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chapter12vocabulary
| 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: | term used for most white people of british decent |
| Josiah Strong: | an american protestant clergy man |
| Matthew C. Perry: | Antoinette, 1888–1946, U.S. actress, theatrical manager, and producer. |
| Queen Liliuokalani: | the queen of hawaii |
| James G. Blaine: | 1830–93, U.S. statesman. |
| Pan Americanism: | the idea or advocacy of a political alliance or union of all the countries of North, Central, and South America. |
| Alfred T. Mahan: | 1840–1914, U.S. naval officer and writer on naval history. |
| Henry Cabot Lodge: | 1850–1924, U.S. public servant and author: senator 1893–1924. |
| William Randolph Hearst: | 1863–1951, U.S. editor and publisher. |
| Joseph Pulitzer: | 1847–1911, U.S. journalist and publisher, born in Hungary. |
| 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 of the United States; hero of the Spanish-American War; Panama Canal was built during his administration |
| George Dewey: | a United States naval officer remembered for his victory at Manila Bay in the Spanish-American War |
| Emilio Aguinaldo: | 1869–1964, Filipino leader during the Spanish-American war: opposed to U.S. occupation. |
| Rough Riders: | person who breaks horses to the saddle. |
| Leonard Wood: | 1860–1927, U.S. military doctor and political administrator. |
| Foraker Act: | offically the organic act of the 1900s |
| Platt Amendmet: | a writer appended to the army appropriations act presented to the us senate by conneticut republican sentator |
| Sphere of Influence: | territorial area over which political or economic influences weiled by one. |
| Open Door Policy: | Concept in foriegn affairs which usually refers to the policy around 1900 allowin multiple imperial powers access to china. |
| Boxer Rebellion: | by some historians or the Righteous Harmony Society Movement in northern china |
| Great White Fleet: | nickname for the us navy |
| Hay Pauncefote Treaty: | the treaty nullified the Clayton- Bulwer Treaty of 1850 |
| Dollar Diplomacy: | A policy aimed at furthering the interest of the us abroad by encouraging the envestment of us capital in foreign countries |
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