US Hist TAKS set #3
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- Joseph Pulitzer
- American journalist; one of the men responsible for yellow journalism during the Spanish-American War
- Emilio Aguinaldo
- rebel leader who led the Filipinos in revolt in the Philippine-American War
- William Hearst
- American publisher; one of the men responsible for yellow journalism during the Spanish-American War
- William McKinley
- 25th president of the US (1897-1901)
- Matthew Perry
- American naval officer, who commanded the expedition that established United States relations with Japan
- Theodore Roosevelt
- 26th president of the US (1901-1909)
- "Rough Riders"
- a voluntary cavalry, commanded by Theodore Roosevelt and Leonard Wood, that served in the Spanish-American War
- Queen Liliuokalani
- Queen of Hawaii (1891-1893), who formally abdicated her throne in 1895, becoming the last monarch in Hawaiian history
- Sanford B. Dole
- American statesman and lawyer, elected president of the republic of Hawaii and appointed territorial governor later
- Alfred T. Mahan
- American naval officer and historian, who urged the government to build up American naval power in order to compete with other powerful nations
- William Seward
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- Jose Marti
- Cuban writer and patriot, whose poetry, political prose, and eventual death in battle made him the martyred symbol of Cuban aspirations to independence
- George Dewey
- American naval officer, who became a hero during the Spanish-American War when the U.S. fleet he commanded destroyed the Spanish fleet at Manila
- annexation
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- USS Maine
- the battleship that was mysteriously blown up in Havana in February, 1898. The press blamed the explosion on Spanish sabotage, enraging American public opinion.
- expansion
- the increase of a country's size by the acquisition of new territory
- Open Door Policy
- term that refers to the principle of equal trading rights in China at the end of the 19th century. It is also used to describe policies of equal trading rights in other countries.
- protectorate
- a country or region that is defended and controlled by a more powerful state, or the relationship between the two
- Open Door Notes
- messages sent by Secretary of State John Hay in 1899 to Germany, Russia, Great Britian, France, Italy, and Japan, asking the countries not to interfere with trading rights in Europe
- yellow journalism
- the use of sensationalized and exaggerated reporting by newspapers or magazines to attract readers
- Roosevelt Corollary
- an extension of the Monroe Doctrine, in 1904, under which the US claimed the right to protect its economic interests by means of military intervention in the affairs of Western Hemisphere nations, announced by President Theodore Roosevelt
- Boxer Rebellion
- an unsuccessful rebellion in China in 1900, the objective of which was to drive out all foreigners, remove all foreign influence, and compel Chinese Christians to give up their religion
- causes of Mexican Revolution
- an effort to overthrow the 30-year dictatorship of Porfirio Díaz that grew into a widespread rebellion
- results of the Civil War
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- results of American Revolution
- American colonies win independence from Great Britain
- results of Mexican Revolution
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- results of Spanish-American War
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- 1898
- Treaty of Paris that ends the Spanish-American War is signed
- 16th Amendment
- progressive amendment that created a graduated income tax
- Treaty of Paris (1898)
- signed on December 10, 1898, and ratified by the U.S. Senate on February 6, 1899, ended the Spanish-American War
- Foraker Act
- passed by the U.S. Congres in 1900, established civil government in Puerto Rico but did not clearly define the colony’s relationship with the United States. Under the Foraker Act, the people of Puerto Rico became subject to U.S. federal law.
- Platt Amendment
- specified conditions under which the federal government might intervene in the internal affairs of Cuba, included in the Cuban constitution (1901) and in the treaty between Cuba and the United States (1903)
- The Influence of Sea Power
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- De Lome Letter
- private letter that was published in the press in which the Spanish ambassador called President McKinley "weak"; De Lome's letter inflamed Americans against Spain
- White Man's Burden
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