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Chapter 9 Vocabulary
Mrs. Hunt U.S. History Ch. 9 Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 1.) Imperialism | When a powerful country or territory takes over a smaller and weaker territory in order to expand their region |
| 2.) Extractive Economy | economy where the colonizing country removes raw materials and ships them back home to better its own economy |
| 3.) Social Darwinism | belief that certain nations and races were more superior to others and therefore destined to control them in the 19th century |
| 4.) Yellow Press | newspapers that used interesting headlines and entertaining stories in order to promote readership |
| 5.) Jingoism | the belief that your country is always right and who are in favor of aggressive acts against other countries |
| 6.) Rough Riders | group of men, including westerners and upper class easterners who fought in the Spanish-American War |
| 7.) Treaty of Paris | agreement signed by the United States and Spain in 1898, which ended the Spanish-American War |
| 8.) Insurrection | rebellion |
| 9.) Guerilla Warfare | hit-and-run attacks generally involving small bands of fighters |
| 10.) Sphere of Influence | region controlled by an outside power |
| 11.) Boxer Rebellion | violence started in China, which prompted American and European troops to go in and stop the rebellion |
| 12.) Open Door Policy | American statement declaring that we didn't want colonies in China but we did want free trade there |
| 13.) Russo Japanese War | war between Japan and Russia in 1904, which was the result of Russian troops in Manchuria |
| 14.) "Gentlemen's Agreement" | pact between Japan and the United States to end segregation of Asian immigrants in public schools. In return, limit the flow of Asian immigrants |
| 15.) Great White Fleet | battleships send by Roosevelt on a "good will cruise" around the world |
| 16.) Foraker Act | a law that established civil government in Puerto Rico |
| 17.) Platt Amendment | Cuba's set conditions that granted them independence in 1902, which included restrictions on rights of Cubans, etc. |
| 18.) "Big Stick Diplomacy" | Roosevelt's policy of creating and using American military to achieve goals |
| 19.) Panama Canal | waterway connecting the Atlantic and Pacific across the Isthmus of Panama |
| 20.) Roosevelt Corollary | Roosevelt's reassertion of the Monroe Doctrine to keep the eastern hemisphere free from intervention of Europeans |
| 21.) "Dollar Diplomacy" | Taft's policy to expand American investments |
| 22.) "Moral Diplomacy" | Wilson's statement that America will not use force to impact the world, but would promote human rights instead |
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