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Spanish American War
Vocabulary 4
Panama Canal | isthmus of land in Central America that was a prime spot to cut down travel from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean. U.S. tried to buy this real estate from Colombia but negotiations broke down. Bunau-Varilla, a French businessman helped organize a rebelli |
Roosevelt Corollary | addendum to the Monroe Doctrine issued after the Dominican Republic got into financial trouble with several European nations; the U.S. assumed the right to intervene in Latin American countries to promote "civilized" behavior & protect American interests. |
dollar diplomacy | President Taft's policy that encouraged American business & financial interests to invest in Latin American countries to achieve U.S. economic and foreign polity goals & maintain control: if problems persisted, the U.S. reverted to the Big Stick option of |
Francisco "Pancho" Villa | Mexican fierce nationalist, rebel and bandito that opposed Carranza's provisional government. He conducted raids on American soil that killed 17 Americans. He became a "wanted man" and was being pursued by Pershing & his men. |
Russo Japanese War | war between 2 imperialist nations competing for the control of Korea. Japan destroyed a Russian Pacific fleet, and then won a series of land battles, securing Manchuria & Korea. Running out of money, Japan asked President Roosevelt to negotiate peace betw |
Emiliano Zapata | Mexican rebel who opposed the leadership of Carranza's provisional government. As a son of a mestizo peasant, he was dedicated to land reform. "It is better to die on your feet than live on your knees." |
John J. Pershing | American commander in France during WWI; his nickname "Black Jack" resulted from his command of black troops earlier in his career. Before being dispatched to France, he led an American excursion into Mexico in 1916 in a failed attempt to capture Mexican |
Hay Pauncefote Treaty 1901 | Britain gave the U.S. exclusive rights to build and control a canal through Central America. |