Term | Definition |
1. imperialism | the policy by which nations extend their political, military, and economic control over weaker territories |
2. extractive economy | economy in a colony where the colonizing country removed raw materials and shipped them back home to benefit its own company |
3. social darwinism | the belief that life consists of competitive struggles in which only the fittest survive |
4. yellow press | newspapers that used sensational headlines and exaggerated stories in order to promote readership |
5. jingoism | aggressive nationalism |
6. rough riders | group of men, consisting of rugged westerners and upper class easterners who fought during the spanish-american war |
7. Treaty of Paris | an agreement in which officially ended the spanish-american war (1898) |
8. insurrection | rebellion |
9. guerrilla warfare | form of non-traditional warfare generally involving small bands of fighters to attack behind American lines |
10. sphere of influence | a region dominated and controlled by an outside power |
11. Boxer Rebellion | violence which prompted the governments of Europe and America to send troops to squash the rebelllion |
12. Open Door Policy | american statement that the government did not want colonies in china, but favored free trade here |
13. Russo-Japanese War | 1904 war over the presence of Russian troops in manchuria |
14. "Gentleman's Agreement" | pact between the U.S. and Japan to end segregation of Asian children in San Francisco public schools. |
15. Great White Fleat | battleships sent by Roosevelt in 1907 on a "good will cruise" around the world |
16. Foraker Act | established a civil government in Puerto Rico |
17. Platt Amendment | restricted the rights of newly independent Cubans and effectively brought the island within the U.S. sphere |
18. "big stick" diplomacy | Roosevelt's policy of creating and using a strong military to achieve America's goals |
19. Panama Canal | human made waterway linking the Atlantic to the Pacific across the Isthmus of Panama |
20. Roosevelt Corollary | Roosevelt's reassertion of the Monroe Doctrine to keep the Western Hemisphere free from the interventin by European powers |
21. dollar diplomacy | president Taft's policy of expanding American investments abroad |
22. moral diplomacy | Wilson's statement that the U.S. would not use force to assert influence in the world, but would instead work to promote hiuman rights |