chapter 12vocabulary
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| imperialism | imperial government, authority, or system
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| protectorate | the relation of a strong state toward a weaker state or territory that it protects and partly controls.
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| anglo saxonism | A characteristic of the Anglo-Saxon race; especially, a word or an idiom of the Anglo-Saxon tongue
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| josiah strong | He was one of the founders of the Social Gospel movement that sought to apply Protestant religious principles to solve the social ills brought on by industrialization, urbanization and immigration.
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| matthew c perry | was the Commodore of the U.S. Navy who compelled the opening of Japan to the West with the Convention of Kanagawa in 1854.
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| queen lilioukalani | was the last reigning monarch of the Hawaiian islands. She felt her mission was to preserve the islands for their native residents. In 1898, Hawaii was annexed to the United States and Queen Liliuokalani was forced to give up her throne.
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| james g blaine | he American statesman James G. Blaine was born in West Brownsville, Pennsylvania,In 1862 he was elected to Congress, serving in the House thirteen years (December 1863 to December 1876), followed by a little over four years in the Senate.
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| pan americanism | political doctrine based on the idea of an alleged historical, economic, and cultural commonality shared by the USA and the other countries of the Americas. The doctrine is contrary to the facts and is constructed on a distorted.
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| alfred t mahan | Mahan was the author of many works that contain an abundance of factual material to substantiate the lawlike regularity of wars and justify the aggressive wars of the USA.
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| henry cabot lodge | he supported the gold standard and a high protective tariff, was a bitter opponent of President Wilson's peace policy, opposed U.S. entry into the League of Nations unless specified and highly limiting reservations were made to protect U.S. interests
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| william randolph hearst | United States newspaper publisher whose introduction of large headlines and sensational reporting changed American journalism (1863-1951)c
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| joseph pulitzer | United States newspaper publisher (born in Hungary) who established the Pulitzer prizes (1847-1911)
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| yellow journalism | Journalism that exploits, distorts, or exaggerates the news to create sensations and attract readers.x
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| enrique dupuy de lome | was a Spanish diplomat who is best known for a letter he penned to a Spanish official in Cuba in 1898.The American public fumed over the De Lôme letter, and called for war against Spain.
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| jingoism | Extreme nationalism characterized especially by a belligerent foreign policy; chauvinistic patriotism
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| theodore roosevelt | - 26th President of the United States; hero of the Spanish-American War; Panama Canal was built during his administration; "Theodore Roosevelt said `Speak softly but carry a big stick'" (1858-1919)
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| george dewey | a United States naval officer remembered for his victory at Manila Bay in the Spanish-American War
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| emilio aguinaldo | was a Filipino general, politician, and independence leader. He played an instrumental role during the Philippines' revolution against Spain, and the subsequent Philippine-American War that resisted American occupation.
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| rough riders | The "Rough Riders" was the name bestowed on the 1st United States Volunteer Cavalry, one of three such regiments raised in 1898 for the Spanish-American War and the only one of the three to see action.
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| leonard wood | was a physician who served as the Chief of Staff of the United States Army, Military Governor of Cuba and Governor General of the Philippines.
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| foraker act | The Foraker Act, officially the Organic Act of 1900, is a United States federal law that established civilian government on the island of Puerto Rico, which had been newly acquired by the United States as a result of the Spanish–American War
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