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Chapter 12 Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Imperialism | the policy of extending the rule or authority of an empire or nation over foreign countries, or of acquiring and holding colonies and dependencies. |
| Protectorate | the relation of a strong state toward a weaker state or territory that it protects and partly controls. |
| Anglo Saxonism | foreign, as Latin or French, origin. |
| Josiah Strong | American Protestant clergyman, organizer, editor and author. He was one of the founders of the Social Gospel movement |
| Matthew C. Perry | was the Commodore of the U.S. Navy who compelled the opening of Japan to the West |
| Queen Liluokalani | issued a statement yielding her authority to the United States Government rather than to the Provisional Government |
| James G. Blaine | was a U.S. Representative, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives |
| Pan Americanism | a movement which, through diplomatic, political, economic and social means, seeks to create, encourage and organize relationships |
| Alfred T. Mahan | stressed the interdependence of the military and commercial control of the sea |
| Henry Cabot Lodge | |
| William Randolph Hearst | |
| Joseph Pulitzer | |
| yellow Journalism | the type of journalism that relies on sensationalism and lurid exaggeration to attract readers |
| Enrique Dupuy de Lome | |
| jingoism | the spirit, policy, or practice of jingoes; bellicose chauvinism. |
| Theodore Roosevelt | 26th president, 1901-1909 |
| George Dewey | Roosevelt's help was also essential in supplying Dewey with guns, ammunition, and other needed supplies so that his fleet would be prepared if war broke out with Spain |
| Emilio Aguinaldo | |
| Rough Riders | the members of a volunteer regiment of cavalry organized by Theodore Roosevelt and Leonard Wood for service in the Spanish-American War. |
| Leonard Wood | medical, part of rough riders |
| Foraker Act | civil law that established a civilian government in Puerto Rico |
| Platt Amendment | Treaty between the United States and Cuba Embodying the Provisions Defining the Future Relations of the United States with Cuba Contained in the Act of Congress |
| Sphere of Influence | any area in which one nation wields dominant power over another or others. |
| Open Door Policy | called for the establishment of equal trading rights to all nations in all parts of China and for recognition of Chinese territorial integrity (meaning that the country should not be carved up) |
| Boxer Rebellion | the Boxer Rebellion was an uprising in China against foreign influence in religion, politics, and trade |
| Great White Fleet | United States Navy battle fleet that completed a circumnavigation of the globe from 16 December 1907 to 22 February 1909 by order of U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt |
| Hay Paucefote Treaty | provided for a joint protectorate by England and the United States of any trans-isthmian canal |
| Dollar Diplomacy | A policy aimed at furthering the interests of the United States abroad by encouraging the investment of U.S. capital in foreign countries |
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