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chapter 10 vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Queen Liluokalani | Realized that her reign in Hawaii had come to an end |
| Imperialism | the policy in which stronger nations extend their economic, political, or military control over the weaker territories- was already a trend around the world |
| Alfred T. Mahan | Leader of the U.S navy, urged government officials to build up American naval power in order to compete with other powerful nations |
| William Seward | Secretary of state under presidents Abraham and Andrew Johnson |
| Peral Harbor | naval base, the kingdoms best port |
| Sanford B. Dole | With the help of the marines, they overthrew the queen and set up a government headed by Sanford |
| Jose Marti | Cuban poet and journalist in exile in New York, Launched a revolution in 1895 |
| Valeriano Weyler | Spain responded to the Cuban revolt by sending General Weyler to cuba to restore order |
| Yellow journalism | sensational style of writing, which exaggerates the news to lure and enrage readers |
| U.S.S Maine | President McKinley had ordered U.S.S Maine to Cuba to bring home American citizens in danger form the fighting and to protect American property |
| George Dewey | Commodore, gave the command to open fire on the Spanish fleet at Manila, the Philippine Islands |
| Rough Riders | Volunteer cavalry under the command of Leonard Wood & Theodore Roosevelt |
| San Juan Hill | Their victory cleared the way for an infantry attack on the strategically important S.J.H |
| Treaty of Paris | touched off a great debate in the US |
| Foraker Act | Ended military rule and set up a civil government |
| Platt Amendment | - 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 on the islan |
| Platt Amendment | - Cuba was not to go into debt -The Us could buy or lease land on the island for naval stations & refueling stations |
| Emilio Aguinaldo | Rebel leader, believed that the US had promised independence |
| John Hay | US secretary of state, issued in 1899 a series of policy statements called the Open Door Notes |
| Open Door notes | A series of policy statements |
| Boxer Rebellion | rebellion in which members of a Chinese secret society sought to free their country from Western influence |
| Panama Canal | artificial water way cut through the Isthmus of Panama to provide a shortcut between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans |
| Roosevelt Corollary | added to the Monroe Doctrine |
| Dollar Diplomacy | Taft administration followed the policy of using the US government to guarantee loans made to foreign countries by American businesspeople |
| Francisco "Pancho" Villa | leader of rebels |
| Emiliano Zapata | opposed Carranza's provisional government, leader of rebels |
| John J. Pershing | General and expeditionary force of about 15,000 soldiers into mexico to capture Villa dead or alive |
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