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Cailynne
Chapter 10 Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Queen Liliuokalani | She was the queen of Hawaii who in 1893 realized her reign had come to an end. |
| Imperialism | It is the policy in which stronger nations extend their economic, political, or military control over weaker territories. |
| Alfred T. Mahan | He was an Admiral for the US Navy who urged government officials to compete with other powerful nations. |
| William Seward | He was the secretary of state under presidents Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson. |
| Pearl Harbor | America built a naval base to be used a refueling station in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii's best port. |
| Sanford B. Dole | He headed the government after marines overthrew the queen of Hawaii. |
| Jose Marti | A Cuban poet and journalist in exile in New York, launched a revolution in 1895. |
| Valeriano Weyler | General of Spain who was sent to Cuba to restore order. |
| Yellow Journalism | A way of writing which exaggerates the news to lure and enrage readers. |
| U.S.S. Maine | Ordered by President McKinley to Cuba to bring home American citizens in danger from the fighting to protect American property. |
| George Dewey | A Commodore who gave order to open fire on the Spanish fleet at Manila, the Philippine capital. |
| Rough Riders | A volunteer cavalry under the command of Leonard Wood and Theodore Roosevelt. |
| San Juan Hill | The most famous battle in Cuba took place on this hill. |
| Treaty of Paris | The treaty ending the Spanish-American War. |
| Foraker Act | It ended the military rule and set up a civil government in Puerto Rico. |
| Platt Amendment | us insisted that Cuba add to its constitution several provisions, known as this. |
| protectorate | a country whose affairs are partially controlled by a stronger power |
| Emilio Aguinaldo | believed the us had promised independence |
| John Hay | issued the policy statements called open door notes |
| open door notes | letters addressed to the leaders of the imperialist nations proposing the nations share their trading rights with the united states |
| boxer rebellion | 1900 rebellion in which members of a Chinese secret society sought to free their country from western influence |
| panama canal | artificial waterway cut through the Isthmus of panama to provide a shortcut between the Atlantic and pacific oceans |
| Roosevelt corollary | an extension of the Monroe Doctrine announced by president Theodore Roosevelt in 1904 under which the us claimed the right to protect its economic interests by means of military intervention in the affairs of western hemisphere nations |
| dollar diplomacy | the us policy of using the nations economic power to exert the influence over other countries |
| Francisco "Pancho" villa | opposed Cararnza's provisional government. |
| Emilia Zapata | opposed Cararnza's provisional government. |
| John J Pershing | expeditionary force of about 15,000 soldiers in to Mexico to capture Villa, dead or alive. |
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