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US as a World Power
US as a world power flash cards
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History
11th Grade
11/07/2007

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Berlin Conference  
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Regulated American colonization and trade in Africa and talked about Germany as an imperial power.
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Commodore Perry
Definition
US Navy officer who required the opening of Japan to the west. Samurai did not want to. He had guns so Samurai backed down.
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Annexation of Hawaii
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Annexed by US and became US Territory
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Queen Liliuokalani
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Queen of Hawaii
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Sanford B. Dole
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Politician and jurist of Hawaii

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USS Maine
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Blew up and we attacked Spain for Spanish-American War. Not sure if they attacked it or not.

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Yellow Journalism
Definition
Fake, bad journalism presented to the people.
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Spanish-American War
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Wanted Spain to give independence to Cuba and Spain rejected. USS Maine sunk in Havana harbor.
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Jose Marti
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Leader of Cuban independence movement. Poet and writer. Wanted Cuban independence.
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War in the Philippines
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US in Philippines and Filipinos wanted US out
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Emilio Aguinaldo
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Filipino general, politician, and independence leader. Lead Filipinos against Americans.
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Platt Amendment
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US federal law removed US troops from Cuba and Philippines. Interfere with Cuban affairs at any time
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Monroe Doctrine
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European powers would no longer colonize or interfere with independent nations in America.  Japanese and Europeans can’t come to western hemisphere.

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Roosevelt Corollary
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US could interfere with countries if they needed our help
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Panamanian Rebellion
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Panama rebelled against Columbia for Panama Canal.

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Open Door Policy
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All nations could trade with China
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Opium Wars
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Also known as the Anglo-Chinese Wars. Britain was smuggling opium from British India to China, and after the Chinese enforced these laws, a war broke out.
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The Boxer Rebellion
Definition
Chinese rebellion against foreign influence in trade, politics, and technology.
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Commodore Perry and the Meiji Restoration
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Restored Japan and helped make them a great power. Train samurai to modern industry in 50 years. Thought Japan should be on top.
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Russo-Japanese Conflict
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Japs won war with surprise battleships.

 

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Big Stick Diplomacy
Definition
US could resist European intervention in the Western hemisphere. US expanded Navy and greater involvement in World affairs.
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Dollar Diplomacy
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Further foreign policy at Latin America and East Asia by guaranteeing loans.

 

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Moral Diplomacy/Self-Determination
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Not to intervene with foreign affairs
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Election of 1912
Definition
Race between the 3 above Presidents. Roosevelt-Progressive. Taft-Republican. Wilson-Democrat.  Wilson elected.
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Francisco “Pancho” Villa
Definition

Mexican Revolutionary General.

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