India
What country colonized India
England/Great Britain
What is the "White Man's Burden"
White people have the responsibility to go out and "civilize" non-white cultures
What was the Berlin Conference?
A meeting between Europeans and the US deciding how they were going to divide Africa amongst each other
What does Annexation mean?
One country forcibly taking over another.
What is Yellow Journalism?
News reporting that is sensational and often exaggerated to influence public opinion and sell newspapers. Think rage bait
Which joint stock company took over India?
British East India Company
What is Social Darwinism?
The idea that some people become powerful in society because they are innately better
Who was excluded (not invited) from the Berlin Conference?
Africans
What resource did White businessmen want from Hawaii?
Sugar
Name 1 cause for the Spanish American War
2. Cuban Independence movement
3. Americans wanted access to resources
What is a joint stock company?
A business that buys and sells stocks to raise money for a large project
True or False: According to the poem "White Man's Burden" all men should be treated equally no matter what
False
Who wrote a letter to King Leopold II speaking out against his treatment of the Congolese people?
George Washington Williams
What was the Hawaiian League
A group of mostly American businessmen, living in Hawaii, who pushed for Hawaiian annexation
What countries did the US annex after the war?
The Philippines, Puerto Rico, and Guam
What is a Sepoy?
An Indian soldier that was hired to keep control of India
What was the racist advertisement that Ms. Redmount showed us trying to sell?
Soap
Who asked for the Berlin Conference to take place?
King Leopold II
What was the Bayonet Constitution
A new constitution that the Hawaiian League forced King Kalākaua to sign that reduced his power and gave power to the Hawaiian League
Who were the Rough Riders?
A diverse unit of volunteer cavalry composed of cowboys, miners, and athletes recruited by Roosevelt
What was one of the results of the Sepoy Mutiny?
1. The end of the British East India Company
2. The beginning of direct British rule over India
Who wrote the poem that the phrase "White Man's Burden" comes from?
Rudyard Kipling
What years did the Berlin Conference take place?
1884-1885
Who was Queen of Hawaii when the US forcibly took over?
Queen Lili‘uokalani
Why did the Secretary of State at the time, John Hay called the Spanish American War a “splendid little war”?
The war only lasted 4 months and only 385 American soldiers died in combat