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Chapter 12 Histor.
Chapter 12 Vocabulary
Question | Answer |
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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 | an English word or idiom of Anglo-Saxon rather than foreign, as Latin or French, origin. |
Josiah Strong | was one of America's leading religious and social voices during the late nineteenth and early twentieth. |
Matthew C. Perry | commander of the United States naval forces in the China seas, was a staunch expansionist. |
James G. Blaine | had a long and varied career as a lawyer, teacher, journalist and most notably, as a politician. |
Queen Liliuokalani | was the last reigning monarch of the Hawaiian islands. She felt her mission was to preserve the islands for their native residents. |
Pan Americanism | movement toward commercial, social, economic, military, and political cooperation among the nations of North, Central, and South. |
Alfred T. Mahan | A famous historian. |
Henry Cabot Lodge | was an American statesman, Republican politician, and noted historian from Massachusetts |
William Randolph Hearst | was an American business magnate and leading newspaper publisher. |