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ch 12 vcb
Chapter 12 vocabulary
| 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 | british belief that americans should spread their culture |
| josiah strong | one of America's leading religious and social voices revolutionary religion- oriented solutions to perceived inequities in America's social and economic network, |
| mathew C. perry | opened japans trading ports |
| queen liliuokalani | ruler of the Hawaiian Kingdom, deposed in 1893 after attempting to wrest Hawaii from foreign influence. |
| james G blaine | was the nearest thing to a political idol in a politically uninspiring era, serving in Congress from 1863 to 1881. As secretary of state, he laid the basis for American imperialism. |
| pan americanism | The movement towards economic, military, political, and social cooperation among the 21 republics of South, Central, and North America |
| alfred T mahan | naval officer who wrote extensively on naval strategy and the history of sea power |
| Henry Cabot Lodge | patrician, elitist, pragmatist, and moderate Republican politician whose career as congressman, senator, ambassador, and presidential adviser added prestige to his already famous family names. |
| william randolph hearst | was the American publisher, editor, and proprietor—for almost half a century—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 | Herald in 1835, was the first American publisher to introduce sensationalism in news stories, but not until the 1890s was the term "yellow journalism" applied to this kind of news presentation |
| enrique dupuy de lome | spanish ambassader |
| jingoism | in American usage, a term for the blatant demand for an aggressive foreign policy We don't want to fight, but, by jingo, if we do, We've got the ships, we've got the men and got the money too. |
| theodore roosevelt | Roosevelt (1858-1919) was also one of the most popular, important, and controversial. During his years in office he greatly expanded the power of the presidency. 26th pres |
| george dewey | creator of the dewey decimal system |
| emilio aguinaldo | The Philippine revolutionary leader Emilio Aguinaldo (1869-1964) fought for independence of the Philippine Islands, first against Spain and then against the United States. |
| rough riders | the First U.S. Cavalry Volunteers, fought in the Spanish-American War and became the most widely publicized regiment in American military history. Its members came from the cattle ranges, mining camps, and law enforcement agencies of the Southwest |
| leonard wood | American Army officer and colonial administrator, was an ardent advocate of military preparedness. |
| foraker act | phillipines werent us citizens, had no rights, congress could pass whichevet laws they wanted for phillipines |
| platt amendment | rider attached to the army appropriations bill of 1901. It made Cuba essentially a protectorate of the United States until 1934. |
| shpere of influence | the countries that one country is in charge of |
| open door policy | was a foreign policy initiative enunciated formally by Secretary of State John Hay in his Open Door notes of 1899 and 1900. |
| boxer rebellion | A major anti-foreign uprising in north China in 1899–1900 by a Chinese secret society known to Westerners as the ‘Boxers’. |
| great white fleet | a fleet consisting of sixteen battleships and 14,000 sailors of the U.S. Navy set out on on December 16, 1907 (sent by President Theodore Roosevelt), on a journey around the world, a feat that had never before been attempted. |
| hay pauncefote treaty | permitted the construction and maintenance of a canal under the sole auspices of the United States. |
| dollar diplomacy | has been characterized as substituting dollars for bullets. It is one that appeals alike to idealistic humanitarian sentiments, to the dictates of sound policy and strategy, and to legitimate commercial aims." |
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