Chapter 27:

People:

Alfred Thayer Mahan, James G. Blaine, Richard Olney, Valeriano Weyler, Dupuy De Lomé, Emilio Aguinaldo, Philippe Bunau-Varilla, George Washington Goethals

Terms:

Reconcentration, Jingoism, Imperialism, Guerilla warfare,SPHERE OF INFLUENCE, Yellow Peril, Pan American Conference, Teller Amendment, Insular Cases, Portsmouth Conference, Gentlemen’s Agreement, Great White Fleet, Hay Pauncefote , Platt Amendment, Foraker Act, Teller Amendment

Questions:

1. Why did America begin to become Imperialistic in the late 1800s? How did people pervert Darwin’s theories to justify Imperialism? What did Mahan feel was important for the US to important for the US to remain powerful?

2. What is the Roosevelt Corollary? How did it impact US relations with Latin America? What countries in the Caribbean did the US become involved with?

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