Chapter 20 History

Alfred Thayer Mahan:

Argued that sea power was essential to national greatness

Thought a canal in Central America was a waste of money

Published his best-known book during the Civil War

Was little known until Roosevelt read his wrok

Mexico's Revolutionary leader who successfully took control of Mexico City in 1911 was quickly ousted by:

The "yellow peril" was:

A late nineteenth-century style of politically influential journalism

A racially charged description of a perceived threat from Japan

Mosquito-borne disease

Tuberculosis

A racially charged description of Panama

As a result of Japan's show of strength in the Russo-Japanese War:

Congress voted to send financial and military aid to Korea to help prevent a Japanese invasion of the Korean peninsula

America was quick to send money and support troops to aid Russia

Americans began to doubt the security of he Philippines

Congress lifted the limitations it had previously set on Japanese immigration

Americans cut a deal with Korea to protect the Open Door

The Platt Amendment did all of the following EXCEPT:

Provide for the American annexation of Cuba

Acknowledge the right of the United States to intervene whenever it saw fit

Prohibit Cuba from impairing it's independence by signing a treaty with a third power

Sharply restrict Cuba's independence

Lead to the establishment of the U.S. Naval base at Guantánamo Bay

The Philippine-American War became known for:

The absence of civilian casualties

The lack of violence in the conflict

Its brutality and the atrocities committed by both sides

Being the first American defeat in a foreign war

The contributions of Theodore Roosevelt's "Rough Riders"

What is "yellow journalism"?

It was a derogatory insult directed by many Americans toward Japanese journalists in the early twentieth century

It speaks to the use of propaganda in underground newspapers published by the Cuban insurrectionists

It refers to the "scared" journalists who filed their stories from Key West, Florida, during the Spanish-American War

It refers to the practice by many financially struggling newspapers of using recycled, yellowed newsprint during the 1890s depressioin

It refers to sensationalist news coverage that was designed to sell papers and manipulate public opinion

In 1878, the Samoans signed a treaty with the United States giving the United States:

A thirty-year lease on Pago Pago

All of Samoa, including Wake Island

Total control of the Samoan

A naval base at Pago Pago

Fifty-percent control of the Samoan Islands

Residents of Puerto Rico became citizens of the United States:

Before the Spanish-American War

Nearly two decades after the island was acquired by the United States

Never

As part of the original annexation

By moving to Cuba

Western imperialism in the late nineteenth century was stimulated by all of the following EXCEPT:

An ongoing quest for raw materials

The fear that Bolshevik ideas might advance around the globe

Notions of racial superiority

The desire to Christianize Africa and Asia

An ongoing quest for markets

A major reason that the United States annexed the Philippines despite anti-imperialist opposition in the United States was because:

Anti-imperialist William Jennings Bryan agreed to become the civil governor of the territory

The islands were located very close to China and China's potential markets

The Philippines offered the largest and most developed untapped market in the entire Eastern Hemisphere

Filipino leader Emilio Aguinaldo requested annexation

Americans wanted to avenge their defeat in the Philippine-American War

Woodrow Wilson promised to treat Latin American nations:

Emilio Aguinaldo:

As the martyred leader of the Cuban rebellion

Led the Spanish forces at San Juan Hill

Became the face of resistance in Samoa

Was installed as Cuba's governor in 1898

Was the Filipino rebel leader

The Roosevelt Corollary:

Justified the use of marines in Morocco

Stated that the United States could intervene in the affairs of Latin American countries to forestall the intervention of other powers

Rescinded most of the provisions of the Monroe Doctrine

Justified American intervention in the Far East

Encouraged American bankers to help finance the shaky Latin American governments

The battleship 'Maine':

Exploded in Havana Harbor and fueled calls for war with Spain

Carried arms to the Cuban insurrectionists

Delivered Teddy Roosevelt and the Rough Riders from Tampa to Cuba

Sank the entire Spanish fleet in Manila without a single American loss of life

Disappeared at sea with no trace, but newspaper reporters claimed that Spain had ordered it sunk

William Randolph Hearst's efforts to manipulate public opinion during the Spanish-American War came to be called "yellow journalism"

True

False

John Fiske:

Founded an all-black college in Tennessee

Was a minister who added the sanction of religion to the expansionists' argument

Used Darwinian concepts to show how American expansionism hurt the people of the areas America annexed

Proclaimed the superior character of Anglo-Saxon peoples and instituations

Was one of the earliest government officials to speak out against imperialism

Open Door policy:

Proposed that foreign powers keep China trade open to all nations on an equal basis

Closed Chinese immigration except for spouses and children of men already in America

Allowed a certain number of Japanese immigrants to the United States each year in return for special trading rights with Japan

Allowed Cubans to enter the United States and Americans to enter Cuba freely

Pledged economic aid to struggling Latin American republics

Why did the United States fight a war in the Philippines after the Spanish-American War?

To oust the remaining Spanish forces that had refused to evacuate from the island

To stop Japan from annexing the islands

To defeat the Boxer Rebellion

To quell in insurrection of Filipinos who opposed annexation by the United States

To avenge the Russian surprise attack on Manila

The treaty ending the Spanish-American War:

Provided for Spain to pay to the United States $10,000 for each American solider killed in the war

Provided for Hawaiian autonomy

Said that Spain could keep Guantánamo Bay

Was initially opposed by most Democrats

Was ratified in the Senate over the protests of William Jennings Bryan

The papers of Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst helped invent what became to be known as "green journalism"

True

False

Roosevelt's intervention in the Russo-Japanese War:

Resulted in the Treaty of Portsmouth

Involved the use of armed forces without the consent of Congress

Weakened his image around the world

Strained America's relations with Russia

Showed his new power after deploying the Great White Fleet

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