1. The Spanish-American War
Chapter 17 Section 2
The Spanish-American War

2. Arbitration
The settlement of a dispute by a person or panel chosen to listen to both sides and come to a decision

3. Yellow Journalism
Sensational news coverage emphasizing crime and scandal
Newspapers were publishing exaggerated reports about the events of the Cuban rebellion in order to get more readers

4. Jingoism
An intense burst of national pride and the desire for an aggressive foreign policy

5. How did Yellow journalism and jingoism influence Americans’ views of the Cuban rebellion?
Strengthened American sympathy for the Cuban rebels

6. Steps to War
De Lome Letter- Insulted President McKinley-angered the American people

7. What did Secretary of State John Hay mean when he called America’s war with Spain a “splendid little war”?
The war was short and victorious

8. What were the terms of the Treaty of Paris?
Spain recognized Cuban independence

9. Platt Amendment
The Cuban government could not enter any foreign agreements, must allow the U.S. to

10. How did U.S. policies, such as the Platt Amendment, secure control over it’s newly acquired territories?
Platt Amendment made Cuba into an American “satellite”

11. What methods did the United States use to gain land and influence in the Pacific region?
The U.S. used warfare (Spanish-American War and Filipino War)

12. Sphere of Influence
Areas of economic and political control in China

13. Open Door Policy The U.S. was afraid of being left out
The Open Door Policy would give all nations equal opportunity in China (free trade)

14. The effects of U.S. foreign policy on other nations after the Spanish-American War.

15. Philippines
Annexed by the U.S. after Spanish-American War. U.S. soldiers remain there. Fighting between U.S. and Philippines occurs..

16. President McKinley installed a military government to protect American business interests.
Cuba drafted a constitution in 1900 that did not allow for U.S. involvement.
The U.S. government only agreed to remove its troops if Cuba included the Platt Amendment.
Cuba

17. Puerto Rico Did not become independent like Cuba
U.S. kept a military govmt there until 1900
Foraker Act-U.S. military left, but established a govmt under American control

18. Hawaii
Hawaii became increasingly important to United States business interests.

19. China
China’s huge population and its vast markets became very important to American trade.
President McKinley’s Secretary of State, John Hay, wrote notes to the major European powers trying to persuade them to keep an “open door” to China.