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He traced Britain’s growth as a world power to its Navy and

suggested the same for the US?

Captain Alfred Thayer Mahan

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He wrote The White Man’s Burden, describing America’s necessity to help “civilize” the

rest of the world.

Rudyard Kipling

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These two men used the tenets of Social Darwinism as their basis

for American imperialism?

Theodore Roosevelt

Henry Cabot Lodge

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He desired the removal of Governor Valeriano Weyler, the abandonment of reconcentrado,

and home rule for Cubans.

William McKinley

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Who was the first American civilian Governor of the

Philippines?

William Howard Taft

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He favored an American Empire that included Canada, the

Caribbean, Hawaii, other Pacific Island, Iceland and Greenland?

Sec. of State William Seward


Seward protested that the Monroe Doctrine had been violated when

he was placed on the Mexican Throne in 1864?

Archduke Maximilian


In 1866, Seward sent 50,00 troops to the Rio Grande and

threatened to invade this country?

Mexico


This Mexican leader ordered Maximilian shot?

Benito Juarez


What Islands did Seward secure for the US in 1867?

Midway Islands

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In what year did the US recognize the independence of Hawaii, but really made it a US

protectorate?

1849

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The Reciprocity Treaty of 1875 was renewed in 1887 and gave the US the right to what area in

Hawaii?

Pearl Harbor

AlohaAloha- $300

Who was the last Queen of the Royal Hawaiian line?

Queen Liliuokalani

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When was the “Republic” of Hawaii established and why?

1894, Pres. Cleveland was afraid that the majority of natives opposed annexation

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Why was Hawaii finally annexed in 1898?

It’s strategic position, and whites there were rousing for it

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Which Secretary of Sate invited the leaders of Latin Am.

Countries to a conference in 1888 in D.C.?

Thomas F. Bayard

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Who established a bureau to promotes cultural and

commercial exchanges between the US and Latin Am. Countries?

Sec. Of State James Blaine


What country attacked American sailors, almost causing war between itself and the US?

(1891)

Chile


The British disputed the boundary of Guiana with

Venezuela. Which President helped to settle that dispute?

Grover Cleveland


The British settled the dispute when this was invoked?

Monroe Doctrine

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The newspapers of Hearst and Pulitzer cried sympathy for the

Cuban “freedom fighter”. This is called?

Yellow journalism

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What American ship was sunk in Havana Harbor, thus

precipitating the Spanish-American War?

USS Maine

WarWar - $300

How was the USS Maine actually sunk?

It’s boiler blew up. Conformed by American Admiral Rickover in 1976)

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What did the American Congress pass to make it seem like the US

was NOT imperialistic?Teller Amendment (guaranteed Cuba’s Independence)

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Teddy Roosevelt led this group of “misfits” up San Juan Hill in

one of the most fantasized battles of the war?

Rough Riders

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What is imperialism?

Domination of the political, economic and life on one country by another

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In the US, what was the “old” imperialism?

Manifest Destiny


What was the ‘new” imperialism for the US?

Political Manifest Destiny, to extend the American way and democracy to other countries


When did the “new” imperialism begin and by whom?

1854 Commodore Oliver Perry - Japan


What was the economic need for the “new” imperialism?

Need to expand American markets

Need for raw materials

Need to keep up the tariff

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