APUSH CHAP 27 – Flashcards

A diverse group formed in order to protest American colonial oversight in the Philippines

~foreign policy of Secretary of State James G. Blaine ~aimed at rallying Latin American nations behind American leadership and opening Latin American markets to Yankee traders

~An uprising in China directed against foreign influence ~paved the way for the revolution of 1911 which led to the establishment of the Republic of China in 1912

~(R) Senator Joseph B. Foraker, this accorded Puerto Ricans a limited degree of popular government ~The first comprehensive congressional effort to provide for governance of territories acquired after the Spanish American War

American diplomats began to cultivate close, cordial relations with Great Britain at the end of the 19th century

~Treaty between the US & Britain ~gave Americans a free hand to build a canal in Central America ~nullified the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty of 1850, which prohibited the British or US from acquiring territory in Central America

~1901 divided Supreme Court decreed that the Constitution did not follow the flag ~In other words, Puerto Ricans and Filipinos would not necessarily enjoy all American rights

~Cuban insurgents who sought freedom from colonial Spanish rule ~Their destructive tactics threatened American economic interests in Cuban plantations and railroads

~American battleship dispatched to keep a "friendly" watch over Cuba in early 1898. ~mysteriously blew up in Havana harbor on February 15, 1898 ~Later evidence confirmed that the explosion was accidental ~many Americans, eager for war, insisted that the Spanish were to blame

~ Pushed by President William McKinley ~tariff raised duties on Hawaiian sugar ~set off renewed efforts to secure the annexation of Hawaii to the US

~Diplomatic letters from Sec of State John Hay ~urged the great powers to respect Chinese rights and free and open competition within their spheres of influence ~Established the "Open Door Policy," which sought to ensure access to the Chinese market for the United States, despite the absence of a formal sphere of influence in China

~Following its military occupation, the US successfully pressured the Cuban gov to put this amendment into its constitution ~limited Cuba's treaty-making abilities ~controlled its debt ~stipulated that the US could intervene militarily to restore order when it saw fit

~policy of "preventive intervention" advocated by Theodore Roosevelt in his Annual Message to Congress in 1904 ~Bolstered the Monroe Doctrine ~the corollary said that the US would retain a right to intervene in the domestic affairs of Latin American nations in order to restore military and financial order

~Signed Nov 30, 1908 between US and Japan ~agreed to respect each other's territorial possessions in the Pacific and uphold the Open Door in China ~eased tensions between the two nations ~weakened American influence over further Japanese hegemony in China

~Organized by Theodore Roosevelt ~a colorful, motley regimen of Cuban war volunteers ~consisted of western cowboys, ex-convicts, and effete Ivy leaguers ~Roosevelt used it in campaigning

~proviso to Pres McKinley's war plans ~proclaimed that when the US had overthrown Spanish misrule, it would give Cuba its freedom ~The amendment testified to the initial "anti-imperialist" designs of the war plans.