us hist ch. 20
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- "dollar diplomacy"
- critics of US imperialism use this to imply that business interests drive US foreign policy
- Aftermath of the Spanish-American War
- 1. Phillipines did not get indepdence. Emilio Agiunaldo led a rebellion in Phillipines against the US. They surrendered but were granted indpendence 1946 2. US insisted that Cuban constitution contain a provision, the Platt Amendment 3. US did not give
- Albert Beveridge
- Indiana senatore who argued for an imperialist policy on economic grounds
- Alfred T. Mahan
- Admiral who wanted a US navy power
- American business interests looked to Hawaii in the imddle of the 19th century because:
- Hawaii's sugar crop
- Anti-imperialist league
- pointed out the racist assumptions in the belief that native peoples could not govern themselves argued that US policy should not try to protect the investmens of the wealthy
- Battle of San Juan Hill
- the Battle during Spanish-American war where Roosevelt and his Rough Riders defeat the Spanish and force them to surrender
- Boxer Rebellion 1900
- group of Chinese nationalists started a violent rebellion against Western people in China
- Election of 1896
- brought William Mckinley to office
- Emilio Aguinaldo
- Filipino general fighting the Spanish Becomes first president of Phillipines
- Events at the Panama Canal
- 1. Colombia was slow to negotiate with the US 2. US encouraged Panamanians (owned by Columbia) to rebel against Columbia. 3. US warships aided the rebels 4. Panama became independent 5. US gets Panama Canal
- Events that led to US participation in the war:
- 1. Spanish governor Weyler's bad actions towards the Cubans were put into the newspaper (yellow journalism) and made a lot people want to help Cubans 2. The de Lome letter: Enrique Dubuy de Lome(spanish minister to US) critized McKinley for being weak an
- Foraker Act 1900
- denied US citizenship to Puero Ricans US President can appoint Puerto Rico's overnor and members of the upper house of the legislature
- Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty
- between Panamanians and US US would get the 10-mile-wide Canal Zone and US would pay the Panamanians
- Insular Cases
- US Supreme Court ruled that constitutional rights don't necessarily apply to people living in US territories
- Josiah Strong
- believed in superiority of the Anglo-Saxons - non-white people can't govern themseves.
- Open Door Policy
- US says that there is free trade in China for all nations; equal access
- Platt Amendment
- gave the US the right to inteverne in Cuban affairs and to maintain a naval base on the island
- protectorate
- a country whose affairs are partly controlled by a stronger country
- Queen Lilioukalani
- Hawaiian ruler who challenged teh growing power of the planters
- Reaons the US entered the imperialist race:
- 1. industrial development (US needs raw materialist not just from US markets) 2. military considerations (urges for navy and in competition with Europe) 3. social reasons (non-whites can't govern themselves, overseas expansion, Protestants feel responsi
- Roosevelt Corollary
- extended from Monroe Doctrine any European intervention in Latin America would be seen as a threat and US will intervene if US investments are threatened to protect US interests and investments
- spheres of influence
- where a particular country has exclusive trading rights
- The-Spanish American War
- Cuba fighting for independence from Spain for a long time. Us helps Cuba and defeats Spain. Cuba becomes independent mostly fought in the Phillipines (owned by Spanish)
- Theodore Roosevelt took office after ___ until ___
- after McKinley until 1909
- Treaty of Paris 1898
- 1. Cuba would be independent 2. Guam and Puerto Rico would be US possessions 3. US pays Spain $20 million for the Phillipines
- US Businesses were interested in Cuba because:
- its Cuban sugar
- When was Hawaii annexed by the Us?
- 1898
- Why did US want the Panama Canal?
- It connected the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans would make easier trade between Asia and the east coast of US allow faster deployment of US forces
- William H. Taft
- - Republican and expansionist - US President after Roosevelt
- William McKinley
- -US President in 1896 -declared US involvement in Spanish-American War -pro-business and expansionist