american imperialism

Manifest destiny

Spread heritage coast to coast

One factor that fueled American imperialism

Desire for military strength

Second goal for American imperialism

Search for new markets

Third goal for American imperialism

Belief for cultural superiority

Who created a plan for US military dominance

Alferd l mayhem

What was mahans plan

A navy through steam powered cruisers

What was mahans navy called

The great white navy

What was mahans plans first desire

Accquire hawaii

What was mayhans plans second

Establish Caribbean naval bases

Third mahan plan

Establish a canal across panama

The canal’s purpose

Quicker trips from atalntic to pacific ocean mych quicker

What did canal lead for us

Defend both shores

Who buys alaska from russia in 1867

William seward

What aas alaska named as

Sewards folly

What resources does alaska give to the us

Gold, timber, oil

Who forced hawaii monarchy to sign the bayonette constitution

Sanford b dole

Bayonette constitution

Strips rights of monarchy & delivers it to white owning land businessmen

How did buisnessmen get richer from hawaii

Sugar

How much did owners control sugar plantations in hawaii

75%

Revision of bayonette constitution

American buisnessmen allowed to control the vote and hawaii monarchy

Who fought back against American buisnessmen

Queen lilioukalanj

Who goes against the queen of hawaii

Sanford b dole

What does sanford do against the queen

Set up a coup by us military through uss boston to depose her

Who is president for hawaii now

Sanford b dole

What year to annex hawaii

1898

What countries helped us compete with spain

Cuba and Philippines

What did american firms invest in

Cuban sugar

Who led cuban army against spain

Jose marti

Yellow journalism

Exaggeration of stories to attract & enrage readers

Who were two titans in yellow journalism

Joesph pulzter and william randolph hearst

What did yellow journalism do

Demonize the spanish to generate sympathy for the Cubans

Who published the de lone letter

Joesph pultzer

Who was the de lone letter to

Spanish minister enrique delom

What was in de lones letter

Deloms inault to mckinley as US president

What began to turn

Anerican public opinion in favor if war

Last cause of spanish anerican wat

Explosion of us maine

What incident do yellow jounalists use

Explosion of us maine

First action of war

In philliphines

Who sailed uss pacific fleet in manila bay

Admiral george dwey

How did pacific fleet annihilate the Spanish fleet

Roosevelt sent this fleet before the declaration of war

What did us team up with in phillipines

Filipino rebel forces

How long has phillipines been controlled by spain

over 400 years

What has spain imposed to filipinos

Catholicism

What did filipinos do when war broke out

Fight for their liberty

Who do filipinos drive out

Spanish troops

Who does us blockade

Cuba

Blockade

Military Prevents supplies from entering from entering or leaving

Purpose of blockade

Starve out enemy

Who led san juan hill war

Tr and rough writers

What was americas first special forces units

Tr and his rough riders

What was key victory for spanish american war

Tr battle of san juan

What does spanish fleet do

Destroy us blockade

What do us marines invade

Puerto rico

How does spanish american war end

Treaty of paris

Who gains independence in treaty of paris

Cuba

What does cuba become once independent

Us protectorate

Protectorate

A little brother country

What did Spain give up

Guam and puerto rico

Who does american annex from spain

guam and Puerto rico

How much does american annex the phillipines for

20 million

3 territories us gains

guam, puerto rico, phillipines

who did the treaty of Paris outrage

Filipinos

who led the Filipino revolt

emilio aguinaldo

what did the Filipino rebels use

gorilla tactics

what were gorilla tactics

strategies hiding in trees and using the terrain as advantage

why did the us kep Filipinos rebels in camps

because they couldn't tell who was a rebel or civilian

when was the Filipino rebel put down

1902

who was split in the fate of Puerto Rico

spain

what act does the us pass for governing Puerto rico

foraker act

foraker act

ended military rule and set up a civil government elected by the puerto Rican people

the us president could appoint what in Puerto rico

a governor the upper house of their legislature

the people in Puerto Rico could appoint who

the lower house of the legislature

when does Congress grant citizenship for all Puerto ricans

1917

what did us Congress pass for Cuba (amendment)

teller amendment

teller amendment

us wouldn’t intervene and seize cuban lands

what amendment did us insist cuba to add

platt amendment

platt amendment

cuba wasn’t allowed to go in debt and make treaties that didn't limit self governance

us allowed to lease n buy cuban lands

what does Cuba become when they pass the platt amendment

protectorate

what was China like during this era

weak

sphere of influence

a zone where a foreign country had control of trade through that area

whod idn’t have a sphere of influence in china

the us

who issued open notes

john hay

open notes

openly share trade access in China without cutting out united States

what did open notes tear down

sphere of influence in separate nations and promote free trade

open door policy

more free trade

what did Chinese form against europeans

secret resistance societies

what was a mainly known secret resistance society

boxers

what did boxer rebellion wipe out

western influence, like Christianity and colonization