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| When looking for markets, where did the U.S. try? |
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| President Pierce sent ____ ___ ____ to make a treaty with ___ warships. What was the result of this action? |
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| Commodore Matthew Perry; 4; 2 ports were opened in 1854 |
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| By the 1890s, ___ was building an empire. |
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| The United States exempted their ___ from tariffs for what reason? |
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| What was the New Treaty in Hawaii? |
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| U.S. gets Pearl Harbor as a naval base |
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| U.S. passed the ____ ____ to subsidize U.S. sugar. |
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| Who helped overthrow Queen Liliuokalani and annexed Hawaii to the U.S.? |
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| Hawaiian sugar planters and the Marines |
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| Why did Americans increaseingly support imperialism during the 1880s? |
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| They wanted power, money, trade, etc. for expansion |
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| Who said "You furnish the pictures, I'll furnish the war"? |
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| What was the name of the ship that exploded in the Havana harbor? |
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| How many people were killed in the ship explosion? |
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| How many people were killed in the ship explosion? |
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| What was the popular slogan for the war regarding the ship explosion? |
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| What happened on April 11, 1898? |
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| U.S. declares Cuba independent |
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| What happened on April 24, 1898? |
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| Spain declares war on the U.S. |
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Things that happened during the war:
1.) The ___ ___ ___ blockaded Cuba
2.) A fleet in British ___ ___ attacks a Spanish fleet in the _____
3.) Geo. Dewey destroys Spanish ships in ___ ___ (which is in the ___) |
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| North Atlanic Squadron; Hong Kong; Manila Bay; Philippenes |
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| Who sent troops to the Philippenes? What country did they capture on the way? |
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| The Army was not as good except for ___ ___ and the ___ ___. |
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| Teddy Roosevelt; Rough Riders |
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| The Rough Riders had a famous fight where? |
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| What did the Treaty of Paris say? |
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1.) Cuba was independent
2.) U.S. gets Puerto Rico
3.) pay Spain $20 million for Philippenes |
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| Do the Filipino people like the United States? |
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| Who set up reconcentration camps where Filipinos died? |
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| What two things did Taft do? |
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| appointed governors and introduced reform |
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| In what year did the Philippenes become independent? |
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| In 1917, what happened with Puerto Rico? |
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| they became U.S. citizens |
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| What did the U.S. set up in Cuba? |
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| military government and the Platt Amendment |
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| When was the Platt Amendment repealed? |
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| What were the 4 parts to the Platt Amendment? |
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1.) Cuba could not make any treaty w/ other nations
2.) U.S. could buy/lease naval stations in Cuba
3.) Cuban debt had to be kept low
4.) U.S. had right to intervene |
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