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Chapter 12 Voc. Kent
Chapter 12 Voc. for History
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Imperialism | Ruling of an empire or holding colonies dependency |
| Jingoism | the belligerent spirit or foreign policy of jingoes |
| Protectorate | the relation of a strong state toward a weaker state or that it protects and controls |
| Theodore Roosevelt | Was the 26th president. Served until 1901 to 1909. |
| Josiah Strong | was one of America's leading religious and social voices during the early twentieth centuries |
| Anglo Saxonism | a belief in the innate superiority of the “Anglo-Saxon race” |
| George Dewey | the only officer of the U.S. Navy ever to hold the rank of Admiral of the Navy |
| Emilio Aguinaldo | Fought first against Spain |
| Matthew C. Perry | Commodore of the U.S. Navy who compelled the opening of Japan to the West |
| Rough Riders | the name bestowed on the 1st United States Volunteer Cavalry |
| Queen Liliuokalani | was the last reigning monarch of the Hawaiian islands |
| Leonard Wood | was a physician who served as the Chief of Staff of the United States Army, Military Governor of Cuba and Governor General of the Philippines. |
| James G. Blaine | Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives |
| Foraker Act | is a United States federal law that established civilian (limited popular) government on the island of Puerto Rico |
| Pan Americanism | is a movement which, through diplomatic, political, economic and social means, seeks to create, encourage and organize relationships, associations and cooperation between the states of the Americas in common interest |
| Platt Amendment | was a rider appended to the Army Appropriations Act presented to the U.S. Senate |
| Alfred T. Mahan | American naval officer and historian who was a highly influential exponent of sea power |
| Sphere of Influence | is an area or region over which a state or organization has significant cultural, economic, military, or political influence |
| Henry Cabot Lodge | was an American statesman, Republican politician, and noted historian from Massachusetts |
| 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 publisher |
| Boxer Rebellion | A nationalist movement in northern China |
| Joseph Pulitzer | was a Hungarian-American newspaper publisher of the St. Louis Post Dispatch and the New York World |
| Great White Fleet | nickname for the United States Navy battle fleet that completed a circumnavigation of the globe |
| Yellow Journalism | type of journalism that presents little or no legitimate well-researched news and instead uses eye-catching headlines to sell more newspapers |
| Hay Pauncefote Treaty | gave the United States the right to create and control a canal across the Central American isthmus to connect the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean |
| Enrique Dupuy de Lome | was a Spanish ambassador to the United States |
| Dollar Diplomacy | used to describe the effort of the United States |
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