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Chapter 9 Vovcab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| imperialism | political, military, and economic domination of strong nations over weaker territories |
| extractive economy | economy in a colony where the country removed raw materials and shipped them back home to benefit their own home |
| Social Dawinism | belief that certain nations and races were superior to others and destined to rule over them |
| Yellow Press | newspaper that use sensation and exaggerated stories in order to promote readership |
| jingoism | aggressive nationalism |
| Rough Riders | group of men, consisting of rugged westerners and upper class easterners who fought in the Spanish-American War |
| Treaty of Paris | agreement signed by the U.S. and Spain in 1898 that ended the Spanish-American War |
| insurrection | rebellion |
| guerrilla warfare | form of non-traditional warfare generally involving hit and run attacks by small bands of fighters |
| sphere of influence | a region dominated and controlled by an outside power |
| Boxer Rebellion | violence started by members of a secret society in China which the government of Europe and America to send troops to squash the rebellion |
| Open Door Policy | American statement that the government did not want colonies in China, favored free trade there |
| Russo-Japanese War | war between Japan and Russia in 1904 over the presence of Russian troops in Manchuria |
| Gentlemen's Agreement | pact between the U.S and Japan to end segregation of Asian children in San Francisco public schools |
| Great White Fleet | battleship sent by Roosevelt in 1907 on a good will cruise around the world |
| Foraker Act | law establishing a cicil government in Puerto Rico |
| Platt Amendment | set of conditions under which Cuba was granted independence in 1902 |
| big stick diplomacy | Theodore Roosevelt's policy of creating and using, when necessary, a strong military to achieve America's goals |
| Panama Canal | human made waterway linking the Atlantic to the Pacific across the Isthmus of Panama |
| dollar diplomacy | President Taft policy of expanding American investments abroad |
| moral diplomacy | Woodrow Wilson's statement that the U.S. would not use force to assert influence in the world |
| Roosevelt Corollary | Theodore Roosevelt's reassertion of the Monroe Doctrine to keep the Western Hemisphere free from invention by European powers |
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