Chapter 10 History Vocab
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| Queen Liliukalani | The queen of the kingdom of Hawaii and was overthrown by the sailors and marines.
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| Imperialism | The policy in which stronger nations extend their economic, political, or military control over weaker territories.
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| Alfred T. Mahan | Leader of the U.S. Navy. Urged government officials to build up American naval power in order to compete with other powerful nations.
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| Pearl Harbor | Hawaii's best port.
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| Sanford B. Dole | New ruler of the government after the queen was overthrown.
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| Jose Marti | A Cuban poet and journalist in exile in New York, launched a revolution in 1895.
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| Valeriano Weyler | General who was sent by Spain to Cuba to restore order.
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| Yellow Journalism | Sensational or exaggerated reporting to attract readers.
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| U.S.S Maine | Was sent to Cuba to bring home American citizens in danger from the fighting.
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| George Dewey | Commodore who gave the command to open fire on the Spanish fleet at Manila.
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| Rough Riders | A volunteer cavalry under the command of Leonard Wood and Theodore Roosevelt.
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| San Juan Hill | Location of the most famous battle in Cuba.
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| Treaty of Paris | The treaty ending the Spanish-American war.
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| Foraker Act | Ended military rule and set up a civil government.
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| Platt Amendment | Commanded Cuba to stay out of debt and give the U.S. the right to intervene and buy Cuban land for naval ports.
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| Protectorate | A country whose affairs are partially controlled by a stronger person.
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| Emilio Aguinaldo | The rebel leader that believed that the United States had promised independence.
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| John Hay | U.S. Secretary of State who issued a series of policy statements called the Open Door notes.
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| Open Door Notes | Letter addressed to the leaders of imperialist nations proposing that the nations share their trading rights with the U.S.
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| Boxer Rebellion | Rebellion in which members of a secret society in China who sought to free their country of western influence.
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| Panama Canal | An artificial canal through Panama that gave a passage through the two oceans
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| Roosevelt Corollary | The U.S. declared the right to protect all countries in the western hemisphere.
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| Dollar Diplomacy | Using the nations economic power to exert influence in other countries.
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| Francisco "Pancho" Villa | Mexican rebel leader.
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| Emiliano Zapata | Mexican rebel leader.
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| John J. Pershing | A brigadier general who was sent into Mexico under Wilson.
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