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Why Polk wanted the Mexican War
He believed it would give the U.S. California and New Mexico -
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
U.S. treaty between Mexico and U.S., Rio Grande is border of Texas, Mexico ceded (gave up) New Mexico and California, U.S. payed $15 million for Mexican Cession (present day Cali, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, etc.), guaranteed Mexicans living in old Mexican territory protection -
Purchase of Alaska
The purchase of Alaska in 1867 marked the end of Russian efforts to expand trade and settlements to the Pacific coast of North America, and became an important step in the United States rise as a great power in the Asia-Pacific region. -
Alsace-Lorraine
Territory disputed between France and Germany from 1871-1918. -
Chinese Exclusion Act 1882
Outlawed Chinese immigration for 10 years and explicitly denied naturalization rights to Chinese in the U.S.Signed into law by Chester B. Arthur. The first time a particular ethnic group was restricted from immigration. Enacted in part to protect jobs for whites because Chinese were willing to work for much lower wages. -
James G. Blaine
Pushed his "big sister" policy which sough better relations with Latin American and in 1889 he presided over the first Pan-America Conference in Washington D.C. -
Alfred Thayer Mahan
Wrote The Influence of Sea Power upon History, which argued that control of the sea was the key to world dominance;it stimulated the naval race among the great powers. -
Overthrow of Hawaii
On Jan. 17, 1893, Hawaii's monarchy was overthrown when a group of businessmen and sugar planters forced Queen Liliuokalani to abdicate. The coup led to the dissolving of the Kingdom of Hawaii two years later, its annexation as a U.S. territory and eventual admission as the 50th state in the union. -
The Cuban Revolt during the Spanish American War
The Cuban War of Independence (Spanish: Guerra de Independencia cubana, 1895–98) was the last of three liberation wars that Cuba fought against Spain, the other two being the Ten Years' War (1868–1878) and the Little War (1879–1880). -
Annex of Hawaii
U.S. wanted Hawaii for business and so Hawaiian sugar could be sold in the U.S. duty free, Queen Liliuokalani opposed so Sanford B. Dole overthrew her in 1893, William McKinley convinced Congress to annex Hawaii in 1898. -
U.S. v. Wong Kim Ark
Supreme Court Case which supported a native born American's right to citizenship regardless of a parent's nationality -
Cause of the Spanish American War
On April 21, 1898, the United States declared war against Spain. ... The reasons for war were many, but there were two immediate ones: America's support the ongoing struggle by Cubans and Filipinos against Spanish rule, and the mysterious explosion of the battleship U.S.S. Maine in Havana Harbor. -
Yellow Press in the Spanish-American War
"Yellow journalism" cartoon about Spanish–American War of 1898 (Independence Seaport Museum). The newspaper publishers Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst are both attired as the Yellow Kid comics character of the time, and are competitively claiming ownership of the war. -
Territory of Hawaii
The Territory of Hawaii or Hawaii Territory was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from August 12, 1898, until August 21, 1959, when most of its territory, excluding Palmyra Island and the Stewart Islands, was admitted to the Union as the fiftieth U.S. state, the State of Hawaii. -
U.S.S Maine
Ship that explodes off the coast of Cuba in Havana harbor and helps contribute to the start of the Spanish-American War -
Teller Amendment
The Teller Amendment was an amendment to a joint resolution of the United States Congress, enacted on April 20, 1898, in reply to President William McKinley's War Message. It placed a condition on the United States military's presence in Cuba. -
Admiral Cervera
led a Spanish fleet of warships to Cuba; was blocked from Santiago Harbor by American ships. -
Outbreak of War over Hawaii and the Philippines
The United States' drive to extend influence across the Pacific instigated a Philippine American War. Fighting broke out on Feb. 4, 1899, and eventually far exceeded that against Spain. At the outbreak, the U.S. had only a small amount of troops in the Philippines compared to Aquinaldo's 40,000 fighters. -
Philippines/Filipino Insurrection
1899-1901, Filipinos sought to expel US forces from the Philippines through force. It began after the Senate refused to grant independence to the Philippines. Exceptionally bloody. Hundreds of thousands of Filipinos killed. -
Boxers' Rebellion
An uprising in China against foreign influence in religion, politics, and trade. In the fighting, the Boxers killed thousands of Chinese Christians and attempted to storm the foreign embassies in Beijing. -
Big Stick Diplomacy
The policy held by Teddy Roosevelt in foreign affairs. The "big stick" symbolizes his power and readiness to use military force if necessary. It is a way of intimidating countries without actually harming them. -
Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty
U.S. garantee of independence for newly created Republic of Panama -
What is the significance of the Roosevelt Corallary in terms of Latin American relations throughout the 20th century?
In 1904, Roosevelt declared in his State of the Union address that the US, not Europe, should dominate the affairs of Latin America. Although the US had no expansionist intentions, any 'brutal wrongdoing' by a Latin American nation would justify US intervention as a global police power. This Roosevelt Corollary has dominated Latin American policies ever since. -
Root Takahira Agreement
1908 - Japan / U.S. executive agreement in which both nations agreed to respect each other's territories in the Pacific and to uphold the Open Door policy in China. -
Dollar Diplomacy
Term used to describe the efforts of the US to further its foreign policy through use of economic power by guaranteeing loans to foreign countries. -
Panama Canal
The Panama Canal is an artificial waterway that stretches across Panama, connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. It was championed by Theodore Roosevelt and built between 1904 and 1914. many people died of malaria while building the canal. Until 1999, when Panama gained control of the canal, the US had the ability to regulate all ship movement through the canal -
Francis Ferdinand Assassination
Heir apparent to the Austro-Hungarian throne whose assassination in Sarajevo set in motion the events that started World War I. -
U-boat
German submarine that was the first submarine employed in warfare, initially used during WWI -
Lusitania
American boat that was sunk by the German U-boats; made America consider entering WWI -
Zimmermann Note
Secret document to Mexico that said Germany would help them regain lost territories in Texas, Arizona, and New Mexico if they joined the war on the Central Powers side. -
Treaty of Versailles
In Paris began Jan. 18, 1919; completed June 1919; contained few of Wilson's 14 Points- harsh, vindictive treaty toward Germany- but did include League of Nations; not agreed to by the US Senate through fear that Article X of the League Covenant would drag the YS into foreign wars. Huge defeat for Wilson. -
Red Scare
erupted in the early 1920's. The American public was scared that communism would come into the US. Left-winged supporters were suspected. This fear of communism helped businessman who used it to stop labor strikes.
