Hristina Bundalo Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
Queen Liliuokalani | Realized that her reign had to come to an end in Hawaii |
Imperialism | The policy in which stronger nations extend their economic, political, or military control over weaker territories |
Alfred T. Mahan | Was in U.S navy. He urged government officials to build up American naval power in order to compete with other powerful nations. |
William Seward | supporter of the american expansion, he was the secretary of state under presidents Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson. |
Pearl Harbor | Kingdoms best port |
Sanford B. Dole | Over threw Queen and set up government led by him. |
Jose Marti | Cuban poet and journalist in exile in New York, launched a revolution in 1895 |
Valeriano Weyler | Was a general was sent to restore order to the Cuban revolt |
yellow journalism | Sensational style of writing, which exaggerates the news to lure and enrage readers. |
U.S.S Maine | A ship that was sent to Cuba to bring home American citizens in danger from fighting and to protect American property. |
George Dewey | Gave command to open fire on the Spanish fleet at Manila, the Philippine capital. |
Rough Riders | a volunteer cavalry under the command of Leonard Wood and Theodore Roosevelt. |
San Juan Hill | Infantry attack happened on this. |
Treaty of Paris | Arguments centered on whether or not the United States had the right to annex the Philippines, but imperialism was the real issue. |
Foraker Act | ended military rule and set up a civil government. |
Platt Amendment | Stated that -Cuba could not make treaties that might limit its independence or permit a foreign power to control any part of its territory -the US reserved the right to intervene in Cuba -Cuba was not to go into debt -the US could buy or lease land o |
protectorate | a country whose affairs are partially controlled by a stronger power. |
Emilio Aguinaldo | believed that the united states had promised independence. |
John Hay | U.S secretary of state issued a series of notes called the open door notes. |
Open door notes | The notes were letters addressed to the leaders of imperialist nations proposing that the nations share their trading rights with the united states. |
Boxer Rebellion | Within two months, the international forces put down this. |
Panama Canal | Before they started work on this they need permission from Columbia, which then ruled Panama. |
Roosevelt Corollary | Roosevelt added this to the Monroe Doctrine. |
dollar diplomacy | used by critics and was often used to justify keeping European powers out of the Caribbean. |
Francisco "Pancho" Villa | rebels under his leadership opposed Carranzas provisional government. |
Emiliano Zapata | rebels under his leadership opposed Carranzas provisional government. |
John J. Pershing | Brigadier General that was sent into Mexico to capture Villa dead or alive. |
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