American History Vocab (Topic 11.5-11.7)

American history vocab flash cards Topic 11.5-11.7, pd 1 - O'Donnell

Imperialism

A powerful country taking over another weaker country or territory.

Alfred Mahan

Has influence of sea powers in 1890, all empires have controlled the seas, and need 2 ocean navies.

Social Darwinism

Biological theory applied to society and world, be strong with other countries or be taken over, we have a right and duty to civilize the weaker nations of the globe-paternalism

Paternalism

Share our great government, technology, and religion with the lesser beings of the world and struggling countries.

Queen Liliuokalani

Last sovereign of Hawai'i, She had good welfare and wanted to protect her people, and she advocated and fought for peace. Resented the increasing power of the white planters who owned much of Hawaiian land, abolished the constitution that had given political power to the white minority.

Sanford Dole

Asked president benjamin harrison to annex hawaii to the united states, well respected lawyer and jurist who was connected to Hawaii's player elite. His cousin James moved to Hawaii in 1899 and helped build a pineapple company that still exists today.

General Weyler

Sent by the Spanish government to stop revolution and punish rebels, a Spanish general, in which he forced people into Guarded camps in order to identify who the rebels were, ruled by the military called martial law. Gets the name the butcher.

William Randolph Hearst

heightened the public dislike of the Spanish government, had publications called the yellow press because they featured a popular comic-strip character called yellow kid to new york journal.

USS Maine

exploded in Havana harbor, 226 out of 350 of the officers on board died, was accused by the Yellow press that Spain blew up the battleship.

Teddy Roosevelt and the Rough Riders

People involved were, Rugged Westerners, and upper-class easterners who relinquish what Roosevelt called the "Strenuous life", they gained fame for the role they played in the battle of Kettle and San Juan hills outside Santiago. The riders stormed the hills to secure high ground surrounding Santiago.

Emilio Aguinaldo

Filipino nationalist were led by him, defeated the Spanish army like the Cubans. The Filipinos fought for freedom from Spain in August after some 15,000 U.S. soldiers had landed on the island, Spanish troops surrendered to the U.S.

Treaty of Paris, 1898

officially ended war, gave control of Cuba, Puerto Rico and the pacific island of Guam, sold the Philippines to the United States for $20 million, and prevented the U.S. from taking possession of Cuba.

Foraker Act

established a civil government in puerto rico, authorized the president of the united states to appoint a governor and part of the puerto rico legislature.

Platt Amendment

The amendment restricted the rights of newly independent Cubans and effectively brought the island within the U.S. sphere. It prevented Cuba from signing a treaty with another nation without Americans approval and required Cuba to lease naval stations to the U.S. (given the U.S. "right to intervene" to persevere order in cuba)

Boxer Rebellion

A multinational force of European, America, and Japanese troops was sent to the Chinese capital to quash the boxer rebellion. The secret societies celebrated traditional chinese custom and criticized converts to Christianity, started a rebellion against the "foreign devils"

Panama insurrection and Canal

more than 35,000 workers helped dig it, physical geography and climate of the region impacted the enormous project. Workers build a series of locks to raise ships to level of Gatuan Lake, 85 feet above sea level, to cross the isthmus. More than 5,000 canal workers died from disease or accidents while building the canal.