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chapter 22
Imperialism
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Dollar diplomacy | President William Taft promoted American economic penetration to underdeveloped nations. |
| Isolationism | A national policy that eschews foreign alliances. |
| Open Door Policy | Propounded by Secretary of State John Hay, affirming the territorial integrity of China and free trade. |
| Platt Amendment | A law passed and superseding the Teller Amendment, which stipulated the conditions for the withdrawal of American forces. |
| Reconcentration camps | Spanish refugee camps into which cuban farmers were herded in 1896 to not provide assistance to rebels. |
| Teller Amendment | A rider to the war resolution with Spain. Congress didn't intend to annex Cuba and would recognize Cuban independence from Spain. |
| Panama Canal | Allowed U.S. warships to travel swiftly between Atlantic and Pacific. |
| Taft's Dollar Diplomacy | Encouraged U.S. government-supported investment abroad. |
| Roosevelt Corollary | Asserted U.S. right to military intervention in Latin America. |
| Defeat of Spain | Opened former Spanish colonies to U.S. annexation and economic penetration. |
| Annexation of Hawaii | United States helped sugar planters depose Queen Liliuokalani. |
| Josiah Strong, Our Country | Applied social darwinism--"survival of the fittest"--to justify American expansion. |
| U.S. annexation of Philippines | United States became formal empire |
| USS Maine | Generated public pressure for war against Spain |
| A.T. Mahan | Endorsed naval power to ensure prosperity and national security. |
| Roosevelt intervenes | Advanced expansive rights in Central America. |
| Hay-Pauncefote Treaty | Gives United States rights to build interoceanic canal. |
| Clayton-Bulwer Treaty | Britain and United States sign, it concerns interoceanic canal. |
| Anti-Imperialists | insisted that since no one would consider statehood for the Philippines, it would be unconstitutional to annex them. |
| Insurrection | A violent uprising against an authority or government. |