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Latin America, the Pacific Islands, and Imperialism
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History
10th Grade
04/03/2007

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Extending a nation's power by acquiring or gaining control over new territories
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imperialism
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Goods needed to feed industrial production
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raw materials
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People of industrial nations wanted these kinds of foods.
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tropical foods (or foods from Asia and Africa)
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Mass production created a need for these.
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new markets
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Pride in one's country: a spur to imperialism
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nationalism
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Missionary motive of imperialism
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to spread religion
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An area, with its people, totally controlled by a foreign nation
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a colony
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Taxes on goods brought into a country
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tariffs
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Factory owners needed new ways to invest this.
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surplus capital (profits)
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Colonies provided this important resource for armies.
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manpower
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Colonies provided this important resource for navies.
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refueling stations and/or naval bases
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So-called duty of western nations toward "backward" people
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to "civilize" them
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Colonial rivalries were an underlying cause of this global conflict
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World War I
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Country controlled by one foreign power and "protected" from other nations
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a protectorate
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Ports opened by treaty to foreign nations
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treaty ports
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Early economic theory that colonies added a lot to a nation's wealth
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mercantilism
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Imperialism carried on for the sake of profit
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economic imperialism
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Imperialism carried on to improve a nation's power and status
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political imperialism
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Region where one foreign nation had special privileges recognized by other nations
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a sphere of influence
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Social theory that people who were wealthy and powerful > poorer and less powerful people
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Social Darwinism
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New source of power for western ships
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steam
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Pacific island group closest to the United States
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the Hawaiian Islands
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Type of native government in Hawaii
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monarchy
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Plantations were established on Hawaii to grow these crops.
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sugar cane and pineapple
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Group on Hawaii that persuaded the United States to annex the islands
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American planters
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U.S. controlled islands of Samoa
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American Samoa
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Fuel needed by ocean-going ships
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coal
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Islands halfway across the Pacific occupied by the United States
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the Midway Islands
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Arm of the U.S. government that controlled Samoa
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the U.S. Navy
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Status of the Hawaiian islands after U.S. annexation
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a territory
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Last queen of Hawaii
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Queen Liliuokalani
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Island chain of Alaska acquired by the United States
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the Aleutians
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English explorer who sailed to many small Pacific islands
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Captain James Cook
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Samoan harbor and site of a U.S. naval base
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Pago Pago
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Central Pacific Island acquired by the United States
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Wake Island
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German-controlled islands of Samoa
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Western Samoa
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Two of the early French island territories in the Pacific
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the Marquesas, Tahiti (Society Islands), and New Caledonia
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Great Britain's four island territories
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the Fijis, Gilberts, Solomons, and Cooks
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The four German island territories
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the Solomons, Marshalls, Carolines, and Marianas
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Islands jointly controlled from 1889 to 1899 by Germany, Great Britain, and the U.S.
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the Samoan Islands
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Memorable U.S. battleship blown up in a Cuban harbor
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the Maine
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Americans sympathized wth Cubans' desire for this.
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independence
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Popular U.S. volunteer in the Spanish-American War who became vice-president
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Theodore Roosevelt
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Theodore Roosevelt's dashing group of volunteer cavalrymen
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the Rough Riders
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Status of Cuba after the war
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independent
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These publications stirred up U.S. sentiment against Spain
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newspapers
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Island that was the main cause of tension between the U.S. and Spain
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Cuba
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Cuban harbor where a U.S. battleship exploded
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Havana
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U.S. president during the war with Spain
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William McKinley
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The war of 1898
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the Spanish-American War
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Islands southeast of the United States ceded by Spain
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Cuba and Puerto Rico
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Islands of the Pacific ceded by Spain to the United States
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the Philippines and Guam
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Harbor and capital of the Philippines
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Manila
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Islands promised eventual independence when the U.S. took control
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the Philippines and Puerto Rico
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Head of the Philippine and Puerto Rican governments
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an appointed governor
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Sea that surrounds Cuba
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the Caribbean
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Amendment to the Cuban constitution that gave the U.S. the right to intervene in Cuban affairs
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the Platt Amendment
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The one remaining U.S. naval station in Cuba
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Guantanamo Bay
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Small island east of the Philippines that became an important American naval base
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Guam
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Major island that was the site of the Philippine capital
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Luzon
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Leader of Filipino resistance to U.S. occupation
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Emilio Aguinaldo
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Latin America's new ruling class lacked this.
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experience
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Strategic need for a Central American canal
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defense
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Central American canal
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the Panama Canal
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Insect carrier of the deadly disease of Central America
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the mosquito
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Disease whose defeat allowed the canal to be built
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yellow fever
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Two bodies of water connected by the Central American canal
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the Atlantic (or Caribbean) and Pacific
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Mexican bandit who raided New Mexico
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Pancho Villa
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U.S. policy that foreign nations must not take any new Latin American colonies
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the Monroe Doctrine
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Theodore Roosevelt's addition to the Monroe Doctrine
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the Roosevelt Corollary
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Strip of land the Central American canal crossed
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the Isthmus of Panama
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Chief financial reason for U.S. intervention in many Latin American countries
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nonpayment of debts
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Country protected by the United States against expansion of British Guiana
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Venezuela
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The United States helped Panama gain its freedom from this country
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Colombia
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Island nation occupied by U.S. Marines from 1916 to 1924
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the Dominican Republic
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Former French island colony where U.S. Marines landed in 1915
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Haiti
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Caribbean islands the United States bought from Denmark
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the Virgin Islands
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Central American country occupied by U.S. Marines off and on from 1912 to 1933
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Nicaragua
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International conference to promote peaceful cooperation
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the Pan American Union
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President Roosevelt claimed this power for the United States in Latin America
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an "international police power"
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Mexican port occupied by U.S. Marines in 1914
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Veracruz
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