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imperialism terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| an officer in the US Navy he sailed to Japan with warships to open trade between Japan and the US in 1853 | Matthew C. Perry |
| avoiding involvement in other countries affairs | Isolationism |
| building empires by imposing political and economic control over people/places around the world | Imperialism |
| Queen of Hawaii who fought against foreign influences in the 1890s | Liliuokalani |
| areas where another nation has economic and political control (European nations and Japan took control of parts of China) | Sphere of Influence |
| the forced movement of large numbers of people into detention camps for military or political reasons | Reconcentration |
| publisher of New York Journal newspaper and used Yellow Journalism style of reporting and displaying news in a sensational way that distorts the truth | William Randolph Hearst |
| US battleship sent to protect American investment in Cuba, it exploded and Spain was blamed, a major cause of the Spanish American War | USS Maine |
| A Filipino who helped the Americans fight against the Spanish who controlled the Philippines. later fought against the US when they took control of his country. Aguinaldo was captured and fighting stopped. The US controlled the Philippines until 1946 | Emilio Aguinaldo |
| an independent country whose policies are controlled by an outside power (US controlled Cuba after the Spanish American War) | Protectorate |
| an independent country whose policies are controlled by an outside power (US controlled Cuba after the Spanish American War) | Isthmus |
| an American expert on tropical disease. Helped to eliminate Yellow fever and malaria from the canal zone by cutting brush and draining swamps to kill off mosquitos who carried those diseases. | William C. Gorgas |
| an addition to the Monroe Doctrine, President Roosevelt said the US would be a “police power” in Latin America | Roosevelt Corollary |
| economic ties were the best way to expand American influence | Dollar Diplomacy |
| a Mexican rebel general who burned town of Columbus in New Mexico during the Mexican Revolution | Francisco Villa |
| a man-made waterway that cut through Panama and connected the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Very important to allow the US navy and commercial boats to travel quickly. | Panama Canal |
| Speak softly and carry a big stick” Roosevelt used this West African proverb. In other worlds, use diplomacy (discussions, treaties, agreements) and if this doesn't work, use military force to protect American interests | “Big Stick” Policy |
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