Reading Guide Chapter 14 American Imperialismname

Reading Guide Chapter 14 American ImperialismName:

US History IIBlock:

Use your textbook Chapter 14 (p.490-513) to answer each question.

Section 1: Page 490-495

1. What were 3 reasons Americans, starting in the 1880’s, became convinced that the US should become a world power?

1. Explain the influence of raw materials and investments on Europe’s desire to expand their power overseas.

a)Raw Materials:

b)Investments:

1. Why did imperial powers allow local leaders to remain in control as part of a protectorate?

1. Where had the US expanded until the late 1800’s?

1. What argument did “Social Darwinists” use to support imperialism?

1. What did well-known writer and historian John Fiske add to the concept of Social Darwinism?

1. How did clergy like Josiah Strong support imperialism?

1. America involved itself in the affairs of 3 countries in the late 1800’s. Name these countries.

1. What specifically did Alfred T. Mahan say in his book about the need for a navy and bases from which to operate?

1. What was the effect on Japan’s history of Mathew Perry’s opening Japan to US trade?

1. Why did Americans seek to establish ports in the Pacific during the late 1800’s?

1. What crop grew very well in Hawaii that encouraged US planters to go there?

1. During the economic crisis of 1872-1875, why did the US decide to exempt Hawaiian sugar from tariffs?

1. What convinced US planters in Hawaii that it should be annexed into the US starting in the 1890’s?

1. What action caused US planters and US Marines to overthrow Queen Liliuokalani in 1893?

1. Why did president Cleveland refuse to support the annexation of Hawaii?

1. What was the main purpose of the 1st Pan American Conference held in Oct. 1889?

1. What would a “custom’s union” have done to encourage trade between the US & Latin America if it had been approved?

Section 2: Page 496-503

1. What did Jose Marti do while living in NY in the 1880’s?

1. What were the ways the US & Cuba became economically linked in the early 1890’s?

1. How did Marti use the economic crisis caused by a US Tariff in 1894?

1. Why were some Americans supportive of the Cuban Revolution?

1. What caused most Americans to support the Cuban rebels?

1. Who was William Randolph Hearst? Joseph Pulitzer?

1. Sensational and exaggerated stories published in US newspapers about Spanish cruelty to the Cuban people was known as?

1. Why did the Cuban rebels attack American owned businesses and investments in Cuba?

1. To stop Cuban villagers from helping Cuban rebels, Spanish Gen. Weyler did what?

1. In 1897, for what reasons didn’t the new US President William McKinley want to in intervene in Cuba?

1. How did the Spanish ambassador to the US describe the US president in a private letter that was published?

1. What happened to the USS Maine on Feb. 15, 1898?

1. Which Filipino leader helped Commodore George Dewey seize the Philippines from the Spanish?

1. What was the name of the famous American fighting unit made up of cowboys, miners, and law enforcement officers?

1. What were three arguments of supporters of the US annexation of the Philippines?

1. Give three arguments against annexing the Philippines given by anti-imperialists like Carnegie, Gompers, and others?

1. What are 4 things the Platt Amendment stipulated regarding Cuba?

1. What did the Foraker Act do regarding Puerto Rico?

1. How long did the Philippine Insurrection last? How many Americans died? How many Filipinos?

Chapter 14 Section 3

p. 504-511

38. From 1895-1900, American exports to China increased ______.

1. What did the 1894 war between China and Japan over Korea show that Japan had “mastered”?

40. Why did Russia NOT want Japan to acquire Manchuria from China?

41. How did leasing territory in a country work?

42. What countries demanded “leaseholds” in China?

43. What was a “sphere of influence”?

44. Who supported an “Open Door” Policy with China? What is Open Door Policy?

45. What was the main goal of the Society of Harmonious Fists or Boxers in 1900?

46. Who/what landed in China to rescue foreigners from the “Boxers” and defeat the rebellion?

47. What happened to President McKinley in Sept. 1901?

48. What did Theodore Roosevelt believe about Anglo-Saxon ideas?

49. Why did Theodore Roosevelt win the Nobel Peace Prize in 1906?

50. What West African saying guided Theodore Roosevelt’s foreign policy?

51. How did Roosevelt defend the US building of the Panama Canal against protests?

52. What did the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine state?

53. What was the goal of the Roosevelt Corollary?

54. How did President Taft’s foreign policy differ from Roosevelt’s in regard to use of military force?

55. What did Taft believe would happen if the US supported Latin American development?

56. What was the name given Taft’s foreign policy towards Latin America?

57. What did President Woodrow Wilson want the US to do to rid the world of revolution & war?

58. Why was Porfirio Diaz a bad leader for most Mexican citizens?

59. What happened in Mexico in 1911?

60. Which reformer who supported democracy, constitutional government, and land reform led the Mexican revolution?

61. Who had Francisco Madero murdered? Why?

62. Why did President Wilson dislike Gen. Victoriano Huerta?

63. What policy did President Wilson announce for Latin America?

64. What happened to US sailors visiting the Mexican city of Tampico in 1914?

65. What did President Wilson ask Congress to do after Mexico refused to apologize for the Tampico Incident?

66. Why did Wilson order US ships to shell the Port of Vera Cruz?

67. How was Wilson’s dispute with Mexico brought to an end?

58. What did Pancho Villa do that caused Wilson to send US troops after him?

59. What American General did President Wilson send to capture Pancho Villa?

60. Why did President Wilson recall US troops who were trying to capture Pancho Villa in 1917?

61. What did the British say about President Wilson’s Mexico policy?

62. How did Latin America view Wilson’s policy?

63. What did Wilson do with Nicaragua in 1914?

64. Why did Wilson send US marines into Haiti in 1915?

65. Why did Wilson send troops to the Dominican Republic in 1916?