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America Claims Emp.
America Claims an Empire
Question | Answer |
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Jose Marti | A cuban poet who organized a rebellion against Spain. |
Valeriano Weyler | General sent to Cuba to restore order. He used cruel tactics and methods of restoring order. |
Yellow Journalism | The use of sensationalized and exaggerated reporting by newspapers or magazines to attract readers. |
U.S.S. Maine | A U.S. warship that mysteriously exploded and sank in the harbor of Havana, Cuba. |
George Dewey | The American naval commander in the Pacific. |
Rough Riders | A volunteer cavalry regiment commanded by Leonard Wood and Theodore Roosevelt, that served in the Spanish-American-Cuban War. |
Platt Amendment | A series of provisions that the U.S. insisted Cuba add to its news constitution giving the U.S. the right to interfere in the country and the right to buy or lease cuban land for naval and coaling stations. |
Protectorate | A country whose affairs are partially controlled by a stronger power. |
Emilio Aguinaldo | Rebel leader who believed the U.S. had promised independence and that it had betrayed the Filipinos after helping them win freedom from Spain. |
John Hay | U.S. secretary of state who issued a series of policy statements called the Open Door Notes. |
Open Door Notes | Messages sent by secretary of state John Hay to the European Powers asking the countries not to interfere with U.S. trading rights in China. |
Boxer Rebellion | A 1900 rebellion in which members of a Chinese Secret Society sought to free their country from western influence. |
Panama Canal | An artificial waterway cut through the isthmus of Panama to provide a shortcut between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. |
Roosevelt Corollary | Announced by Roosevelt under which the U.S. clained the right to protect its economic interests by means of military intervention in the affairs of Western Hemisphere nations. |
Dollar Diplomacy | The U.S. policy of using the nation's economic power to exert influence over other countries. |
Francisco "Pancho" Villa | Led revolts against Carranza. |
John H. Pershing | A general who led an expeditionary force of about 15000 soldiers in pursuit of Villa. |
Joseph Pulitzer | American newspaper tycoon. |
William Randolph Hearst | American newspaper tycoon. |