The New Imperialism & the Americas

Flashcards about the New Imperialism and its impact on the Americas, including the United States and Latin America.

How did the United States' treatment of Native Americans mirror European settler colonies during the New Imperialism?

Expelling Native Americans from their ancestral lands to redistribute the land to white settlers mirrors European settler colonies.

What created an economic dependency in Latin America after political independence?

The region's role as a producer of raw materials and its reliance on European investors created an economic dependency.

What was the Trail of Tears?

The forced removal of Native Americans from the Southern United States to reservations in modern Oklahoma in the 1830s.

How did the U.S. government encourage settlement in the western territories after the Civil War?

Through acts sponsoring the building of a transcontinental railway and providing land to farmers.

How did railroad companies and white settlers view the Plains Indians?

As a barrier to their westward expansion.

What led to the radical transformation of Native American culture?

The eradication of the buffalo, eviction of Native Americans from their lands, and efforts to 'civilize' and assimilate them through acts like the Dawes Severalty Act.

What was the Ghost Dance, and what was its significance?

A religious ritual practiced by Plains Indians to revive cultural traditions, which led to brutal repression by the U.S. Army.

What immigrant groups primarily came to the United States before the Civil War?

Primarily immigrants from Ireland.

What immigrant groups came to the United States after the Civil War?

Immigrants from Italy, Poland, Russia, and China.

What is a 'melting pot' in the context of American immigration?

The idea that multiple cultures come together to form one nation.

What was the Chinese Exclusion Act?

An act banning Chinese immigration to the United States due to hostility towards Chinese immigrants.

Who was Túpac Amaru II?

A Native American who unsuccessfully attempted to restore the Incan empire in Peru in the 1780s.

How did Latin American countries participate in the world economy?

By providing raw materials to the industrializing countries of Europe and the United States.

What was the War of the Pacific?

A war fought by Peru, Chile, and Bolivia over islands containing guano, resulting in tens of thousands dead and the loss of Bolivia's coastal territories.

What was the Monroe Doctrine?

A U.S. policy committing the country to preserving Latin American independence from Europe.

How did the United States become an imperial power?

Through the appropriation of Native American lands and indirect economic control over Latin America.

What does the term 'Amazonian Rubber Extraction' refer to?

Extraction of rubber in the Amazon, providing profits for Brazil but with environmental impacts and primarily supplying European factories.

What are the 'Plains Indians'?

Native American tribes who inhabited the Great Plains, living a nomadic lifestyle hunting the buffalo.

What was the 'Dawes Severalty Act'?

An act that provided for the reeducation of young Native Americans along white cultural norms, aiming to assimilate them into American society.

What was the primary significance of the Port of Buenos Aires?

It acted as a trade center for the region, funded by British firms, creating economic dependency on Great Britain for Argentina.