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Guided Reading Questions/Terms: Chapter 27APUSH

CHAPTER 27 Empire and Expansion

Big Picture Themes

1. The Spanish-American War saw the U.S. gain Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Guantanomo Bay in Cuba, thePhilippines, and other smaller islands.2. The Philippines proved to be hard to handle since the Filipino people didn’t want the U.S. there. Theywaged a guerilla war and resented American control until it was turned back over to the Philippines after

WWII.3. The U.S. managed to get an “Open Door Policy” with China. This opened the Asian giant tointernational trade.

4. Teddy Roosevelt became a vigorous president who obtained and built the Panama Canal. His “BigStick Policy” toward Latin America increased America’s influence, but also increased animosity towardthe U.S.

Chapter 27 “Need to Know”

1.Treaty of Paris, 1898

2. Richard Olney

3. Alfred Thayer Mahan

4. James G. Blaine

5. Valeriano Weyler

6. de Lome Letter

7. Theodore Roosevelt

8. George Dewey

9. Emilio Aguinaldo

10. Jingoism

11. Pan-American Conference

12. U.S.S. Maine

13. Teller Amendment

14. Rough Riders




15. Anti-Imperialist League

16. Foraker Act

17. Insular cases

18. Platt Amendment

19. Theodore Roosevelt

20. John Hay.

21. Spheres of Influence.

22. Philippine Insurrection

23. Open Door notes

24. Boxer Rebellion

25. Big Stick Policy

26. Clayton-Bulwar Treaty

27. Hay-Pauncefote Treaty.

28. Hay — Bunau-Varilla Treaty

29. Panama Canal

30. Roosevelt Corollary

31. Portsmouth Conference

32. Gentlemen’s Agreement

33. Root-Takahira Agreement

Reading Questions

America Turns Outward

1. What factors caused America to turn its attention to the world beyond her borders?

Spurning the Hawaiian Pear 2. Why did President Cleveland not want to annex Hawaii?




Cubans Rise in Revolt

3. What was happening in Cuba that caused Americans to be concerned?

Dewey's May Day Victory at Manila 4. Why did Commodore Dewey have such an easy victory over the Spanish fleet at the Philippines?

The Confused Invasion of Cuba 5. Describe the fighting in Cuba.

America's Course (Curse?) of Empire 6. What were the arguments for and against the annexation of the Philippines?

Perplexities in Puerto Rico and Cuba

7. Describe American treatment of Cuba after the Spanish-American War.

New Horizons in Two Hemispheres 8. What were the outcomes of the Spanish-American War?

"Little Brown Brothers" in the Philippines

9. In what way do the Philippines show the good and bad sides of American imperialism?

Hinging the Open Door in China 10. Was American involvement in China beneficial to China?




Imperialism or Bryanism in 1900?

11. What issues were important in the 1900 election?

TR: Brandisher of the Big Stick 12. Give evidence to show that Teddy Roosevelt was an unconventional president?

Building the Panama Canal13. Why was the Panama route chosen for the canal?

TR's Perversion of Monroe's Doctrine 14. Explain the similarities and differences between the Monroe Doctrine and the Roosevelt Corollary?

Roosevelt on the World Stage 15. How did Teddy Roosevelt win the Nobel Peace Prize?

Japanese Laborers in California 16. How did a school board in California act in a way that first hurt and then helped American-Japaneserelations?

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