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chapter 22&23 vocab
SOCIAL STUDIES
Question | Answer |
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imperialism | practice of extending a nation's power by gaining territories for a colonial empire |
annex | to add (a territory) to one's own territory to form a larger country |
isolationism | nationalism policy of avoiding involvement in other countries affairs |
sphere of influence | area where foreign countries control trade/ natural resources of another nation/area |
yellow journalism | reporting of exaggerated stories in newspapers to increase sales |
USS maine | armored cruiser commissioned onto US navy in 1895 |
open door policy | policy established by US in 1899 to promote equal access for all nations to trade in china |
rough rider | first US volunteer cavalry under leadership of theodore roosevelt |
panama canal | artificial waterway across the isthmus of panama's; competed by the us |
dollar diplomacy | foreign policy in which US lent money to foreign countries in return for ability to make decisions for governments of those countries |