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Bessemer Process a steel-making process, now largely superseded, in which carbon, silicon, and other impurities are removed from molten pig iron by oxidation in a blast of air in a special tilting retort (a Bessemer converter )
Telephone a system for transmitting voices over a distance using wire or radio, by converting acoustic vibrations to electrical signals.
Great Plains
Indian Wars
Imperialism a policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force
sensationalism the use of exciting or shocking stories or language at the expense of accuracy, in order to provoke public interest or excitement
Protectorate a state that is controlled and protected by another. the relationship between a protectorate and the one that controls it
Isthmus a narrow strip of land with sea on either side, forming a link between two larger areas of land.
Foreign Policy a government's strategy in dealing with other nations
Spanish- American War A war between Spain and the United States, fought in 1898. The war began as an intervention by the United States on behalf of Cuba. ... The United States acquired Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines in the war and gained temporary control over Cuba
Joseph Pulitzer A United States newspaper publisher (born in Hungary) who established the Pulitzer prizes (1847-1911)
William Randolph Hearst A United States newspaper publisher whose introduction of large headlines and sensational reporting changed American journalism (1863-1951)
Yellow Journalism journalism that is based upon sensationalism and crude exaggeration.
De Lome Letter written by the Spanish Ambassador to the United States, Enrique Dupuy de Lôme, criticized American President William McKinley by calling him weak and concerned only with gaining the favor of the crowd
USS Maine The U.S.S. Maine was a second-class battleship commissioned in 1895 that was part of the new U.S. Navy fleet of steel ships.
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