Global Affairs: 1880-1919: Chapter Summary
ASSIGNMENT: REVIEW OF THE EMERGENCE OF THE AMERICAS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS: 1880-1919
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DIRECTIONS: Use your packet by the same title as the assignment, the readings and your textbook to answer the following.
IDENTIFICATIONS: Identify each of the following, ensuring that your facts relate to the context of the assignment.
1. Joseph Pulitzer - United States newspaper publisher who established the Pulitzer prizes.
2. Captain later Admiral Mahan - a lecturer in naval history and the president of the United States Naval War College, published The Influence of Sea Power upon History, 1660–1783, a revolutionary analysis of the importance of naval power as a factor …show more content…
Reconcentration Policy - After an insurgency in Cuba, in which Cubans supported by American sympathizers protested Spanish rule, Spain implemented its “Reconcentration” policy, which forcibly sent thousands of Cubans to concentration camps.
4. USS Maine - was one of the first United States battleships to be constructed. The vessel's destruction in the Cuba Harbor of Havana was a catalyst in bringing war between the United States and Spain. The loss of the ship was tremendous shock to the United States since it represented virtually the state of the art of naval shipbuilding in the United States, only recently eclipsed by newer vessels.
5. DeLome Letter - This letter, written by the Spanish Ambassador to the United States, Enrique Dupuy de Lôme, criticized American President William McKinley by calling him weak and concerned only with gaining the favor of the crowd.
6. Big Stick Diplomacy - International negotiations backed by the threat of force. The phrase comes from a proverb quoted by Theodore Roosevelt, who said that the United States should “ Speak softly and carry a big stick.”
7. Roosevelt Corollary - was an addition to the Monroe Doctrine articulated by President TheodoreRoosevelt in his State of the Union address in 1904 after the Venezuela Crisis of …show more content…
These agreements focused on postwar redistribution of territories. U.S. President Woodrow Wilson strongly opposed many of these arrangements, including Italian demands on the Adriatic. This often led to significant disagreements among the “Big Four.” Treaty negotiations were also weakened by the absence of other important nations. Russia had fought as one of the Allies until December 1917, when its new Bolshevik Government withdrew from the war. The Bolshevik decision to repudiate Russia’s outstanding financial debts to the Allies and to publish the texts of secret agreements between the Allies concerning the postwar period angered the Allies. The Allied Powers refused to recognize the new Bolshevik Government and thus did not invite its representatives to the Peace Conference. The Allies also excluded the defeated Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey, and
NAME_________________________________________DATE______________PERIOD_____SCORE____
DIRECTIONS: Use your packet by the same title as the assignment, the readings and your textbook to answer the following.
IDENTIFICATIONS: Identify each of the following, ensuring that your facts relate to the context of the assignment.
1. Joseph Pulitzer - United States newspaper publisher who established the Pulitzer prizes.
2. Captain later Admiral Mahan - a lecturer in naval history and the president of the United States Naval War College, published The Influence of Sea Power upon History, 1660–1783, a revolutionary analysis of the importance of naval power as a factor …show more content…
Reconcentration Policy - After an insurgency in Cuba, in which Cubans supported by American sympathizers protested Spanish rule, Spain implemented its “Reconcentration” policy, which forcibly sent thousands of Cubans to concentration camps.
4. USS Maine - was one of the first United States battleships to be constructed. The vessel's destruction in the Cuba Harbor of Havana was a catalyst in bringing war between the United States and Spain. The loss of the ship was tremendous shock to the United States since it represented virtually the state of the art of naval shipbuilding in the United States, only recently eclipsed by newer vessels.
5. DeLome Letter - This letter, written by the Spanish Ambassador to the United States, Enrique Dupuy de Lôme, criticized American President William McKinley by calling him weak and concerned only with gaining the favor of the crowd.
6. Big Stick Diplomacy - International negotiations backed by the threat of force. The phrase comes from a proverb quoted by Theodore Roosevelt, who said that the United States should “ Speak softly and carry a big stick.”
7. Roosevelt Corollary - was an addition to the Monroe Doctrine articulated by President TheodoreRoosevelt in his State of the Union address in 1904 after the Venezuela Crisis of …show more content…
These agreements focused on postwar redistribution of territories. U.S. President Woodrow Wilson strongly opposed many of these arrangements, including Italian demands on the Adriatic. This often led to significant disagreements among the “Big Four.” Treaty negotiations were also weakened by the absence of other important nations. Russia had fought as one of the Allies until December 1917, when its new Bolshevik Government withdrew from the war. The Bolshevik decision to repudiate Russia’s outstanding financial debts to the Allies and to publish the texts of secret agreements between the Allies concerning the postwar period angered the Allies. The Allied Powers refused to recognize the new Bolshevik Government and thus did not invite its representatives to the Peace Conference. The Allies also excluded the defeated Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey, and