Term | Definition |
imperialism | political, military, and economic domination of strong nations over weaker territories |
extractive economy | economy in a colony where the country removed raw materials and shipped them back home to benefit their own home |
Social Dawinism | belief that certain nations and races were superior to others and destined to rule over them |
Yellow Press | newspaper that use sensation and exaggerated stories in order to promote readership |
jingoism | aggressive nationalism |
Rough Riders | group of men, consisting of rugged westerners and upper class easterners who fought in the Spanish-American War |
Treaty of Paris | agreement signed by the U.S. and Spain in 1898 that ended the Spanish-American War |
insurrection | rebellion |
guerrilla warfare | form of non-traditional warfare generally involving hit and run attacks by small bands of fighters |
sphere of influence | a region dominated and controlled by an outside power |
Boxer Rebellion | violence started by members of a secret society in China which the government of Europe and America to send troops to squash the rebellion |
Open Door Policy | American statement that the government did not want colonies in China, favored free trade there |
Russo-Japanese War | war between Japan and Russia in 1904 over the presence of Russian troops in Manchuria |
Gentlemen's Agreement | pact between the U.S and Japan to end segregation of Asian children in San Francisco public schools |
Great White Fleet | battleship sent by Roosevelt in 1907 on a good will cruise around the world |
Foraker Act | law establishing a cicil government in Puerto Rico |
Platt Amendment | set of conditions under which Cuba was granted independence in 1902 |
big stick diplomacy | Theodore Roosevelt's policy of creating and using, when necessary, a strong military to achieve America's goals |
Panama Canal | human made waterway linking the Atlantic to the Pacific across the Isthmus of Panama |
dollar diplomacy | President Taft policy of expanding American investments abroad |
moral diplomacy | Woodrow Wilson's statement that the U.S. would not use force to assert influence in the world |
Roosevelt Corollary | Theodore Roosevelt's reassertion of the Monroe Doctrine to keep the Western Hemisphere free from invention by European powers |