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Imperialism Unit 6
Unit 6 Social Studies vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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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