Vocabulary word | definition |
isolationism | a national policy of avoiding involvement in world affairs |
expansionism | a policy that calls for expanding a nation's boundaries |
imperialism | the actions used by one nation to exercise political or economic control over smaller or weaker nations |
annexation | bringing an area under the control of a larger country |
spheres of influence | section of a country where one foreign nation enjoys special rights and powers |
Open Door Policy | a policy that allowed each foreign nation in China to trade freely in the other nations's spheres of influence |
Yellow Journalism | writing which exaggerates sensational, dramatic, and gruesome events to attract readers, named for stories that were popular during the late 1800s; a type of sensational, biased, and often false reporting |
armistice | a temporary peace agreement to end fighting |
protectorate | a country that is technically independent, but is actually under the control of another country |
isthmus | a narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas |
anarchy | disorder and lawlessness |
dollar diplomacy | a policy of joining the business interests of a country with its diplomatic interest abroad |
Treaty of Kanagawa | began American involvement in Asia |
Imperialism | This was driven by the search for materials and markets |
Seward | pictured a canal across Central America connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean |
$7.2 million | How much did Seward pay Russia to buy Alaska in a treaty he signed in 1867 |
Seward's Folly | the purchase of Alaska |
Josiah Strong | He proposed an imperialsim of righteousness |
Alfred Mahan | He called for an elargement of the Navy |
James G. Blaine | He was responsible for establishing the Pan-American Union |