Help
Options
Didn't know it?
click below
click below
Knew it?
click below
click below
Don't Know
Remaining cards (0)
Know
retry
shuffle
restart
0:00
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Ch. 12 Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Imperialism | economic and political domination of a strong nation over other weaker nations |
| protectorate | imperial power allowed the local rulers to stay in control and protected them against rebellions and invasion |
| Anglo-Saxonism | English-speaking nations had superior character, ideas, and systems of government, and were destined to dominate the planet |
| Josiah Strong | popular American minister in late-1800s |
| Matthew C. Perry | Commodore ordered to take a naval expedition to Japan to negotiate a trade treaty |
| Queen Liliuokalani | queen of Hawaii that disliked American settlers |
| James G. Blaine | secretary of state in two administrations in late 1880s, led efforts to expand American influence in Latin America |
| Pan-Americanism | idea that the United States and Latin America should work together |
| Alfred T. Mahan | officer at the Naval War College that said US should build up and acquire bases oversees |
| Henry Cabot Lodge | senator who pushed for construction of new navy |
| William Randolph Hearst | owned the paper the "Journal" and supported Cuban Rebellion |
| Joseph Pulitzer | owned the paper named the "World" that competed with the "Journal" |
| Yellow Journalism | sensational reporting used by the "Journal" and the "World" in which writers often exaggerated or even made up stories to attract readers |
| Enrique Dupuy de Lome | Spanish ambassador to US that wrote a letter to Spain that described McKinley as "weak and a bidder for the admiration of the crowd" |
| Jingoism | an attitude of aggressive nationalism |
| Theodore Roosevelt | Assistant Secretary of the Navy, raged against McKinley and was pro-war at the time |
| George Dewey | Commodore that led his squadron into Manila Bay in the Philippines |
| Emilio Aguinaldo | Filipino revolutionary leader who had staged an unsuccessful uprising against the Spanish in 1896 |
| Rough Riders | volunteer cavalry unit from the American West that was a flamboyant mix of cowboys, miners, and law officers |
| Leonard Wood | leader of Rough Riders |
| Foraker Act | made Puerto Rico and unincorporated territory |
| Platt Amendment, Part 1 | (1)Cuba could not make any treaty with another nation that would weaken its independence or allow another foreign power to gain territory in Cuba; (2) Cuba had to allow the United States to buy or lease naval stations in Cuba;` |
| Platt Amendment, Part 2 | (3) Cuba's debts bad to be kept low to prevent foreign countries from landing troops to enforce payment; (4) US would have the right to intervene to protect Cuban independence and keep order |
| Sphere of Influence | an area where a foreign nation controlled economic development such as railroad construction and mining |
| Open Door Policy | all countries should be allowed to trade with China |
| Boxer Rebellion | Group kills 200+ foreigners and then takes others prisoners. August 1900, rebellion is squished. |
| Great White Fleet | 1907- Roosevelt sends 16 new battleships around world, and also stops in Japan. |
| Hey Pauncefote Treaty | 1901- Gave U.S. ability to build and control canal through South America. |
| Dollar Diplomacy | U.s. Increases trade, Increases profits, nad Latin America would rise out of poverty and social disorder. Europeans would have no reasons to intervene with this. |
Created by:
Ethan Cranmer
Popular U.S. History sets