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