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Imperialism voca
Imperialism 1890-1914
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Imperialism | The policy in which stronger nations extend their economic, political, or military control over weaker territories (until 1890s). |
| Alfred T Mahan | Wrote "the history of sea power upon history". Naval power on American nations. |
| Queen Lilikuolani | Last Hawaiian Queen overthrown by Dole. |
| Yellow Press/ Yellow Journalism | sensational style of writing, which exagerates the news to lure and enrage readers. |
| U.S.S Maine | Steel ship that blew up in Cuba. |
| Rough riders | A volunteer calvary under the comand of Leonard Wood and Theodore Roosevelt to fight Spain. |
| Emilio Aguinaldo | Filipino rebel against spain and then the U.S. |
| Treaty of Paris of 1898 | Ended hostilities against the United States and Spain. |
| Teller Amendment | Give Cuba independence off war. |
| Jones act (1946) | promise to give filipinos independence |
| Foraker act | Puerto Rico becomes a commonwealth. Not state, but neither independent country. |
| Platt Amendment | United states provisions for Cuba to take into account. |
| "White man's burdern" | Poem that contributed to the Anglo Saxon belief that is to civilize the uncivilize. |
| Boxer Rebellion | Chinese fail attempt to expel foreigners out of china. |
| Big Stick policy | Roosevelt's idea to use military force to achieve us. Or imperialism |
| Roosevelt's Corollary | Any line provided US right to intervene in Latin America at any time. |
| Hay Bunau Varilla Treaty | agreement US and Panama. |
| Gentlemen's agreement | Japanese enter schools in california but no more japanese people enter the country. |
| Pancho Villa | Rebel of the Rebellion of Mexico. |