Chapter 20 Study Guide

Which of the following was the most direct result of the policy stated in this excerpt

US intervened in many American countries in early 20th century

Cleveland blocks annexation

-Cleveland opposes imperialism and blocked republican efforts to annex Hawaii -once McKinley became a president and war started -> HI annexed

big-stick policy

-Roosevelt philosophy -In international affairs, ask first and bring along a big army to hep convince -threaten to use force -act as international policemen

George Dewey

A United States naval officer remembered for his victory at Manila Bay in the Spanish-American War, U.S. naval commander who led the American attack on the Philippines

international Darwinism

Darwin's concept of the survival of the fittest applied to competition among nations. In the international arena, the US had to demonstrate its strength by acquiring territories overseas.

Who of the following would most strongly support the sentiments in these headlines?

Expansionists such as Henry Cabot Lodge

a splendid little war

John Hay called the Spanish-American War this because it lasted from April to August and because since the Cuban rebels had already weakened the Spaniards.

sinking of the Maine

McKinley sent the USS Maine to protect American interests in Cuba but it was sunk. Yellow journalists blame it on Spain to rouse support for intervention.

Which of the following represents a policy that the authors of the excerpt most likely support?

President Wilson's signing of the Jones Act in 1916

Queen Liliuokalani

Queen of Hawaii who gave the U.S. naval rights to Pearl Harbor in 1887. Deposed by American settlers in 1893.

James Blaine

Secretary of State; argued that the US should rally Latin American nations behind itself; presided over the Pan-American Conference.

Newspaper headlines such as those above most directly contributed to which of the following:

The declaration of war against Spain by Congress

The leader most closely associated with the viewpoint in this excerpt (excerpt from Anti-Imperialist League) was

William Jennings Bryan

De Lome Letter

Written by the Spanish minister in Washington, Dupuy de Lôme, it was stolen from the mail and delivered to Hearst. He had called McKinley weak and bitter. It was played up by the yellow journalists.

jingoism

excessive, loud patriotism; aggressive, warlike policy

This excerpt most directly reflects the continuation of the policy that

the Independent nations of the Americas should remain free from European intervention

The point of view of this newspaper most clearly reflects

the concept of jingoism

Which of the following most directly contributed to the anti-imperialist sentiments expressed in this excerpt?

the provisions of the peace treaty ending the Spanish-American War

Alfred Thayer Mahan

wrote "The Influence of Sea Power Upon History"; strong military is crucial for economic and foreign success; urged US navy support for expansion of Pacific and requiring land

Russo-Japanese War

(1904-1905) War between Russia and Japan over imperial possessions. Japan emerges victorious.

Treaty of Portsmouth

(1905) ended the Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905). It was signed in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, after negotiations brokered by Theodore Roosevelt (for which he won the Nobel Peace Prize). Japan had dominated the war and received an indemnity, the Liaodong Peninsula in Manchuria, and half of Sakhalin Island, but the treaty was widely condemned in Japan because the public had expected more.

Cleveland and Olney

- president Cleveland and Secretary of state Olney -boundary dispute in Venezuela and British Grunions -used Monroe Doctrine to justify intervention

Great White Fleet

-Roosevelt sent Navy on a world tour to show the US naval power -pressured Japan into "Gentleman's Agreement"