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AMH 2020 Exam Two questions well answered to pass
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AMH 2020 Exam Two questions well answered to pass
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AMH 2020 Exam TwoPresident William McKinley (1897-1907) - correct answer ✔✔wanted gold and new markets
annexed Hawaii
created the Monroe Doctrine in 1900 to establish Western Hemisphere
Reasons for growth of American Imperialism - correct answer ✔✔1. World Markets
2. Capital Investments
3. Military Protection
4. Manifest Destiny & Burden
5. Closing West
6. Christian Missionaries
Hawaiian Sugar Interests - correct answer ✔✔Americans loved sugar and wanted to invest in sugar
plants
King Kalakua - correct answer ✔✔signed the "Reciprocity Treaty" with President Grant, all Hawaiian
goods are tax free as long as NO Europe country annexed Hawaii
Queen Liliuuokalani - correct answer ✔✔takes over after the death of King Kalakua
Not happy with American control
was forced out of power by a revolution started by American business interests.
,Attempts to make a new constitution that allows only hawaiians natives to vote
Reciprocity Treaty of 1875 - correct answer ✔✔USA will give Hawaiian goods (sugar) duty free entrance
to USA, if king Kalakua doesn't allow another country to annex Hawaii..
Bayonet Constitution/ Militia 1887 - correct answer ✔✔US investors owned so much land they were
able to create their own militia and voting block.
Hawaiians were the minority
Sanford Dole - correct answer ✔✔new leader of Hawaii
- asks for annexation, gets denied BUT Grover Cleveland recognizes the Republic of Hawaii
James G. Blaine 1889 is Secretary of state - correct answer ✔✔hosts a "Pan-American Congress"
Week long party in DC, Blaine tries to talk South American into creating reciprocity treaties. Not a
success
McKinley Tariff of 1890 - correct answer ✔✔50% tax on foreign goods UNLESS reciprocity
if you allow American goods to come in duty free then we will allow your goods to be duty free
= More sugar
The 10 years War 1868-78 - correct answer ✔✔Cuban peoples war for independence. Ending with Spain
winning
America aids by sending guns to Cuba
, USS Virginius - correct answer ✔✔United states ship captured by Spain, Americans were killed for
smuggling guns for Cubans.
Spain gives us $$ as an apology
The Cuban Revolution of 1895 - correct answer ✔✔Fought using Guerilla warfare. Because of
Newspaper wars americans see the horrible things happening in Cuba and feel the need to help.
Wilson-Gorham Tariff of 1894 - correct answer ✔✔Established a tariff rate of 40% with no reciprocity
replaces Mckinley Tariff
General Valeriano Weyler - correct answer ✔✔spanish military leader
known as the Butcher
created concentration camps during cuban revolution
Yellow Journalism: Propaganda - correct answer ✔✔Journalism that exploits, distorts, or exaggerates the
news to create sensations and attract readers
William Randolph Hearst - correct answer ✔✔New York Journal
Joseph Pulitzer - correct answer ✔✔New York World
Sinking of the USS Maine Feb. 15th 1898 - correct answer ✔✔Maine was sitting in the harbor for
protection, it explodes and sinks. No one knows for sure if the Spanish sunk it.
But the Press mad inflammatory stories to enrage americans, who immediately blamed the Spanish
Government. Begins the Spanish American War
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