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chucks vocab 12
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| imperialism | the policy or practice of extending a state's rule over other territories |
| protectorate | the relation of a strong state toward a weaker state or territory that it protects and partly controls. |
| anglo saxonism | a belifes in the innate superioity of the anglo - saxon |
| josiah strong | was one of american leading religios and social voices during the early 20th centuries |
| matthew c. perry | commodore of the u.s navy who compelled the opening of japan to the west |
| queen liliuokalani | was the last reigning monarch of the hawiian islands |
| james g. blaine | speaker of the u.s house of representatives |
| foraker act | is a united states federal law that established civilian government on the island |
| pan americanism | is a movement which,throgh diplomatic ,political economic and social means |
| platt amendent | was a rider append to the army approopriations act presented to the US senate. |
| Alfred T Mahan | American naval officer and historian who was highly influential exponent of sea power. |
| sphere of influence | is an area or region over which a state |
| henery cabot lodge | was an amercain statesman |
| open door policy | termed as china's policy of opening up to the outside world |
| william randolph hearst | was an american business magnate and leading newspaper publihsher |
| boxer rebellion | a nationalist movement in northern china |
| joseph pulitzer | was hungarian american newspaper publisher of the st.louis post dispatch |
| great white fleet | nickname for the united states battle fleet |
| yellow journalism | type of journalism that presents little or no legitimate |
| hay pauncefote treaty | gave the united states the right to create and control a canal across c.a |
| enrique dupuy de lome | was a spanish ambassador to the united states |
| dollar diplomacy | used to describe the effort of the united states |