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Ch.12 Vcb.
History
| Vocab. | Definition |
|---|---|
| Imperialism | policy of extending the rule or authority of an empire |
| protectorate | the relation of a strong state toward a weaker state or territory that it protects and partly controls. |
| Anglo Saxonism | A characteristic of the Anglo-Saxon race; especially, a word or an idiom of the Anglo-Saxon tongue. |
| Josiah Strong | He was one of the founders of the Social Gospel movement that sought to apply Protestant religious principles to solve the social ills brought on by industrialization, urbanization and immigration. |
| Matthew C. Perry | Matthew was a combatant in The Battle of Lake Erie aboard the Flagship Lawrence and the replacement flagship, Niagara |
| Queen Liliuokalani | was the last monarch and only queen regnant of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi. |
| James G. Blaine | was a U.S. Representative, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, U.S. Senator from Maine, two-time Secretary of State. He was nominated for president in 1884, but lost a close race to Democrat Grover Cleveland. |
| Pan Americanism | a political doctrine based on the idea of an alleged historical, economic, and cultural commonality shared by the USA and the other countries of the Americas |
| Alfred T. Mahan | American naval theorist and historian; rear admiral |
| Henry Cabot Lodge | He was the recipient of the first Ph.D. in political science awarded by Harvard University. He served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1887 to 1893 and in the Senate from 1893 to 1924 |
| William Randolph Hearst | United States newspaper publisher whose introduction of large headlines and sensational reporting changed American journalism (1863-1951 |
| Joseph Pulitzer | United States newspaper publisher (born in Hungary) who established the Pulitzer prizes (1847-1911 |
| Yellow Journalism | Journalism that exploits, distorts, or exaggerates the news to create sensations and attract readers |
| Enrique Dupuy de Lome | In 1892 he was named Spanish Minister to the United States. He wrote a letter opposing the Spanish and it was found. |
| Jingoism | the spirit, policy, or practice of jingoes; bellicose chauvinism |
| Theodore Roosevelt | grew up to be one of the most robust and ambitious U.S. presidents ever |
| George Dewey | American admiral, hero of the battle of Manila, |
| Emilio Aguinaldo | Filipino leader and independence fighter |
| Rough Riders | 1st Regiment of U.S. Cavalry Volunteers, organized largely by Theodore Roosevelt in the Spanish-American War |
| Leonard Wood | At the outbreak of the Spanish-American War he joined with his friend Theodore Roosevelt in organizing a volunteer cavalry unit—the Rough Riders—and as their commander he participated in the attack on Santiago de Cuba. |
| Foraker Act | On April 2, 1900, U.S. President McKinley signed a civil law that established a civilian government in Puerto Rico |
| Platt Amendment | amendment, which was added to the Cuban constitution of 1901, affected Cuba's rights to negotiate treaties and permitted the U.S. to maintain its naval base at Guantánamo Bay and to intervene in Cuban affairs “for the preservation of Cuban independence.” |
| Sphere of Influence | term formerly applied to an area over which an outside power claims hegemony with the intention of subsequently gaining more definite control, as in colonization, |
| Open Door Policy | The Open Door Policy is a concept in foreign affairs. |
| Boxer Rebellion | The Boxer Rebellion , or Boxer Movement , was an uprising by members of the Chinese Society of Right and Harmonious Fists against foreign influence in China, |
| Great White Fleet | was the popular nickname for the United States Navy battle fleet that completed a circumnavigation of the globe from December 16, 1907, to February 22, 1909 by order of U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt. |
| Hay Pauncefote Treaty | Agreement promising equal rates through the Panama Canal to all nations and all vessels. |
| Dollar Diplomacy | President William Howard Taft — to further its foreign policy aims in Latin America and East Asia through use of its economic power by guaranteeing loans made to foreign countries |
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