Unit 7 US Imperialism

What is the Big Sister Policy?

The belief that the U.S is superior/responsible for weaker nations within Latin America

How does the US view Hawaii?

as an opportunity for extension in the west coast

What are the reasons for interests in Hawaii?

military base (Pearl Harbor), control trade (sugar), buffer zone of the US and Asia, US will face high sugar exports if they don’t obtain Hawaii.

Who is in control of Cuba?

Spain

Why did America want Cuba?

sugar production

Who is blamed for the USS Maine?

Spain

What is yellow journalism?

a sensationalist, exaggerated style of news reporting used in the late 1890s by publishers like Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst to boost sales.

What did the McKinley administration do well?

Feed the press

What countries were under Spain’s control?

Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guam and the Philippines

who pushed the US into war?

Theodore Roosevelt

How did America become an imperial power?

By winning the Spanish-american war

What was the Treaty of Paris?

Spanish concessions:Cuba had independence, US captured Guam, Puerto Rico given up as payment for war cots, Philippines was paid for by US for 20 million

What were some beliefs of Anti-Imperialists?

it was the right of the people to choose the way in which they were governed, it is against America’s anti-colonial policy, imperialism would be costly and there wouldn’t be much finanancial return, annexation would draw the US politically and militarily into Asia.

What were the Insular Cases?

When the Supreme Court ruled that the Constitution did not necessarily apply to newly acquired areas

What was the Teller Amendment (1898)?

It promised that when the US overthrew Spanish rule in Cuba US would give Cubans their independence

What was the Platt Amendment (1901)?

The Us could intervene to preserve Cuba’s independence in reality the US could act to protect its own interest

What was the Open Door Policy?

Foreign powers were lured to China by huge market and opportunity to convert Chinese to Chrisitianity

Panama Revolution (1903)

Us military forces provided support to ensure Panama would become independent.

What was the Roosevelt Corollary?

In future financial crisis concerning Latin American debt, the US would: intervene, take over customs, houses, pay off debts, and keep European powers out of the Western Hemisphere.

What did Progressives want?

They wanted reform, no more laissez faire, business regulation, workers lives to be improved

Who were muckrakers?

People who brought reform issues to the publics attentions: Upton Sinclair (meatpacking industry), Ida Tarbell (standard oil), Jacob Riis (How the Other Half Live), Lincoln Steffens (city corruptions)

What was the 16th amendment

income tax (1913)

What was the 17th Amendment?

direct election of senators (1913)

The 18th Amendment?

Prohibition (1920)

The 19th Amendment?

Women’s suffrage (1920)

Hepburn act?

act that helped regulate railaroads