Imperialism Test Specific Review

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Spanish American War How did Cuban insurrectos try to gain US involvement in Cuba? Why did Americans want to get involved? What is meant by Yellow Journalism? What role did it play in the Spanish-American War? Who were William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer? How did they build their personal fortunes? Why was the USS Maine sent to Cuba? What had Spain done to try to avert war with the US? Who were the Rough Riders? Who organized them? Who was their commander? What occurred at the (naval) battle of Santiago? How did Puerto Ricans regard Americans during the invasion of Puerto Rico? What was the result of the US capturing the Philippines? What caused the greatest lost of American life in the war? How was the acquistion of Hawaii related to the Spanish-American War? Who was Queen Liliuokalani? Who was Sanford Dole? Who became some of the biggest land owners in Hawaii by the end of the 19th Century? What was the Teller Amendment? What was the Platt Amendment? What was the Foraker Amendment? Who was Jose Marti?

The Philippines What was McKinley’s Policy of Benevolent Assimilation? How did Filipinos respond to it? Why were the Philippines seen as desirable by some Americans? Who was Amilio Alguinaldo? What tactics did the Filipinos and Americans use against one another in Philippine Insurrection? What ended Philippine insurrection?

US Involvement in Latin American Affairs Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama (Colombia) Who was Minor C. Keith? Who was Augusto Sandino? Who were Samozas? How did the United Fruit and the Banana Republics influence US Policy? What was the Roosevelt Corollary? (Monroe Doctrine) How were they justified? What is meant by Gunboat Diplomacy? Why did Roosevelt earn a Nobel Peace Prize in 1906? Why did we become involve in the Venezuelan Boundary dispute? How did Latin American countries feel about US interventionist policies? What was Dollar Diplomacy? What was Wilson’s Missionary Dipolomacy? Who was Emiliano Zapata? Who was Pancho Villa? Why did Gen. John J. Pershing lead American forces into Mexico?

Panama Canal What was the Clayton-Bulwer treaty? What event actually triggered the Panamanian Revolution? What was the US role in the Panamanian Revolution? What was the motivation for the building of the canal? What was the alternative sit for an isthmian canal across Central America? Why did Colombia reject the US treaty on the canal? What was the Hay-Pauncefote Treaty? What was the Hay-Bunua-Varilla Treaty?

Debate on Imperialism Who was Alfred T. Mahan? Who did Mahan believe could control the world? Who was Rudyard Kipling? What poem did he write about imperialism? What was its point? What was Roosevelt’s Great White fleet? Which US president of the 1890s was the least enthusiastic about imperialistic goals? Who were the strong imperialists? (TR, Lodge, Beveridge, McKinley, Denby) What were their arguments for expansion? (economic, Social Darwinism, geopolitical, missionary) Who were key anti-imperialists? (Reed, Bryan, Schurz, Hoar, Carnegie & Twain) What were the key arguments of the anti-imperialist? Why did America become imperialist at the end of the 19th Century? How did Imperialists justify their position?

China What was the Open Door Policy? Who wrote it? How was it received by other foreign powers in China? What was the Boxer rebellion? How did the US respond? Why did many US citizens oppose US intervention in China?