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chapter 12 vocab
| 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 | Anglo-Saxons, name given to the Germanic-speaking peoples who settled in England after the decline of Roman rule there. |
| josiah strong | |
| Matthew C. Perry | Aclergyman who proposed revolutionary religion-oriented solutions to perceived inequities in America's social and economic network, Josiah Strong adhered to a brand of Christianity that came to be known as Christian Socialism. |
| Queen Liliuokalani | Queen Lili'uokalani was the queen of the Hawaiian Islands from 1891 until 1893, when she was deposed by those who sought annexation to the United States. Born into Hawaii's royal family, Lili'uokalani spoke fluent English and was well-educated. |
| James G. Blaine | (born Jan. 31, 1830, West Brownsville, Pa., U.S. — died Jan. 27, 1893, Washington, D.C.) U.S. politician and diplomat. He moved to Maine in 1854 to become editor of the Kennebec Journal, a crusading Republican newspaper. He served in the U.S. House of Rep |
| Pan Americanism | The struggle for independence after 1810 among the Latin American nations evoked a sense of unity, especially in South America where, under Simón Bolívar in the north and José de San Martín in the south, there were cooperative efforts. Francisco Morazán |
| Alfred T. Mahan | born Sept. 27, 1840, West Point, N.Y., U.S. — died Dec. 1, 1914, Quogue, N.Y.) U.S. naval officer and historian. He studied at the U.S. Naval Academy, and his nearly 40 years of active naval duty included fighting in the American Civil War. |
| Henry Cabot Lodge | born May 12, 1850, Boston, Mass., U.S. — died Nov. 9, 1924, Cambridge, Mass.) U.S. politician. 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 |
| William Randolph Hearst | The son of a U.S. senator, William Randolph Hearst was a rich kid in his early 20s when he inherited control of the San Francisco Examiner newspaper from his father, mining tycoon George Hearst, in 1887. |
| Joseph Pulitzer | Joseph Pulitzer was born in Mako, Hungary on April 10, 1847, the son of a wealthy grain merchant of Magyar-Jewish origin and a German mother who was a devout Roman Catholic. |
| Yellow Journalism | the type of journalism that relies on sensationalism and lurid exaggeration to attract readers |
| Enrique Dupuy de Lome | Born in Valencia, Spain, Enrique Dupuy de Lôme came from a family of French origin who settled in Spain. After completing his legal studies at the University of Madrid in 1872, Dupuy de Lôme entered diplomatic service. |
| Jingoism | extreme chauvinism or nationalism marked especially by a belligerent foreign policy |
| Theodore Roosevelt | |
| George Dewey | George Dewey was born on December 26, 1837 in Montpelier, Vermont. Upon his graduation from the Naval Academy in 1857, he was commissioned as a lieutenant in 1861. |
| Emilio Aguinaldo | Born in 1869 of Chinese and Tagalog parentage, Emilio Aguinaldo fought in the Philippine Revolution against the occupying Spanish. After the U.S. took over the country in 1898, Aguinaldo led a three-year insurrection until he was captured. |
| Rough Riders | The most famous of all the units fighting in Cuba, the "Rough Riders" was the name given to the First U.S. Volunteer Cavalry under the leadership of Theodore Roosevelt. Roosevelt resigned his position as Assistant Secretary of the Navy in May 1898 to join |
| Leonard Wood | |
| Foraker Act | On April 2, 1900, U.S. President McKinley signed a civil law that established a civilian government in Puerto Rico. |
| Platt Amendment | Approved on May 22, 1903, the Platt Amendment was a treaty between the U.S. and Cuba that attempted to protect Cuba's independence from foreign intervention. |
| Sphere of Influence | jhgk |
| Open door Policy |
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