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History Imperialism
2015 first mp history test
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Admiral Mahan | proposed four goals for the NAVY in 1890 |
| Mahan's four goals | 1. develop modern fleet to protect American interests and shipping 2. establish naval bases in the Caribbean 3. acquire Hawaii and other Pacific islands (1867-Midway Island) 4. construct a canal on the Panama Isthmus |
| Imperialism | stronger nations extend economic, political and/or military control over weaker territories ("a nation expand beyond its borders") |
| Three things that lead to American Imperialism | 1. economic competition among industrial nations 2. political and military competition 3. belief in the racial and cultural superiority of people of Anglo-Saxon descent |
| Economic competition among industrial nations | America needed raw materials for industrial production-also needed new places to sell their products (needed Hawaii for its sugar and also to sell American made products) |
| Political and military competition | many nations already established a global presence->America needed to build a stronger navy and military->U.S. built the third largest NAVY |
| Ethnocentrism | evaluation of other cultures according to preconceptions originating in the standards and customs of one's own culture |
| white man's burden | the task that white colonizers believed they had to impose their civilization on the black inhabitants of their colonies |
| queen liliuokalani | sister of dead king Kalakua, created a new constitution representing all Hawaiians, "Hawaii for Hawaiians", revolution organized by planters from America, navy arrived, queen imprisoned |
| king kalakua | king of Hawaii, changed constitution to benefit land owners, so that only people who owned land could vote, |
| John Stevens | an ambassador in Hawaii for the us, let a business group, set up a provisional government and asked the us to annex Hawaii |
| Jose Marti | Cuban exile, poet, launched a new effort to gain independence for cuba and spain. used guerilla warfare against Spanish, attacked American business interests to try and draw America into war with spain |
| Remember the maine | the rallying cry for those wanting to intervene in cuba |
| yellow journalism | writing style in which they exaggerated stories to sell papers vs opposing companies |
| Foraker act | US federal law that established civilian government on the island of Puerto rico |
| platt ammendment | withdrew souldiers from cuba and got cuba to sign a treaty |
| dollar diplomacy | to create stability abroad and increase commercial interest using loans |
| treaty of paris 1898 | give cuba independence, gave America Puerto rico and guam, allowed American to purchase the phillipines for $20 million |
| why America wanted to acquire hawaii | business interests (raw materials), naval base, coaling station (stop on the way to China) |
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