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MW: Ame. Imperialism
Chapter 20
| Term | Answer |
|---|---|
| Matthew C. Perry | Sailed into Tokyo Bay presented a letter from the U.S. President demanding trading rights from Japan |
| William Seward | Purchased Alaska from the Russian Empire in 1867 for $7.2 million, this became know as "Seward's Folly" and "Seward's Icebox". |
| Isolation | To avoid involvement in the affairs of other countries. |
| Imperialism | Dominating other peoples by military, political, and/or economic means. |
| Alfred T. Mehan | Naval captain and author who claimed that the future success of the U.S. depended on foreign trade. |
| Samoa Islands | Chain of Pacific islands divided between Germany and the United States. The U.S. used these islands as coaling stations for our Pacific fleet and trading vessels. |
| Hawaii | Pacific island chain overthrown by American planters and Marines and annexed by President William McKinley because of its military and commercial importance. |
| Queen Liliuokalani | The last queen of Hawaii. |
| Sphere of Influence | An area (outside a country) where that country exercises economic and political control. |
| John Hay | Proposed the "Open Door Policy" to China. This was an international commitment that all nations would be granted equal trading rights in China. |
| Boxer Rebellion | A rebellion lead by the "Righteous and Harmonious Fists", Chinese revolutionaries, to expel foreigners (Europeans and Americans). |
| Reconcentration Camps | Detention camps organized in Cuba by the Spanish Colonial Army to control the population. |
| William Randolph Hearst | Yellow Journalist publisher of the "New York Journal". |
| Joseph Pulitzer | Yellow Journalist publisher of the "New York World". |
| U.S.S. Maine | United States battle ship that exploded, most-likely from a faulty boiler, on February 15, 1898 while docked in Havana Harbor in Cuba. |
| George Dewey | U.S. Navy Commander, ordered by T. Roosevelt (Sec. of the Navy) to move on the Philippines as soon as war broke out with Spain. |
| Emilio Aguinaldo | Philippine revolutionary who helped the U.S. defeat Spain. Later he fought against the U.S. for Philippine independence. |
| Philippines, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Wake Islands | Territories gained by the U.S. as a result of the Spanish American War. In turn Spain was given $20 million. |
| Platt Amendment | Added to the Cuban Constitution, limiting its ability to borrow money. It also granted the U.S. Guantanamo Bay for a permanent naval base. |
| Foraker Act | Organized a government in Puerto Rico with a U.S. appointed governor and control of the economy and education system. |
| Panama Canal | Canal dug through Panama connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans |
| Roosevelt Corollary | An addition to the Monroe Doctrine stating that in international disputes which involve Latin American States, the U.S. had the right to act as a "police power". |
| "Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far" | Statement by T. Roosevelt declaring that if diplomacy failed he would not hesitate to use force. |
| Dollar Diplomacy | Foreign policy of William Taft. He claimed that the economic ties were the best way to expand American influence. |
| John J. Pershing | Led U.S. troops into Mexico searching for renegade Francisco "Pancho" Villa. Who raided a Columbus, New Mexico killing 18. |
| Moral Diplomacy | Foreign policy of Woodrow Wilson. The belief democracy and economic freedom must be promoted . |
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