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US History Ch9 vocab

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1. imperialism political, military, and economic domination of strong nations over weaker territories
2. extractive economy economy in a colony where the colonizing country removed raw materials and shipped them back home to benefit its own economy
3. Alfred T. Mahan a military historian and officer of the U.S. Navy
4. Social Darwinism
5. Fredrick J. Turner historian who noted that the frontier had been closed by gradual settlement in the nineteenth century
6. Matthew Perry Commodore who sailed a fleet of American warships into present-day Tokyo Bay,Japan
7. Queen Liliuokalani successor to Kalakaua after he died in 1891 and she abolished the constitution that had given political power to the whites
8. Jose Marti Cuban patriot who launched a war for independence from Spain
9. William Randolph Hearst Rival newspaper publisher of Joseph Pulitzer who heightened the public dislike of the Spanish government
10. Yellow Press
11. jingoism
12. George Dewey Commodore who was proclaimed a hero for claiming the victory over the Spanish Navy
13. Emilio Aguinaldo led the Filipino nationalists to defeat the Spanish Army
14. Rough Riders
15. Treaty of Paris
16. insurrection
17. guerrilla warfare
18. William Howard Taft
19. sphere of influence
20. John Hay
21. Boxer Rebellion
22. Open Door Policy
23. Russo-Japanese War
24. "Gentleman's Agreement"
25. Great White Fleet
26. Foraker Act
27. Platt Amendment
28. "big stick" diplomacy
29. Panama Canal
30. Roosevelt Corollary
31. "dollar diplomacy"
32. "moral diplomacy"
33. Fransico "Pancho" Villa
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