AICE Flashcard Review: American Expansion in North America, the Caribbean, and Central America

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While most other Indian Wars ended in more deaths among Native Americans than among whites, which of these ended in a massacre of US soldiers and their leader?
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Little Bighorn,
Wounded Knee,
Black Hills Massacre,
Seminole Wars

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Little Bighorn

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By assimilating Native Americans as farmers, it would lead to peace. This was the goal of...

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The Dawes Act

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It kept the border with Canada at the 49th parallel.

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Webster-Ashburton Treaty

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It made the United States an imperial power.

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Spanish-American War

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What caused many Americans to demand war due to exaggerated and sensationalistic stories?

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the "yellow press"

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Most of American foreign policy in Central America and the Caribbean was based on the desire to protect...

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Business

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Try diplomacy first, but back it up with threat of military force if necessary. This was whose foreign policy?

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Theodore Roosevelt

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In response to political instability and civil wars, the US became very concerned. President Woodrow Wilson sent troops and the navy there in both 1914 and 1916 to protect U.S. interests and restore order. This was in…

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Mexico

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Foreign debts, internal unrest, and fear of intervention by others led to the arrival of US marines in 1915 until 1934. It was made into a protectorate, and then the US controlled its economy while a series of brutal, pro-American dictators ran the country. This was in…

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Haiti

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This political cartoon was published in December 1930. The hill in the background to the left says “Bogota,” the capital of Colombia. Eight years later, Theodore Roosevelt stated: “I took the Canal Zone and let Congress debate; and while the debate goes on, the Canal does also.” To what event does the cartoon and President Roosevelt’s statement refer?

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Roosevelt’s decision to help Panamanian rebels against Colombia in exchange for the Canal Zone