the agreement where the US and Japan agreed to repect each others' territorial holdings in the Pacific?
400
Insular cases
What are Supreme Court cases that established that the Constitution did not necessarily follow the flag?
500
The Paramount issue of the election of 1900
What is imperialism?
500
The treaty that gave the US a perpetual lease on the Panama Canal
What is the Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty?
500
Immediate cause of the Spanish American War
What is the sinking of the Maine?
500
The agreement that caused TR to win a Nobel Peace Prize.
What is the Treaty of Portsmouth?
500
Open Door Notes
What is respect for the territorial integrity of China (free trade)?