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Becoming a World Power
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History
12th Grade
10/05/2011

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Manifest Destiny
Definition
belief that God wanted the U.S. to expand from coast to coast
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Expansion
Definition
1870- Santa Domingo
1887- Hawaii
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Seward Folley
Definition
The purchase of Alaska from Russia in 1867
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Alfred Thayer Mahan
Definition
supporter of world expansion. Said the U.S. needed a navy.
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Monroe Doctrine
Definition
1823 pointed out moral differences between the monarchiacal, arbitrary governments of Europe and the free republican institutions of the New world
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the White Man's Burden
Definition
the U.S. should help others
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"Butcher" Weyler
Definition
Spain General sent to round up Cubans to be put in reconstruction camps during Cubans revolt
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DeLome letter
Definition
Spanish minister to the the U.S. calls President McKinley a weak hypocritical politician
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Teller Amendment
Definition
stated that Cubans may have their independence
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Teddy Roosevelt
Definition
national hero after the Spanish American War. Helps his political career
"Speak softly and carry a big stick"
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Admiral Dewey
Definition
destoys the Spanish fleet in Manila Bay on May 1898
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The Treaty of Paris
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gives the U.S the Philippines for 20 million dollars
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Panama Canal problems
Definition
1. 1850 treaty with Great Britain
2. Where to build -- short but rugged
3. Panama was a province of Colombia
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Platt Amendment
Definition
will allow economic rights to Cuba
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Open Door Policy
Definition
equal access to China for all nations and call for people not to expand into China
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Boxer Rebellion
Definition
China breaks away from Great Britain
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U.S. Policy in Europe
Definition
1. friendship with Great Britain
2. Prevent war (stay neutral)
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Two areas of the world as possible huge markets due to their population
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Latin America and Asia
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Three Characteristics most U.S. citizens felt were a part of political liberty
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White, protestant, English speaking, Democratic
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Where most of U.S. exports went during 1866-1900
Definition
Europe
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