APUSH 7A

William H Seward

An influential secretary of state who failed to convince Congress to annex Hawaii and to purchase the Danish West indies

Monroe Doctrine

A powerful statement by John Quincy Adams that led other countries know the US’s Powers

Queen Liliuokalani

The queen of Hawaii that the US was eager to overthrow

Pan-American Conferences

Where representatives from various nations of the western hemisphere decided to create a permanent organization to promote cooperation on trade and other issues

“new Imperialism”

The late 19th century drive by European countries to create vast political empires abroad

Alfred Thayer Mahan

this man believed that the US needed to complete with other imperialist nations, he shaped this belief over his book, “the influence of sea power upon history”

Darwinism

This belief of “survival of the fittest” supported expansionist belief to acquire more territories

Expansionists

Person who favors expanding the territory of influence of a country

Josiah Strong

This man believed that protestant Americans had a religious duty to colonize other lands in order to spread Christianity

Jingoism

An intense form of nationalism calling for an aggressive foreign policy

Cuban Revolt

When cuban nationalist fought but failed to overthrow Spanish colonial rule

Yellow Journalism

Sensationalistic reporting that featured bold and lurid headlines of crime, disaster, and scandal

Sinking of the Maine

when a US battleship suddenly exploded in Cuba, and the yellow press accused Spain of deliberately blowing up the ship

Teller amendment

Declared that the US had no intention of taking political control of Cuba

“ A splendid little war”

When John Hay called the spanish American war due to it being so swift

The Philippines

Territory that the US claimed after the spanish American war

George Dewey

The commander that led troops into the Philippines

Rough Riders

A regiment of volunteers led by teddy Roosevelt that defeated the Spanish in san Juan hill

Puerto Rico and Guam

Territories the US claimed from the peace treaty that ended the Spanish American war

Treaty of Paris

The treaty that ended the spanish american war and gave the US Puerto Rico and Guam, was disliked by anti-imperialist and was almost not passed

Emilio Aguinaldo

Filipino nationalist leader who fought alongside US troops during the Spanish American war but later on fought against the US to gain freedom in the philippines

Anti-imperialist league

This organization was led by William Jennings Bryan and rallied opposition to further acts of expansion in the Pacific

Insular cases

A series of Supreme Court cases dealing with the issue of whether new US annexations should be granted constitutional rights, they decided that they shouldn’t

Platt Amendment 1901

An Amendment that Cuba had to sign in order to remove US troops, allowed a lot of control to the US over cuba

Spheres of influence

Russia, Japan, Britain, France and Germany all established this, it meant they could dominate trade and investment within their sphere and shut out competitors

Open door policy

A Rebuttal to the spheres of influence, where all nations would have equal trading privileges in China

Boxer Rebellion

When a secret society of Chinese nationalist attacked foreign settlements and murdered dozen of christian missionaries

Big Stick Diplomacy

The name for roosevelt’s aggressive foreign policy

Theodore Roosevelt

The President that was a major expansionist

Panama Canal

The area that Roosevelt was eager to obtain to connect the Atlantic and Pacific ocean

Roosevelt Corollary

This declared that the US would intervene if Europeans tried to take latin American land

Russo-Japanese War

Imperialist rivalry between Russia and JApan led to this war Roosevelt ended the conflict

Gentlemen’s Agreement

When the Japanese gov agreed to restrict the emigration of Japanese workers to the US in return for Roosevelt persuading california to repeal its discriminatory laws

Great White Fleet

When to demonstrate US naval power to Japan, Roosevelt sent battleships on around the world cruse

William Howard Taft

the president after Roosevelt who was more anti-imperialist

Dollar Diplomacy

tafts policy of promoting US trade by supporting American enterprises abroad

Woodrow Wilson

The democratic nominee for 1912, promised a new freedom for the country, part of which was a moral approach to foreign affairs

Pancho Villa

A mexican rebellion leader, challenged the new democratic regime in Mexico

Expeditionary Force

This military group was ordered to pursue Pancho villa into northern Mexico

Lincoln Steffens

The author of muckraking articles tweed days in St Louis

Ida Tarbell

Author of the muckraking articles “The history of the standard oil company

Jacob Riis

One of the first photojournalist who would publish photos of the horrible conditions in tenement apartments

Secret Ballot

When voters would mark their choices secretly within a private booth

Robert Lafollete

This progressive governor introduced the idea of the direct primary

17th Amendment

Direct election of the US senators

Initiative, referendum, recall

Three amendments that would force state legislators to act

Wisconsin Idea

A series of progressive measures that included a direct primary law, tax reform, and states regulating railroads businesses

Temperance and prohibition

a progressive idea that many people that was making the country more violent and dangerous

National child Labor committee

this organization proposed model state child Labor laws that were passed by 2/3 of the states

Triangle shirtwaist fire

When NYC high rise caught of fire and 146 died

square deal

Roosevelts domestic policy that focused on a balance between business,labor, and the public