Ch 18: America Claims an Empire
Read pages 546 to 575. Answer the questions.
Section 1: Imperialism and America
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Who was Queen Liliuokalani?
What did the US do to the island kingdom of Hawaii?
What is imperialism?
Why did US leaders feel we had to expand and keep up with the Europeans?
What were the benefits of having colonies?
What 3 desires fueled America’s quest for imperialism?
Who was Alfred Mahan?
What did he urge the US to do?
What are the benefits of new markets for the US?
Why did Americans think that they were culturally superior to the rest of the world?
How did Social Darwinism play a role in the sense of American superiority?
Who was William Seward?
What did he buy and for how much?
Why did many consider this a waste of money?
What made Hawaii an attractive place to take over?
Why was sugar and Pearl Harbor important to the US?
Who was Sanford Dole?
What did President Cleveland do about the Hawaiian annexation problem?
How did President McKinley settle the controversy?
Section 2: The Spanish American War
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What did James Creelman say in his newspaper accounts of the Cuban movement for independence?
How did this cause more papers to sell?
Why did the US have economic interest in Cuba?
Who was Jose Marti?
Why is he among the most admired men in Latin American history?
How did the Spanish general Valeriano Weyler make things worse during the Cuban revolution?
Who were William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer?
Why did they believe in yellow journalism?
How did the De Lome letter help spark a war between the US and Spain?
What happened to the USS Maine?
Who was blamed for it?
Who was the US hero during the war that conquered the Philippines?
Why was he celebrated?
In what way were the American soldiers unprepared to fight in Cuba?
Who where the Rough Riders?
How did Teddy Roosevelt gain military and political fame during the Spanish American war?
What were the conditions of the Treaty of Paris?
Why did Congress debate and argue over the treaty?
Was America right to practice imperialism?
Why or why not?
Section 3: Acquiring New Lands
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What did Luis Munoz Rivera advocate for his home of Puerto Rico?
Why do you think the US chose military occupation in Puerto Rico?
What was the impact of the Foraker Act?
What is the status of Puerto Rico since 1952?
Why did the US grant Cuba independence and then occupy with the military?
What was the Platt Amendment?
Why did Cubans agree to this?
What business interests did Americans have in Cuba that were worth protecting?
Who was Emilio Aguinaldo?
How many people were killed and how much did the Phillippine American War cost?
What was John Hay’s Open Door Notes with China?
How did this protect American trade with China?
What was the Boxer Rebellion?
How did the US respond to this Chinese uprising?
Why did Mark Twain and members of the Anti Imperialist League object to US expansionism?
Section 4: America As A World Power
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What did Joseph Bucklin Bishop say about the building of the Panama Canal?
In what way does the building of the canal capture the American Spirit?
What war did Teddy Roosevelt help to end?
What award did he win for his role as peacemaker?
Why did the British and French fail to build the Panama Canal?
How much did the US spend on the canal?
How many workers died building the canal?
Why was Columbia upset at the US for building the canal?
What was the Roosevelt Corollary?
What was Teddy Roosevelt’s catchy phrase to express the US role in the Carribbean?
What was Dollar Diplomacy?
Which is better Taft’s Dollar Diplomacy or TR’s Speak Softly and Carry A Big Stick?
Explain why?
What happened in Mexico in 1913?
Who was Pancho Villa?
In what did the US get involved in the rebellion in Mexico?
Why was it in the interests of the US to be involved in Mexico?