Study Guide

Imperialism

and

America’s Rise

as a

World Power

NOTE: If you can answer these questions satisfactorily, you should do well on this section of the first exam. The material below consists of important material from the lecture. Questions on the test will be largely taken from this material.

Terms (definition and significance):

“Special relationship”

Venezuelan Border Dispute 1895

“Pulling the lion’s tale”

Monroe Doctrine

“Open Door Policy”

New Manifest Destiny

closing of the frontier

Social Darwinism

Alfred Thayer Mahan

James G. Blaine

Pan-Americanism

Pearl Harbor

Pago Pago

Queen Liliokalani

Spanish American War 1898

Yellow Journalism

William Randolph Hearst

USS Maine

De Lome Letter

Teller Amendment

Battle of Manila Bay

siege of Santiago

Rough Riders

Constitution follows the flag

Platt Amendment

Filipino Insurrection

Emilio Aguinaldo

Elihu Root

Hay-Pauncefote Treaty

Panama Canal

Roosevelt Corollary

Dollar Diplomacy

Mexican Revolution

Victoriano Huerta

Pancho Villa

Venusiano Carranza

Questions to Think About:

Why did the US not have much of a foreign policy in the late 19^th century?

What did the US start to look overseas toward the end of the 19^th century?

What were the three long standing assumptions of US foreign policy?

How the US operate in Latin America?

How did the US operate in the Pacific and Asia?

What was the significance of the Spanish American War?

What was the nature of the US overseas empire?

How did the progressive presidents Roosevelt, Taft, and Wilson conduct their foreign policies?