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Imperialism
8th Grade
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Annex Annex Annex (Annexed or Annexation) | To add land to a country’s territory. |
| Colonization | When one country takes over and completely controls another area of the world in order to get resources. |
| Colony | An area controlled by another more powerful country. |
| Economy | Having to do with money, trade, or work of a country. |
| Gunboat Diplomacy | When a more powerful country forces trade with a weaker country through military threats. |
| Hawaii | Country that was taken over by sugar planters supported by the U.S. It eventually was added as a state |
| Imperialism | When a stronger country takes over or controls a weaker country. |
| Latin America | Areas of the Americas that used to be controlled by Spain. (South America, the Caribbean, Central America, Mexico) |
| Monroe Doctrine | A U.S. law that forbids European countries from interfering with governments in Latin America. |
| Panama Canal | A waterway the U.S. built and controlled through the country of Panama to shorten trade routes. |
| Platt Amendment | An addition to the treaty that ended the Spanish American War that allowed the U.S. to interfere in the Cuban government whenever it needed to. |
| Protectorate | a smaller, weaker, or less developed country or territory under the protection and partial control of a larger or stronger one. |
| Pulitzer and Hearst | Newspaper owners who published exaggerated and false news stories to sell more papers, but also helped to start the Spanish American War. |
| Roosevelt Corollary | A U.S. law that said the U.S. would take military actions against any European country that interfered with the government of a Latin American country. |
| Rough Rider | A volunteer cavalry regiment (soldiers on horseback) organized by Theodore Roosevelt during the Spanish-American War. |
| Spanish American War | A war between Spain and The U.S. which caused the U.S. to gain control over Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Philippines, and Guam. |
| Teller Amendment | A declaration that the U.S. did not want to permanently control Cuba during the Spanish American War. |
| Territory | An area of land controlled by another country that is not yet a part of that country. |
| Treaty of Paris | This ended the Spanish American War and gave the U.S. control of Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines. |
| U.S.S. Maine | A U.S. ship that sank in Havana Harbor; Cuba, causing the start of the Spanish American War. |
| Yellow Journalism | Exaggerated and false news stories that were printed to sell more newspapers, but also helped to cause the Spanish American War. |
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