Spanish American War

Asian American Studies 10 with Camacho at University of California - Los Angeles

About this deck

By: Matthew Ortega
Textbook:

All I Asking for Is My Body (Kolowalu Book)

America Is in the Heart: A Personal History (Washington Paperbacks, Wp-68)

The Four Immigrants Manga : A Japanese Experience in San Francisco, 1904-1924
Created: 2009-02-03
Size: 6 flashcards
Views: 9

About StudyBlue

STUDYBLUE makes things that make you better at school. Things like online flashcards with photos and audio. Things like personalized quizzes and friendly reminders about when (and what) to study next. Think of it as a digital backpack™: access to all of your study materials online and on your phone. STUDYBLUE exists to make studying efficient and effective for every student, for free. Join us.

“I have used this website for three exams, and I see a huge difference in my test results.”
Naj

Sign up (free) to study this.

Guam
(1 answer)

US Navy from 1898-1941

1904-1951
(1 answer)

US Naval base Pago Pago

1904
(1 answer)

1951: US Naval base Pago Pago

Tutuila Manuia
(4 answers)

1904-1951: US Naval base Pago Pago
US navy used harbor as a kidn of provision, a place to monitor, while Chinese exclusion act was going on, Navy practiced irrigation
Front seats of theater were resreved for whites, American, mlitary, and in back a rope that seperated white military from Samoans
US form relationship with families, chiefs, and as a result, a lot of Samoans migrate to Hawaii then US

Common Features of US Territories
(4 answers)

The US Congress retains absolute control, or "plenary" power, over these territories (grants the president absolute power, essentially Congress has full power)
Birth in US territory does not always guarantee American citizenship
None of the US territories have voting delegates in Congress (no voting power)
None of the territories have sovereign independent states (ambigious territories, US does not have full legal-political control over military)

Philippines
(10 answers)

1899-1935 occupation
Chinese Exclusion Act: Early 1900s large Filipino migraiton
1910: estimated that Filipino California US - 400 People
By 1930, 45,000 (many young, single men who were service workers, laborers, farmers, fishing)
Not simply passive laborers, desired better working conditions
Seen as a threat to white farmers, so in 1930s, government enacted legal measures to Filipinos and work
1935: Philippines became a commonwealth, US says "we want you to be your government and independent"
Restricted Filipino immigration and prevented comptetition between Philippine goods and US goods
Toyota, GM: Oriental threat
US felt it could not defend the military for Philippines, so 1930s: Japan was becoming a modernized state, US feared it could not protect