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U.S History: Unit: 3
American Imperialism, Foreign Policy, and WW1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Imperialism | the policy by which strong nations extend their political, military, and economic control over weaker territories |
| Extractive Economy | colonial economies based on an imperialist nation extracting or removing raw materials |
| Alfred T. Mahan | naval historian who advocated for naval power as the basis for a great nation; urged U.S. to build a modern fleet |
| Social Darwinism | belief that Darwin theory of survival of the fittest, should be applied to societies, justifying imperialism |
| Fredrick Jackson Turner | historian who noted The Significance of the Frontier in American History that the frontier had been closed by gradual settlement in the nineteenth century. |
| Queen Liliuokalani | Hawaiian monarch dethroned in 1893 by rebel American planters in an action backed by U.S. Marines |
| Mathew Perry | U.S. naval commander who sailed a fleet into Tokyo Bay and opened trade with Japan in 1853 |
| Foraker Act | established civil government in puerto rice with an appointed governor |
| Platt Amendment | set of conditions under which Cuba was granted independence in 1902, including restrictions on rights of Cubans and granting to the U.S. the "right to intervene" to preserve order in Cuba |
| "Big Stick" Diplomacy | Theodore Roosevelt's approach to international relations that depended on a strong military to achieve its aims |
| Roosevelt's Corollary | President Theodore Roosevelt's reassertion of the Monroe Doctrine to keep the western Hemisphere free from the intervention by European Powers |
| Panama Canal | Waterway across the Isthmus of Panama to shorten the trip between the Atlantic and the Pacific |
| "Dollar Diplomacy" | President Taft's policy to encourage investment rather than use force in Latin America |
| "Moral Diplomacy" | President Wilson's statement that the U.S. would not use force to assert influence in the world, but would instead work to promote human rights |
| Fransisco "Pancho" Villa | Mexican guerilla and outlaw who eluded capture by General Perishing for 11 months from 1916 to early 1917 |
| Militarism | the belief that a country should maintain a strong military and be prepared to use it aggressively to defend or promote national interests |
| Alliances | the joining together of countries to help benefit each other |
| Nationalism | extreme feelings of patriotism |
| "Spark" of WW1 | assassination that "sparked" the war - alliances led to dozens of countries fighting each other |
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