Major Terms and Concepts: Imperialism
- James G. Blaine, Pan-Americanism
- Venezuelan boundary dispute
- Bering Sea seal controversy
- "yellow journalism"
- Captain Alfred Thayer Mahan
- Samoa, Pago Pago
- VIrginius
- reconcentration policy
- de Lome letter
- Maine explodes
- Assistant Secretary of Navy Theodore Roosevelt
- Commodore Dewey, Manila Bay
- Cleveland and Hawaii
- Queen Liliuokalani
- annexation of Hawaii
- Rough Riders, San Juan Hill
- Treaty of Paris, 1898
- American Anti-Imperialist League
- Philippines, Guam, Puerto Rico
- Walter Reed
- Insular Cases
- Teller Amendment
- Platt Amendment
- protectorate
- Aguinaldo, Philippine insurrection
- Secretary of State John Hay, Open Door Notes
- spheres of influence
- Boxer Rebellion
- extraterritoriality
- most favored nation clause
- election of 1900: candidates, issues
- Roosevelt's Big Stick diplomacy
- U.S.S. Oregon
- Clayton-Bulwer Treaty
- Hay-Pauncefote Treaty
- Panama revolution
- Panama Canal
- Goethals and Gorgas
- Venezuelan crisis, 1902
- Drago Doctrine
- Roosevelt Corollary
- "Colossus of the North"
- Dominican Republic
- Russo-Japanese War, Treaty of Portsmouth
- San Francisco School Board incident
- Elihu Root
- Gentleman's Agreement
- Great White Fleet
- Root-Takahira Agreement
- Lansing-Ishii Agreement, 1917
Major Themes and Ideas for Essays: Foreign Policy
- Organize U.S. foreign policy from 1865 to 1900 by
- geographic region- Far East, Latin America, Caribbean, Europe
- American motives - economic, moral, Monroe Doctrine, balance of power among European nations, dominance in the Caribbean;
- influence of domestic politics on foreign policy.
- Explain imperialism: characteristics, sources, nature, causes, impact, results, compare to European imperialism
- Link Reconstruction, Populism, and imperialism
- Compare and contrast the old and new Manifest Destiny
- Explain the debate over the Treaty of Paris
- Was the Open Door a myth or reality?
- Compare Roosevelt's foreign policy to Wilson's foreign policy
- Outline U.S. policy toward Mexico and Cuba, 1890s to 1930s
- Explain how the U.S. pushed around smaller nations, 1864-1914
- Explain U.S. policy in the Far east: Balance Japan and protect China
- Give several contrasting interpretations of entering the war
- Name causes of the U.S. entry into WWI and its attempts to remain neutral
- After the defeat of the Versailles Treaty; list immediate and long-term consequences
- Who was responsible for the defeat of the Versailles Treaty?
- Assess the following: war and the threat of war united and divided Americans in the 1898 to 1920 period
- Compare the foreign and domestic policies of William McKinley and his vice-presidential successor, Theodore Roosevelt.
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