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| the policy and practice of exploiting nations and peoples for the benefit of an imperial power either directly through military occupation and colonial rule or indirectly through economic domination of resources and markets |
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| the military governor of Cuba, captured the complex mixture of attitudes and motives that underlay the journey of the US from a developing nation to a world power |
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| a naval officer and president of the naval war college, emphasized the importance of a strong navy for national greatness in his book The Influence of Sea Power Upon History |
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| commanded a squadron that forced the Japanese to open their ports to American products |
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| hosting a post-immediation between Russia and Japan |
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| America may be imperialistic around the turn of the 20th century for all EXCEPT: |
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| a relative disadvantage of natural resources |
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| Americans justified imperialism with all EXCEPT: |
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| secretary of state under Abe Lincoln, laid the foundation for a larger and more aggressive American role in world affairs; some people said his policy of expansion went too far and too fast for the public, many of his plans fizzled |
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| secretary of state under Garfield/Harrison, worked to extend what he called America’s “commercial empire” in the Pacific/ laid foundation for world affairs |
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| international organization originally established as the commercial bureau of American Republics by Blaine’s first Pan-American conference in 1889 to promote cooperation among nations of the western hemisphere through commercial and diplomatic negotiations |
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| a deliberately sensational journalism of scandal and exposure designed to attract an urban mass audience and increase advertising venues |
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| his New York Journal was involved in the yellow press |
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| his New York World helped stimulate interest in the Cuban War |
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| a battleship that blew up in Havana harbor, killing 260 men. Spain was not responsible, but many called it “an act of dirty treachery on part of the Spaniards,” contributing to the outbreak of the war |
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| a congressional resolution adopted in 1898 renouncing any American intention to annex Cuba |
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| led the US squadron into Manila Bay and destroyed the Spanish there, stimulating expansionist sentiment in the US |
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| battle where America destroyed the much weaker Spanish fleet on May 1, 1898 |
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| a cavalry regiment of cowboys and eastern dandies organized by Leonard Wood and Teddy Roosevelt in the Spanish-American War |
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| the protect the people from Spain's cruelty |
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| Popular press provoked war in Cuba: |
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| As a result of the war American gained all EXCEPT: |
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| Imperialism was opposed in America because: |
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| international treaty obligations |
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| Imperialism was supported for all the reasons EXCEPT: |
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| the Filipino leader, issued a declaration of independence for the Philippines but then felt betrayed by the Treaty of Paris and started a war |
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| a region dominated and controlled by an outside power |
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| American policy of seeking equal trade and investment opportunities in foreign nations or regions |
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| US secretary of state that asked the imperial powers to maintain and open door for the commercial and financial activities within their Chinese spheres of influence |
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| 1900, an antiforeign Chinese nationalist movement laid siege to a diplomatic quarter in Beijing, was quickly oppressed by a multinational military force |
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| treaty where Japan won control of Russia’s sphere of influence in Manchuria, half the Russian of Sakhalin, and recognition of its domination of Korea ended the Russo-Japanese War |
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| a diplomatic agreement in 1907 between Japan and the US curtailing but not abolishing Japanese immigration |
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| cases where US supreme court upheld Puerto Rico’s inferior status as “unincorporated territory” |
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| a stipulation the US had inserted into the Cuban constitution in 1901 restricting Cuban autonomy and authorizing US intervention and naval bases |
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| a canal through Central America that eliminated the lengthy and dangerous ocean route around South America |
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| TR’s policy asserting US authority to intervene in the affairs of Latin American nations, an expansion of the Monroe Doctrine |
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| the US policy of using private investment in other nations to promote American diplomatic goals and business interests (TAFT) |
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| put civilians in concentration camps |
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| The US used similar tactics in the Philippines to those used by Spain in Cuba when they: |
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| residents of a territory... |
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| US supreme court ruled in 1901 that: |
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| R,T,W acted imperialistic when: |
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| Germany and its WWI allies in Austria, Turkey, and Bulgaria |
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| in WWI, Britain, France, Russia, and other nations fighting against the central powers but not including the US |
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| statement drafted by an international conference in 1909 to clarify international law and specify the rights of neutral nations |
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| naval ships that could not surface the water without risking attack, they were small and good for surprise attacks |
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| the British passenger line that had been carrying arms was sunk by a German submarine, 1198 people died including 128 Americans |
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| Germany’s pledge during WWI not to sink merchant ships without warning, on the condition that Britain also observe recognized rules of international laws |
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| a Supreme court justice and former NY governor who ran for president in 1916 against Wilson as a Republican, lost |
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| a note from Germany to Mexico saying that if the US had war between Germany, Mexico should ally itself with Germany and in exchange Mexico would recover its “lost territory” in Texas, NM, and Arizona |
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| american attention to reform was curtailed |
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| german foreign minister called Wilson a cream puff |
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| America supported Britain against Germany for all EXCEPT: |
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| made a proclamation of neutrality |
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| America followed a policy of neutrality before WWI when it: |
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| Madison and Wilson committed to war on the continent |
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| As a result of a major war in Europe: |
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| federal agency that reorganized industry to maximize wartime production during WWI |
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| led the WIB, aimed at business-government integration |
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| modernized and operated the nation’s railroads |
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| led the Railroad Administration; Secretary of the Treasury |
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| increased agricultural production, supervised food distribution and farm labor |
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| led the FA, he persuaded millions of Americans to accept meatless and wheatless days so they could feed military and foreign consumers; eventually became president |
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| resolved labor-management disputes, improved labor conditions, and recognized union rights as means to promote production and effiency |
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| established prohibition (1919) |
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| established women's suffrage (1919) |
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| interest-bearing certificates sold by the US government to finance the WWI effort |
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| Committee on Public Information |
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| managed propaganda to build support for the war effort |
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| journalist that led the CPI |
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| law whose vague prohibition against obstructing the nation’s war effort was used to crush dissent and criticism during WWI |
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| broad law restricting criticism of America’s involvement in WWI or its government, flag, military, taxes, or officials |
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| Latin-American acts during the Spanish-American War |
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| All were examples of restriction on personal liberties during the time of national crisis EXCEPT: |
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| restricting the role of the judiciary |
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| The American WWI effort threatened civil liberties by: |
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| the law establishing the military draft for WWI |
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| the general that initially led the Americans into France, heading the American Expeditionary Force (AEF) |
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| Wilson’s speech that articulated US war aims after the war |
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| the treaty ending WWI and creating the League of Nations |
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| international organization created by the Versailles Treaty after WWI to ensure world stability |
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| the scare that the poison of Bolshevism was “running through the veins of the world,” many people targeted aliens, immigrants and labor activists as Bolsheviks |
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| members of the Communist movement in Russia that established the soviet government after the 1917 Russian Revolution |
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| attorney general who secured an injunction against the strike under the authority of the war time legislation |
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| led the agency that suppressed radicals and imposed conformity, leading to the FBI |
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| reparations from aggressor states |
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| All were included in Wilson’s war aims EXCEPT: |
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| refused to talk to the Republicans |
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| Wilson used poor political judgment regarding the peace treaty when: |
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| people supported the League of Nations |
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| Each may have a cause/effect relationship EXCEPT: |
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