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AMH 2020 EXAM 2 STUDY SHEET fully solved
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AMH 2020 EXAM 2 STUDY SHEETU.S as a world power at the start of the 20th century - correct answer ✔✔Presidential policies during
this time period were the foundation of the U.S.'s role as a world power. The conflict in the Philippines
was evidence of the U.S.'s ability to crush uprising and control a territory. The Spanish-American War
demonstrates the U.S.'s role as a world power
Alfred Thayer Mahan - correct answer ✔✔Navy officer whose ideas on naval warfare and the
importance of sea-power changed how America viewed its navy; wrote "The influence of Sea Power
upon History"
USS Maine - correct answer ✔✔U.S. Battleship that exploded in Havana Harbor in 1898; Evidence
suggests an internal explosion, however Spanish military was framed by Yellow Journalism; The incident
was a catalyst for the Spanish American War
New steel navy - correct answer ✔✔Teddy started making ships out of Iron, allowed for american
expansion by way of the sea
Troop preparedness for the Spanish american war - correct answer ✔✔The U.S. Army in 1898 was small,
about 25,000 soldiers, and scattered throughout the country. The bulk of the force was assigned to
holding Native Americans in check in the West. This lack of manpower generated a heavy reliance on
National Guard soldiers from the various states
New U.S. Territories - correct answer ✔✔Guam, Puerto Rico, Philippines resulted from the Spanish
american war
Acquisition of the Philippines - correct answer ✔✔America paid Spain $20 million for the Philippines
islands. Caused much controversy at the end of the Spanish American War; Roosevelt told Commodore
George Dewey to descend upon Spain's Philippines. May 1, 1898, Dewey sailed with six warships into the
harbor of Manila (Philippines capital); quickly defeated their ten ships. More troops arrived and on
August 13, 1898, they captured Manila; collaborated with Filipino insurgents commanded by Emilio
Aguinaldo.
, Panama Canal - correct answer ✔✔(TR) , The United States built the Panama Canal to have a quicker
passage to the Pacific from the Atlantic and vice versa. It cost $400,000,000 to build. Columbians would
not let Americans build the canal, but then with the assistance of the United States a Panamanian
Revolution occurred. The new ruling people allowed the United States to build the canal.
Open Door Notes - correct answer ✔✔message send by secretary of state John Hay in 1899 to Germany,
Russia, Great Britain, France, Italy & Japan asking the countries not to interfere with US trading rights in
China.
Boxer Rebellion - correct answer ✔✔1899 rebellion in Beijing, China started by a secret society of
Chinese who opposed the "foreign devils". The rebellion was ended by British troops.
"Great White" Fleet - correct answer ✔✔popular nickname for the powerful United States Navy battle
fleet that completed a journey around the globe from 16 December 1907, to 22 February 1909, by order
of United States President Theodore Roosevelt. Its mission was to make friendly courtesy visits to
numerous countries, while displaying new U.S. naval power to the world; Also to pressure Japan into the
"Gentlemen's Agreement."
Early contributors for the progressives - correct answer ✔✔ran from the late 19th century through the
first decades of the 20th century, during which leading intellectuals and social reformers in the United
States sought to address the economic, political, and cultural questions that had arisen in the context of
the rapid changes brought with the Industrial Revolution and the growth of modern capitalism in
America. The Progressives believed that these changes marked the end of the old order and required the
creation of a new order appropriate for the new industrial age.
Goals of Muckrakers - correct answer ✔✔-give greater control of the government by the people
-end political corruption
-gain more rights for workers
-greater government regulation of big business
-help the urban poor and immigrants
-gaining rights for women
Muller v. Oregon - correct answer ✔✔1908 - Supreme Court upheld Oregon state restrictions on the
working hours of women as justified by the special state interest in protecting women's health
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