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Why did the us seek expansion?
- quest for new markets
- navla powers, expansion of vacy
- racial thought, social darwinism was used to justify exploitation. the idea that english anglo saxon people were superior.
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when was alaska purchased?
sewards folly, in 1860 for $7.2 mil.
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Expansion in the pacific: samoa
- treaty of 1878 - granted a naval base at pago pago, exchanged trade conccessions.
- after 1990 civil war there, germany, br, us placed a triple protectorate over it.
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expansion in pacific: hawaii
- boom in sugar production
- am influence in econ and gov
- ueen liliuokalani opposed ams and tried to eliminate white control in 1891.
- ams rebeled and proclaimed the repub of hawaii in 1898.
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the sp am war, cuba libre
- rebellion broke out in 1898, they waged guerill awarefare against sp troops and business interests.
- similar to the am revolution.
- yellow jounalism, hearsts NY journal and Pulitzer's NY world
- celveland wanted to maintain peace
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pressures for the sp am war: mckinley's platform
endorsing cuban independence and am control of hawaii and canal construction.
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what was the de lome letter?
de lome made fun of pres mckinly, de lome resigned.
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waht was the teller amendment?
us didnt want cuban territory.
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why did the us go to war with sp?
the people and business leaders demanded a quick resolution.
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what was dewey's campaigne in the philippines?
he destroyed and captured all sp warships in manila bay.
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what was roosevelts campaign in cuba?
he had his bolunteer cavalry, the rough riders.
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why did mckinley annex the philippines?
- nat;l glory
- commerce
- racial superiority
- christian altruism.
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what was a cost of the suppression of filipino nationalsim?
loss of am benevolence. the anti imperialist league was formed.
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what was the philippines gov act 1902?
it made the philippines an unorganied territory and the inhabitants citizens of the philippines
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what was the jones act
it set up elected legislature and affirmed us intentions to grant independence.
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what was the tydings-mcduffie act
it offered indepnendence for the philppines in 10yrs.
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what was the platt amendment?
it kept cuba from signing a treaty w/ a 3ed power, therefore restricting cuban independence.
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what was the open door policy?
it proposed to keep china open to all countries. they wouldn't interfere w/ any treaty or show favors as a result of arbor dues/rr charges and they wouldn collect tariffs.
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what was the boxer rebellion? 1900
a group of western world "boxers"rebelled against foreign encroachment on china.
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what happened in the election of 1900?
in 1900 mckinley won the election, but then was shot, so tr took over.
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what was the bidlack treaty?
it was with columbia, it gave colombia soverignty over panama and pannama over the isthmus.
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what was the claton-bulcer treaty?
us agreed w/ br to only build a canal by mutual consent.
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what was the roosevelt corollary to the monroe doctrine?
it justified the us interbention in the caribben to keep out euros.
ex: it called for a collector of customs to apply debt payments.
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what was the treaty of portsmouth?
b/w russia, japan, korea, and cina. it preveted a possible war.
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what was the gentleman's agreement in the aftermath of the russo-japanese war?
it restricted japanese immigration and brought a break in racial attitudes in CA.
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