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Imperialism
vocab and key words
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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. |
| 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 |
| Joseph Pulitzer | Pulitzer supported organized labor, attacked trusts and monopolies, and exposed political corruption |
| William Randolph Hearst | He built his media empire after inheriting the San Francisco Examiner from his father. He challenged New York World publisher Joseph Pulitzer by buying the rival New York Journal, earning attention for his “yellow journalism. |
| Yellow journalism | journalism that is based upon sensationalism and crude exaggeration. |
| De Lome Letter | a note written by Señor Don Enrique Dupuy de Lôme, the Spanish Ambassador to the United States, to Don José Canalejas, the Foreign Minister of Spain, reveals de Lôme's opinion about the Spanish involvement in Cuba and US President McKinley's diplomacy. |
| USS Maine | a second-class battleship commissioned in 1895 that was part of the new U.S. Navy fleet of steel ships. It exploded in Havana Harbor in 1898 and precipitated U.S. entry into the Spanish-American War. |
| Theodore Roosevelt | sought to uphold the Monroe Doctrine and to establish the United States as a strong naval power |
| Alfred Thayer Mahan | American naval officer and historian who was a highly influential exponent of sea power in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. |
| Platt Amendment | an amendment to a U.S. army appropriations bill, established the terms under which the United States would end its military occupation of Cuba and "leave the government and control of the island of Cuba to its people. |
| Queen Liliuokalani | was the last sovereign of the Kalākaua dynasty, which had ruled a unified Hawaiian kingdom since 1810 |
| Sanford B Dole | |
| John Hay | |
| Open door policy | |
| Boxy Rebellion | |
| Panama Canal | |
| Roosevelt Corollary/ Big Stick Policy | |
| Dollar Diplomacy |
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