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US History chapter9
vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| political, military, and economic domination of strong nations over weaker territories | imperialism |
| economy in a colony where the colonizing country removed raw materials and shipped them back home to benefit its own economy | extractive economy |
| the belief held by some in the late nineteenth century that certain nations and races were superior to others and therefore destined to rule over them | Social Darwinism |
| newspapers that used sensational headlines and exaggerated stories in order to promote readership | Yellow Press |
| group of men, consisting of rugged westerners and upper class easterneres who fought during the Spanish-American War | Rough Riders |
| an agreement signed by the United States and Spain in 1898, which officially ended the Spanish-American War | Treaty of Paris |
| rebellion | insurrection |
| form of non-traditional warfare generally involving hit-and-run attacks by small bands of fighters | guerrilla warfare |
| a region dominated and controlled by an outside power | sphere of influence |
| violence started by members of a secret society in China, which prompted the governments of Europe and America to send troops to squash the rebellion | Boxer Rebellion |
| American statement that the government did not want colonies in Chine, but fvored free trade there | Open Door Policy |
| a war between Japan and Russia in 1904 over the presence of Russian troops in Manchuria | Russo-Japanese War |
| pact between the United States and Japan to end segregation of Asian children in San Francisco public schools. In return, Japan agreed t limit the immigration of its citizens to the United States | "Gentlemen's Agreement" |
| battleships sent by Roosevelt in 1907 on a "good will cruise" around the world | Great White Fleet |
| law establishing a civil government in Puerto Rico | Forake Act |
| set of conditions under which Cuba was granted independence in 1902, including restrictions on right of Cubans and granting to the U.S. the "right to intervene" to perserve order in Cuba | Platt Amendment |
| Theodore Roosevelt's policy of creating and using, when necessary, a strong, military to achieve America's goals | "big stick" diplomacy |
| human-made waterwat linking the Atlantic to the Pacific across the Isthmus of Panama | Panama Canal |
| President Theodore Roosevelt's reassertion of the Monroe Doctrine to keep the Western Hemisphere free from intervention by European powers | Roosevelt Corollary |
| President Taft's policy of expanding American investments abroad | "dollar diplomacy" |
| Wodrow Wilson's statement that the U.S. would not use force to asert influence in the world, but would instead work to promote human rights | "moral diplomacy" |
| agressive nationalism | jingoism |
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