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Kyle's vocab cards
US History chapter 12 Vocabulary
| Vocab word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Imperialism | The policy of extending a nation's authority by territorial acquisition or by the establishment of economic and political hegemony over other nations. |
| Protectorate | A relationship of protection and partial control assumed by a superior power over a dependent country or region. |
| Anglo Saxonism | Whem americans thought that they were culturally superior to everyone else and wanted to spread the culture all around the world. |
| Josiah Strong | Promoted domestic missionary activity in the American West. Historians suggest it may have encouraged support for imperialistic United States policy among American Protestants. |
| Matthew C. Perry | Matthew Perry lived from April 10th 1794 to March 4th 1858, and served as a Commodore in the United States Navy; he was considered the man who opened up Japan to the Western World. |
| Queen Liliuokalani | Queen Liliuokalani was the last reigning monarch of the Hawaiian islands. Hawaii was annexed to the United States and Queen Liliuokalani was forced to give up her throne. |
| James G. Blaine | he took the first steps toward securing U.S. control of the eventual route of the Panama Canal. |
| Pan Americanism | The principle or advocacy of a political alliance or union of all the states of America. |
| Alfred T. Mahan | Mahan backed a revival of Manifest Destiny through overseas imperialism. |
| Henry Cabot Lodge | He was an avid believer in the destiny of his country, an unwavering advocate of the Munroe Doctrine and a declared Anglophobe. |
| William Randolph Hearst | William Randolph Hearst's New York Journal even published pictures. They showed how Spanish saboteurs had fastened an underwater mine to the Maine and had detonated it from shore. |
| Joseph Pulitzer | Joseph Pulitzer of the World, viciously competed for the reader's attention. They were determined to reach a daily circulation of a million people, and they didn't mind fabricating stories in order to reach their goal. |
| Yellow Journalism | Journalism that exploits, distorts, or exaggerates the news to create sensations and attract readers. |
| Enrique Dupuy de Lome | Enrique Dupuy de Lôme was a Spanish diplomat is best known for a letter he wrote to a Spanish official in Cuba in 1898. The private correspondence was leaked to the American press and ultimately fueled popular cries for intervention in Cuba against Spain. |
| Jingoism | Extreme nationalism characterized especially by a belligerent foreign policy; chauvinistic patriotism. |
| Theodore Roosevelt | 26th president who was in the rough riders and the youngest person to become president after the original president has died. |
| George Dewey | The United States Navy under Admiral George Dewey ousted Spain from the Philippines in the Spanish-American War of 1898. |
| Emilio Aguinaldo | Emilio Aguinaldo (1869-1964) was a Filipino general who played an important role in the Philippine Revolution against Spain, and later led Filipino insurgent soldiers against American forces. |
| Rough Riders | The First United States Volunteer Cavalry Regiment. Composed of cowboys, theodore roosevelt, scholars, land speculators, Native Americans and African Americans |
| Leonard Wood | Rough Rider, Surgeon, Architect of American Imperialism. |
| Foraker Act | U.S. federal law which established the governing structure for the island of Puerto Rico. |
| Platt Amendment | The President of the U.S. is hereby authorized to ' leave the government and control of the island of Cuba to its people' |
| Sphere of Influence | A territorial area over which political or economic influence is wielded by one nation. |
| Open Door Policy | the policy of granting equal trade opportunities to all countries |
| Boxer Rebellion | In 1900, a group known as the Boxers murdered thousands of foreigners, especially missionaries, in an attempt to rid China of all foreign influence. |
| Great White Fleet | The "Great White Fleet" sent around the world by President Theodore Roosevelt from 16 December 1907 to 22 February 1909 consisted of sixteen new battleships of the Atlantic Fleet. |
| Hay Pauncefote Treaty | the Hay-Pauncefote Treaty of 1901 set out U.S. and British interests in connection to a canal through Central America. |
| Dollar Diplomacy | A policy aimed at furthering the interests of the United States abroad by encouraging the investment of U.S. capital in foreign countries. |
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