Chapter 14, Lesson 1 Flashcard

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The policy of dominating another nation's economic, political, and even military structures without actually taking government control of that nation is called ________?

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Imperialism

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The New Imperialism that began after 1880 occurred because of all the following reasons EXCEPT: American businessmen wanted overseas markets for American goods. Americans began to feel a sense of cultural superiority and came to believe in Angio-Saxonism. Americans wanted to clean-up urban areas and the tenements of the major cities before trying to expand overseas. Americans came to believe in the attitudes of Social Darwinism and wanted to be among the strongest in the world.

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Americans wanted to clean-up urban areas and the tenements of the major cities before trying to expand overseas.

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What is Anglo-Saxonism?

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It is the belief that English-speaking peoples are superior to all other races and cultures.

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In the book, The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, the author advocated that the United States should do all of the following EXCEPT: Increase its exports by acquiring colonies around the world, Create a large, modern navy, Build a inter-ocean canal between the Atlantic and the Pacific Ocean, Lower the tariff to demonstrate to other countries a willingness to expand foreign trade

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Lower the tariff to demonstrate to other countries a willingness to expand foreign trade

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Who authored the book, The Influence of Sea Power Upon History in 1890, influencing U.S. politicians with the thesis that a strong navy is needed for world power?

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Alfred T. Mahan

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Commodore Matthew C. Perry opened up American trade with __________ in 1854, in the Treaty of Kanagawa.

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Japan

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American sugarcane producers wanted _________ to be annexed to the United States in the 1880's and 1890's so those producers could receive subsidies from Washington, D.C.

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Hawaii

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All of the following were ideas and attitudes that contributed to Americans' desire to become a world power EXCEPT: Social Darwinism, Anglo-Saxonism, The Social Gospel, Nativism

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Nativism

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________ is the belief that societies, like organisms, evolve and only the strongest societies survive.

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Social Darwinism

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The idea put forth by Josiah Strong that the United States was "divinely commissioned to be our 'brother's keeper,'" was the idea called _________?

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the Social Gospel