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Objective: 9/22/16
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review for upcoming unit assessment
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By the 1890’s, the United States was bursting
with a new sense of power generated by an
increase in what?
• Population, wealth, and industrial production
What was a major factor in the shift in American
foreign policy toward imperialism in the late 19th
century?
• The need for overseas markets for increased
industrial and agricultural production
The numerous near-wars and diplomatic crises
of the United States in the late 1880s and 1890s
demonstrated what
• The aggressive new national mood
Why was Hawaii’s Queen Liliuokalani removed
from power?
• Queen Lil’ opposed annexation to the United
States and insisted that Native Hawaiians
should continue to control Hawaii.
Before a treaty annexing Hawaii to the United
States could be rushed through the US Senate in
1893, what happened?
• President Harrisons term expired and antiimperialist, President Grover Cleveland
became president.
In an attempt to persuade Spain to leave Cuba
or to encourage the United States to help Cuba
to gain its’ independence, what did Cuban
insurrectos do?
• Burned the corn fields and sugar mills
• ‘scorched earth’ policy- they believed that no
one would want burned unusable land
Who sunk the battleship Maine?
• It was sunken by an explosion on the ship
Why did President William McKinley ask
Congress to declare war on Spain?
• Because of yellow journalism and the sinking
of the Maine, the American people demanded
it
Where did most American military during the
Spanish-American War come from?
• America’s new steel navy
Who was the Philippine nationalist who led the
insurrection against both Spanish rule and the
later United States occupation?
• Emilio Aguinaldo
What happened when the United States invaded
Puerto Rico during the Spanish-American War?
• Most of the population greeted the invaders
as liberating heroes
What did American imperialists who advocated
acquisition of the Philippine Islands?
• They stressed their economic potential for
American businessmen seeking trade with
China and other Asian nations.
What amendment gave the United States a
virtual right to intervention in Cuba?
• The Platt Amendment
The Roosevelt Corollary called for what?
• It added a new provision to the Monroe
Doctrine, it would justify U.S. interventionism
in the affairs of Latin America
What was an immediate cause of the SpanishAmerican war?
The explosion and sinking of the battleship
U.S.S. Maine
What type of influence did yellow journalism
have on U.S. foreign policy in the 1890s?Why?
• Their news stories stirred the anger of the
American public
What was Theodore Roosevelt’s policy on the
Panama Canal?
• Roosevelt gave military support to Panama’s
revolt against Colombia
By acquiring the Philippine Islands at the end of
the Spanish-American War, the United States
was able to do what?
• It assumed rule over millions of Asian people
China’s Boxer Rebellion was an attempt to do
what?
• To throw out or kill foreigners in China
The Roosevelt Corollary added a new provision
to the Monroe Doctrine that was specifically
designed to do what?
Justify U.S. intervention in the affairs of Latin
American nations