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Imperialism
Chapter 22
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Dollar Diplomacy | A policy of President William Taft to promote American economic penetration to underdeveloped nations, strengthen American influence without requiring the presence of U.S troops. |
| Isolationism | A national policy that eschews foreign alliances, such as was pro-pounded by George Washington in his "Farewell Address" |
| Open Door Policy | A policy, propounded by Secretary of State John Hay in 1899, affirming the territorial integrity of China and a policy of free trade. |
| Platt Amendment | A law, passed in 1901 and superseding the Teller Amendment, which stipulated the conditions for the withdrawal of American forces from Cuba |
| Reconcentration camps | A term that referred to the Spanish refugee camps into which Cuban farmers were herded in 1896 to prevent them from providing assistance to rebels fighting Cuban independence from Spain. |
| Teller Amendment | A rider to the 1898 was resolution with Spain whereby Congress pledged that it did not intend to annex Cuba and that it would recognize Cuban independence from Spain. |
| Insurrection | A violent uprising against an authority or government. |
| Anti-Imperialists | Insisted that since no one would consider statehood for the Philippines, it would be unconstitutional to annex them. |
| Clayton-Bulwer Treaty | Britain and United States sign, concerns interoceanic canal. |
| Hay-Pauncefote Treaty | Gives United States rights to build interoceanic canal. |
| What does Roosevelt intervene in? | Expansive rights in Central America. |
| A.T. Mahan | Endorsed naval power to ensure prosperity and national security. |
| USS Maine | Generated public pressure for war against Spain. |
| U.S. annexation of Philippines | United States became formal empire. |
| Josiah Strong, Our Country | Applied social Darwinism-- "survival of the fittest"-- to justify American expansion. |
| Annexation of Hawaii | United States helped sugar planters depose Queen Liliuokalani. |
| Defeat of Spain | Opened former Spanish colonies to U.S annexation and economic penetration. |
| Roosevelt Corollary | Asserted U.S. right to military intervention in Latin America. |
| Taft's Dollar Diplomacy | Encourages U.S. government - supported investment abroad. |
| Panama Canal | Allowed U.S warships to travel swiftly between Atlantic and Pacific. |
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