Chapter 20 Social Studies Test
Protectorate
A country whose affairs are partially controlled by a stronger power.
John Hay
Promoted an "Open Door Policy" with China, which encouraged trade with China for all nations.
William Taft
Promoted the dollar diplomacy in Latin America
William Mckinley
Publicly insulted by a letter from the Spanish Ambassador about his actions relating to Cuba
William Steward
Purchased Alaska from Russia for 7.2 million dollars
How much did the United States pay Panama to use the Canal every year?
$250,000
Francisco Villa
A Mexican rebel who crossed into New Mexico and killed 18 Americans
Isthmus
A narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas
William G. Gorgas
American expert on tropical diseases, help clear malaria and yellow fever from Panama
Why did Japan open its shores to Western trade?
As a response to U.S. military pressure
The United States wanted to build a Canal connecting what two Oceans?
Atlantic & Pacific
Teddy Roosevelt
Believed in the "Big Stick" Diplomacy policy
Big Stick Diplomacy
Claimed the US had the right to act as a police force to restore order in neighboring countries
What country did Panama fight against for independence?
Columbia
Mathew Perry
Commodore who used warships to force Japan into open to foreign to trade and industrialization.
William Randolph Hearst
Creator of Yellow Journalism
Yellow Journalism exagerated the horrers happening in what country?
Cuba
Jose Marti
Cuban poet and journalist who urged America to help Cuba rebel against Spain
What did the Dollar Diplomacy show was the best way to expand American influence?
Economic ties
What was the goal of Taft's Dollar Diplomacy?
Expand American influence
What are the 6 things that make an Empire?
Geography, Military, Politics, Ideology, Religion, Economy
Liliuokalani
Hawaiian queen who was overthrown by the US government
Why was William Seward insterested in buying Alaska?
He saw that it was a stepping stone for trade with Asia and the Pacific
How did imperialism conflict with isolationism in U.S. foreign policy?
Imperilism includes getting involed with other countries affair, which is what isolationism is against.
Why did the U.S take control with Hawaii?
It provided a navy fueling base in the mid-Pacific
Diplomacy
Negotiation between nations
Emilio Aguinaldo
Rebel leader of the Philippines who helped get Manila Bay from the Spanish
Where was Cuba's sucessful charge?
San Juan Hill
General Weyler
Sent to Cuba to stop the rebel uprising and was responsible for the death of thousands of Cubans
George Dewey
Smashed the Spanish fleet in the Philippines during the Spanish-American War
What did the treaty between the United States and Panama grant?
The ability to build the canal
Why was Theodore Roosevelt's foreign policy seen as a corollary to the Monre Doctorite?
The new policy extended the rule that the U.S will not allow Eropean colonies or influence Americans.
Who were the Rough Riders led by?
Theodore Roosevelt
How did buying Alaska help with economic benifits?
There was a ton of reasoureses in Alaska such as gold
Why did foreign nations want to establish spheres of influene in China?
They wanted China to grant them land and trading rights
What did Rosevelt want the world to know if the U.S. diplomacy failed?
They would use military force
Boxer Rebellion
Uprising in China aimed at ending foreign influence in the country.
Corollary
a logical extension of a doctrine or proposition
Dollar diplomacy
a policy based on the idea that economic ties were the best way to expand American influence
Spheres of Influence
areas where another nation has economic and political control
Isolationism
avoiding involvement in other countries' affairs
Imperialism
building empires by imposing political and economic control over peoples around the world
Reconcentration
forced movement of large numbers of people into detention camps for military or political reasons