Chapter 27 CDF Quiz Study Guide

Remote Pacific site of a naval clash between the United States and Germany in 1889

Samoan Islands

South American nation that nearly came to blows with the United States in 1892 over an incident involving the deaths of American sailors

Chile

The principle of American foreign policy invoked by Secretary of State Olney to justify American intervention in the Venezuelan boundary dispute

Monroe Doctrine

Term for the sensationalistic and jingoistic prowar journalism practiced by W. R. Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer

Yellow Journalism

American battleship sent on a “friendly” visit to Cuba that ended in disaster and war

U.S.S. Maine

Site of the dramatic American naval victory that led to U.S. acquisition of rich, Spanish-owned Pacific islands

Manila Bay

Colorful volunteer regiment of the Spanish-American War led by a military inexperienced but politically influential colonel

Rough Riders

The Caribbean island conquered from Spain in 1898 that became an important American colony

Puerto Rico

Supreme Court cases of 1901 that determined that the U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights did not apply in colonial territories under the American flag

Insular Cases

John Hay’s clever diplomatic efforts to preserve Chinese territorial integrity and maintain American access to China

Open Door Notes

Anti-foreign Chinese revolt of 1900 that brought military intervention by Western troops, including Americans

Boxer Rebellion

Diplomatic agreement of 1901 that permitted the United States to build and fortify a Central American canal alone, without British involvement

Hay Pouncefole Treaty

Nation whose senate in 1902 refuse to ratify a treaty permitting the United States to build a canal across its territory

Colombia

Questionable extension of traditional American policy; declared an American right to intervene in Latin American nations under certain circumstances

Roosevelt's Corollary

Diplomatic understanding of 1907–1908 that ended a Japanese-American crisis over treatment of Japanese immigrants to the U.S.

Gentleman's Agreement

American clergyman who preached Anglo-Saxon superiority and called for stronger U.S. missionary effort overseas

Josiah Strong

American naval officer who wrote influential books emphasizing sea power and advocating a big navy

Alfred Thayer Mahan

Filipino leader of a guerrilla war against American rule from 1899 to 1901

Emilio Aguinaldo

Native Hawaiian ruler overthrown in a revolution led by white planters and aided by U.S. troops

Queen Liliuokalani

U.S. secretary of state whose belligerent notes to Britain during the Guiana boundary crisis nearly caused a war

Richard Olney

Spanish general whose brutal tactics against Cuban rebels outraged American public opinion

“Butcher” Weyler

Vigorous promoter of sensationalistic anti-Spanish propaganda and eager advocate of imperialistic war

William Randolph Hearst

President who initially opposed war with Spain but eventually supported U.S. acquisition of the Philippines

William McKinley

Naval commander whose spectacular May Day victory in 1898 opened the doors to American imperialism in Asia

George E. Dewey

Imperialist advocate, aggressive assistant navy secretary, Rough Rider, vice president, and president

Theodore Roosevelt

American secretary of state who attempted to preserve Chinese independence and protect American interests in China

John Hay

Scheming engineer who helped stage a revolution in Panama and then became the new country’s instant foreign minister

Philippe Bunau-Varilla

Harvard philosopher and one of the leading anti-imperialists opposing U.S. acquisition of the Philippines

William James

Democratic party nominee who   campaigned and lost on a platform opposing imperialism in the presidential election of 1900

William Jennings Bryan

American military engineer who built the Panama Canal

George Washington Goethals

Economic expansion, the yellow press, and competition with other powers

Turned America away from isolationism and toward international involvements in the 1890s

The Venezuelan boundary dispute

Strengthened the Monroe Doctrine and made Britain more willing to accommodate U.S. interests

The white planter revolt against Queen Liliuokalani

Set off the first debate about the wisdom and rightness of American overseas imperialism

The Cuban revolt against Spain

Aroused strong sympathy from most Americans

The *Maine* explosion

Created an emotional and irresistible public demand for war with Spain

Theodore Roosevelt’s secret orders to Commodore Dewey

Led to the surprising U.S. victory over Spain at Manila Bay

The Boxer Rebellion that attempted to drive all foreigners out of China

Brought American armed forces onto the Asian mainland for the first time

McKinley’s decision to keep the Philippines

Set off a bitter debate about imperialism in the Senate and the country

Colombia’s refusal to permit the United States to build a canal across its province of Panama

Led President Theodore Roosevelt to encourage a revolt for Panamanian independence

The Spanish-American War

Enhanced American national pride and made the United States an international power in East Asia