Chapter 23 Quiz: Rise to World Power
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| Draggable item | arrow_right_alt | Corresponding Item |
|---|---|---|
Matthew Perry | arrow_right_alt | The queen of Hawaii in 1887 who disliked foreigners entering her country. She didn't want to go to war with America because she knew her people would get destroyed |
Venustiano Carranza | arrow_right_alt | A U.S. Navy officer, geostrategist, and educator. His ideas on the importance of sea power influenced navies around the world, and helped prompt naval buildups before WWI; Several ships were named USS Mahan, including the lead vessel of a class of destroyers |
Francisco Madero | arrow_right_alt | A U.S. Representative, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, U.S. Senator from Maine, two-time United States Secretary of State - led the conference for the Pan-American Union |
Alfred Thayer Mahan | arrow_right_alt | The commodore of the US Navy who opened up Japan with the Treaty of Kanagawa |
John J. Pershing | arrow_right_alt | A popular American minister in the late 1800s who linked Anglo-Saxonism to Christian missionary ideas |
James G. Blaine | arrow_right_alt | Secretary of State under McKinley & Roosevelt who pioneered the open-door policy and Panama canal |
Josiah Strong | arrow_right_alt | US general who chased Villa over 300 miles into Mexico but didn't capture him |
Francisco "Pancho" Villa | arrow_right_alt | Mexican Revolutionary general and one of the most prominent figures of the Mexican Revolution; murdered several Americans because of the US support of his rival |
Liliuokalani | arrow_right_alt | Mexican revolutionist & politician; led forces against Huerta during the Mexican Revolution and would later become the President |
Victoriano Huerta | arrow_right_alt | Mexican military leader who led a violent revolution in 1913. His rise to power caused many Mexicans to cross the border as well as angering the U.S. who saw him as a dictator. Murdered Madero. |
John Hay | arrow_right_alt | Early leader in the Mexican Revolution; in 1911 became president of Mexico; wanted land ownership and free, honest elections, two years later he was murdered, led to power struggles |
| Draggable item | arrow_right_alt | Corresponding Item |
|---|---|---|
Samoa | arrow_right_alt | After negotiations in 1897, a treaty was agreed to for the annexation of the Republic; Marines supported an overthrow of the queen in order to obtain more territory for the U.S.` |
Midway Islands | arrow_right_alt | Located about 3,000 miles off the coast of California; serving as an important stopping point for American ships on their way to China. |
Puerto Rico, Guam, & the Phillipines | arrow_right_alt | Pacific island that became a triple protectorate of the United States, Britain, and Germany |
Hawaii | arrow_right_alt | Pacific Islands given to the US for $20 million from Spain after Treaty of Paris. |
Panama Canal | arrow_right_alt | a ship canal 40 miles long across the Isthmus in South America built by the United States (1904-1914) |