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chapter 22&23 vocab
SOCIAL STUDIES
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |