Help
Options
Didn't know it?
click below
click below
Knew it?
click below
click below
Don't Know
Remaining cards (0)
Know
retry
shuffle
restart
0:00
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Erin Rang
Chapter 10 vocab.
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Queen Liliuokalani | Realized that her region in Hawaii had come to an end |
| imperialism | The power of extending a nations authority over other countries by economic, political, or military means |
| Alfred T. Mahan | One leader of the U.S Navy |
| William Seward | Secretary of state under Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson |
| Pearl Harbor | A refueling station for American ships |
| Sanford B. Dole | Headed the government after the queen was overthrown |
| Jose Marti | A Cuban poet and journalist in exile in New York, launched a revolution in 1895 |
| Valeriano Weyler | Was sent to Cuba to restore order |
| Yellow Journalism | The use of sensationalized and exaggerated reporting by newspapers or magazines to attract readers |
| U.S.S. Maine | A U.S. war ship the mysteriously exploded and sank in the harbor of Havana, Cuba |
| George Dewey | Gave command to open fire of Spanish fleet at Manila, the Philippine capital |
| Rough Riders | A volunteer cavalry regiment, commended by Leonard Wood and Theodore Roosevelt, that served in the Spanish-American war |
| San Juan Hill | Where an infantry attack was placed |
| Treaty of Paris | The treaty ending the Spanish-American war, in which Spain freed Cuba, turned over the islands of Guam and Puerto Rico to the United States, and sold the Philippines to the United States for $20 million |
| Foraker Act | Legislation passed by congress in 1990, in which the U.S ended military rule in Puerto Rico and set up a civil government |
| Platt Amendment | A series of provisions that the United States insisted Cuba add to its new constitution |
| Portectorate | A country whose affairs are partially controlled by a strange power |
| Emilio Aguinaldo | The rebel leader the believed that the United States had promised independence |
| John Hay | U.S Secretary of state who issued a series of policy statements |
| Open Door Notes | A message sent by John Hay to Germany, Russia, B=Great Britain, France, Italy, and Japan, asking the countries not to interfere with U.S trading rights in China |
| Boxer Rebellion | A rebellion in which members of a Chinese secret society sought to free their country from western influences |
| Panama Canal | An artificial waterway cut through the Isthmus of Panama to provide a shortcut between Atlantic and Pacific Oceans |
| Roosevelt Corollary | An extension of the Monroe doctrine |
| Dollar Diplomacy | The U.S. policy for using the nations economic power to exert influence over other countries |
Created by:
Erin.Rang
Popular History sets