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UShist Ch 4 Review
UShist Ch 4 Test Review, part 2
Term | Definition |
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Teddy Roosevelt | Speak Softly and Carry a Big Stick was his foreign policy |
John Hay | he asked nations to follow the Open Door Policy to prevent a single country from having a monopoly on trade with China |
Rough Riders | a voluntary cavalry unit that fought the Spanish in Cuba |
Queen Liliuokalani | was overthrown because she wanted to limit the power of planters |
Jose Marti | helped to organize Cuban Revolt. He was the symbol of liberty because he spent his life fighting for the Cuban Independence |
Emilio Aguinaldo | fought against colonial rule in the Philippines |
Poncho Villa | being looked for in 1916 for leading raids into New Mexico |
General Dewey | defeated the Spanish Fleet in the Spanish American War |
Platt Amendment | gave the U.S. the right to intercede in Cuban Affairs |
Roosevelt Corollary | gave the U.S. the right to exercise police power in Latin America |
Anti-Imperialist | this League disagreed with U.S. treatment of former Spanish colonies after the Spanish American War. |
Platt Amendment | this gave U.S. the right to intercede in Cuban Affairs |
Independence | Filipinos fought with the Americans in the Spanish-American War to gain this |
yellow journalism | exaggerated and sensationalized reporting |