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| queen of Hawaii who was overthrown in 1893 |
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| United States secretary of state, want to sell Alaska, strongly favored U.S. expansion, saw Alaska as trade stepping stone, "Seward's Folly" "Seward's Icebox" |
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policy based on the idea that economic ties were the best way to expand American influence
-led to military interventions, roosevelts "big stick"
-Taft wanted U.S. to invest heavily in Asia and Latin America |
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an independent country whose policies are controlled by an outside power
-Cuba was a protectorate of the U.S. |
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logical extension of a doctrine/proposition
-Roosevelt corollary to the monroe doctrine |
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| Hawaiin king, forced to accept a new constitution, died in 1891 |
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| avoiding involvement in other countries' affairs |
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| commodore, commanded a squadron of heavily armed U.S. warships, presented Japanese with letter from President, wanting to grant American trading rights, visit also made Japanese set out to transform fuedal society into industrial nation |
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| What ideas influenced the expansionist mood in the U.S.? |
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| Americans debated manifest destiny that would expand overseas, supporters promoted economic growth and spreading American values |
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| What did Japan agree to do with the U.S. after 1853? |
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| agreed to sign a treaty which opened Japan for trade |
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| What did the Open Door Policy do ? |
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| gauratee rights of all nations to trade with China on an equal basis, John Hay (U.S. secretary of state) issued and declared acceptance of policy |
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| What country was used to build a canal between North and South America? |
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| Panama was used to build a canal between North and South America, United States gained permanent control of a 10-mile wide zone across the isthmus of Panama |
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| What country lost territory because of building the canal? |
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| Panama and Colombia. Roosevelt told Panamanians that if they revolted, the U.S. would support them and pay them for the canal. We sent gunboats to support and U.S. Marines landed in Colon. |
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| How did we gain control of the Somoan Islands? |
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| In 1889, Germany, Britain, and the United States sent warships to the islands. Fighting was averted when a typhoon struck. Ten years later, the United States and Germany divided the islands between them. |
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| Explain the Roosevelt Corollary |
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| European nations considered using military forces to collect overdue debts from the Dominican Republic. To prevent this, Roosevelt aannounced his new policy, the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine. |
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| How did American's respond to the revolt in Cuba? |
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| American's called on the U.S. government to intervene to oust the Spanish, some for economic reasons. Wanted to safeguard American investments in Cuba. |
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| What event in 1898 pushed the United States to war with Spain? |
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Fighting had broken out in Cuba, President McKinley ordered the battleship, Maine to protect American lives and property.
An explosion sank Maine and the press blamed Spain. With cries of "Remember the Maine" Americans demanded revenge |
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| What was President Tafts foreign policy of money being the best way to influence people known as? |
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| Dollar diplomacy. Taft aimed to protect U.S. economic investments in Latin America and other regions. |
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| Why did President Wilson send the Navy to occupy the port of Vera Cruz? |
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| United States sailors who went ashore in Tampico were briefly arrested. They were later released with an apology. More than 100 Mexicans died and almost led us to war. |
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| Who did U.S. forces chase into Mexico? |
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| United States forces chased Francisco Villa into Mexico. Thousands of soldiers went into Mexico in hopes of capturing Franciso Villa |
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| What is imperialism and how does it work? |
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| Building empires by imposing political and economic control over peoples around the world. It works by taking control of different countries, politically and economically and then building empires there. |
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| What war helped lead U.S. to become an imperialist power? |
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| Why did some nations carve out spheres of influence in China? |
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| China had just emerged from an unsuccessful war, European powers and Japan forced the Chinese empire to grant them land and trading rights, set about dividing China into spheres of influence. |
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| What are examples of Roosevelt using his "Big Stick" policy? |
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| asserted the claims of the united states to be the leader in the northern hemisphere, wanted to prevent european nations from becoming too powerful in the region |
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| what was the u.s. goal when it began its open door policy? |
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| their goal was to be included inside of the china trading. |
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| what business were both willian randolph hearst and joseph pulitzer famous for |
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| what reasons were yellow journalism used for in the 1890's? |
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| to provide information sometimes false, on Cuba which later let to americans outraging against spain |
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