Chapter 20 Social Studies Test

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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


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