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Chapter 10 Vocabulary

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Term
Definition
Queen Liliuokalani   In 1938, realized her reign in Hawaii had ended.  
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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   Admiral of the U.S. Navy, urged government officials to build u American Naval power.  
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William Seward   Secretary of State under presidents Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson.  
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Pearl Harbor   Built in 1887, United States pressured Hawaii to allow them to build this port.  
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Sanford B. Dole   After an organized revolution against their queen, Hawaii has set up a government run by him.  
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Jose Matri   Cuban poet and journalist in exile in New York.  
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Valeriano Weyler   Sent this general to respond to the Cuban revolt, he tried leading Cubans to concentration camps to end it.  
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yellow journalism   A style of writing to show sympathy for the rebels.  
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U.S.S. Maine   Sent by President McKinley in early 1898 to Cuba to return American citizens in danger of fighting, and to protect American property.  
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George Dewey   A Commodore who commanded to open fire on a Spanish fleet at Manila.  
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Rough Riders   Volunteer cavalry under command of Leonard Woof and Theodore Roosevelt.  
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San Juan Hill   A Spanish battle, with a U.S. Victory.  
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Treaty Of Paris   A treaty between the United States and Spain to regain control and peace between the two nations.  
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Foraker Act   Ended military rule and set up a civil government.  
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Platt Amendment   stated a lot of things Cuba couldn't do.  
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protectorate   a country whose affairs are partially controlled by a stronger power.  
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Emilio Aguinaldo   believed that the United States had promised independence.  
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John Hay   U.S. Secretary of State in 1899.  
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Open Door Notes   A series of policy statements issued by John Hay.  
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Boxer Rebellion   A rebellion.  
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Panama Canal   United States had to get permission from Colombia.  
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Roosevelt Corollary   Added to the Monroe Doctrine.  
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dollar diplomacy   guarantee loans made to foreign countries.  
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Francisco "Pancho" Villa   opposed Carranza's provisional government.  
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Emiliano Zapata   opposed Carranza's provisional governemt.  
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John J. Pershing   sent men to capture Villa dead or alive.  
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