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Lboily_ch12 vocab

chapter 12 vocab

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imperialism the policy of extending the rule or authority of a nation over foreign countries
protectorate the relation of a strong state toward a weaker state.
anglo saxonism A characteristic of the Anglo-Saxon race.
josiah strong Josiah Strong (1847-1916) was one of America's leading religious and social voices during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Matthew C. Perry Commodore Perry, who began Western trade with Japan, 1853
Queen Liliuokalani The last reigning monarch of the Hawai'ian Islands, she became Queen of Hawai'i upon the death of her brother.
James G. Blaine A Representative and a Senator from Maine
Pan Americanism the idea of a single state including all of North and South America.
Alfred T. Mahan U.S. naval officer and historian.
Henry Cabot Lodge A Representative and a Senator from Massachusetts.
William Randolph hearst For almost half a century William Randolph Hearst was the American publisher, editor, and proprietor (business owner) of the most extensive journalistic empire ever assembled by one man.
Joseph Pulitzer Joseph Pulitzer, Hungarian-born editor and publisher, was important in the development of the modern newspaper in the United States.
Yellow journalism the type of journalism that relies on sensationalism and lurid exaggeration to attract readers.
Enrique Dupuy de Lome Enrique Dupuy de Lôme (1816-1885) was a Spanish diplomat who is best known for a letter he penned to a Spanish official in Cuba in 1898.
Jingoism the spirit, policy, or practice of jingoes; bellicose chauvinism.
Theodore Roosevelt Was the 26th President of the United States (1901–1909).
George Dewey Was an admiral of the United States Navy. He is best known for his victory at the Battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish-American War.
Emilio Aguinaldo Was a Filipino general, politician, and independence leader.
Rough Riders the name bestowed on the 1st United States Volunteer Cavalry, one of three such regiments raised in 1898 for the Spanish-American War and the only one of the three to see action.
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.
Foraker Act Officially the Organic Act of 1900, is a United States federal law that established civilian (limited popular) government on the island of Puerto Rico, which had been newly acquired by the United States as a result of the Spanish–American War
Platt Amendment Of 1901 was a rider appended to the Army Appropriations Act presented to the U.S. Senate by Connecticut Republican Senator Orville H. Platt replacing the earlier Teller Amendment.
Sphere of Influence Is an area or region over which a state or organization has significant cultural, economic, military or political influence.
Open Door Policy a concept in foreign affairs, which usually refers to the policy around 1900 allowing multiple Imperial powers access to China, with none of them in control of that country.
Boxer Rebellion also called the Boxer Uprising by some historians or the Righteous Harmony Society Movement in northern China, was a proto-nationalist movement by the "Righteous Harmony Society" (義和團 - Yìhétuán).
Great White Fleet was the popular nickname for the 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 Pauncefote Treaty The U.S. and the United Kingdom signed a treaty in 1901. Gave the U.S. the right to create and control a canal across the Central American Isthmus, to connect the Atlantic and Pacific.
Dollar Diplomacy is the term used to describe the effort of the United States to further its aims in Latin America and East Asia through use of its economic power by guaranteeing loans made to foreign countries
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