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Imperialism Unit 6

Unit 6 Social Studies vocab

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Treaty of Kanagawa an 1854 treaty between Japan and the United States that opened up ports to American trade in Japan
Imperialism policy of powerful countries trying to control the economy & government of weaker nations and regions
Dollar Diplomacy President Taft’s policy of building strong economic ties to Latin America
Isolationism policy of staying out of world affairs
Open Door Policy US policy in 1899 that opened up all the spheres of influence in China to all nations to trade; the Chinese were angry because they had no say
Great White Fleet name for the steam-powered ships of the enlarged and modernized American navy of the early 1900s
Monroe Doctrine Presidents Monroe’s foreign policy statement that warned European nations to stay out of Latin America
Sphere of Influence area where a nation has special trading influences
Seward's Folly Purchase of Alaska. At the time it was thought to be foolish because Alaska was seen as a barren, frozen land.
Boxer Rebellion uprising in China against westerners and Western influence in 1900
Roosevelt Corollary TR’s addition to the Monroe Doctrine that said Europe couldn’t interfere with Latin America, but the US could (to preserve “law & order”)
Queen Liliuokalani Queen of Hawaii, rejects new Constitution because she cherished Hawaiian independence.
Alfred T. Mahan author of The Influence of the Sea Power in History and The United States Looking Outward. Said the US should build a powerful navy.
William Seward Abe Lincoln’s Secretary of State who bought Alaska from Russia
Matthew Perry Commodore of the U.S. Navy who compelled the opening of Japan to the West
Atrocities act of cruelty and brutality
Yellow Journalism biased & untrue new reporting that relies on exaggerating news stories & headlines; used in the Spanish-American War
Platt Amendment amendment to the 1902 Cuban constitution that allowed the United States to intervene in Cuba
Protectorate nation whose independence is limited by the control of a more powerful country
Isthmus narrow strip of land connecting two larger bodies of land
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