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Chapter 10 History
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Queen Liluokalani | her reign in hawaii came to an end |
| imperialism | policy where nations extend their economic, political, or military over the weak |
| william seward | a leader of the u.s. navy |
| alfred T mahan | suporter of american expansion |
| pearl ahrbor | naval base in hawaii refueling station for ships |
| sanford B Dole | governor of hawaii |
| Jose marti | cuban poet and journalist in new york |
| valeriano weyler | sent to restore order in cuba |
| yellow journalism | style of writing exaggerates the news to lure and enrage readers |
| u.s.s maine | went to cuba to get american citizens in danger of fighting and to protect american property |
| george dewey | gave command to open fire on the spanish fleet |
| rough riders | volunteer calvary under command of leonard wood and theodore roosevelt |
| san juan hill | infantry on their way to attack hill |
| treaty of paris | touched off a great debate in the united states |
| foraker act | ended military rule and set up a civil government |
| platt amendment | made rules for cuba that they had to follow |
| protectorate | a country whose affaris are partially controlled by a stronger power |
| emilio agunaldo | believed that the united states had promised independence |
| john hay | senator in 1899 |
| open door notes | letters to imperialist nations proposing that the nations share their trading rights with the united states |
| boxer rebellion | thousands of chinese died during fighting in the chinese capital |
| panama canal | us had to get permission from colombia which ruled the canal |
| roosevelt corollary | warned that disorder in latin america policy would force the us into the exercise of an international police power |
| dollar diplomacy | used to justify eurpoean powers out of carribbean |
| francisco pancho villa | were mexicans under his leadership |
| emiliano zapata | oposed carranzas provisional government |
| john j pershing | 15000 soldiers sent into mexico to capture villa dead or alive |