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Vocabulary

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Imperialism   an economic and political domination of a strong nation over other weaker nations  
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Protectorate   imperial power allowed the local rulers to stay in control and protect them against rebellious and invasion  
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Anglo Saxonism   English- speaking nations had superior character, ideas, and systems of government and were dominate  
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Josiah Strong   popular American minister in the late 1800s, linked Anglo- Saxton to Christianity ideas  
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Matthew C. Perry   naval expedition to Japan to negotiate a trade treaty  
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Queen Liliuokalani   assended the Hawaiian throne, disliked the american settlers influence  
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James G. Blaine   served as secretary of state in two admisistrations in the 1880's  
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Pan Americanism   idea that US and Latin America should work together  
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Alfred T. Mahan   officer in the U.S. navy who taught at the Naval War College, published "The influence of sea power upon history"  
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Henry Cabot Lodge   push for construction of new navy  
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William Randolph Hearst   "Journal" newspaper that was his  
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Joseph Pulitzer   "World" newsepaper was his  
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Yellow Journalism   made up or exaggerated stories to attract readers  
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Enrique Dupuy de Lome   Spanish ambassador to the United States  
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Jingoism   attitude of aggressive nationalism  
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Theodore Roosevelt   Assistant secretary of the navy  
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George Dewey   May 1, 1898, led squadron into manila bay in the philippines  
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Emilio Aguinaldo   Filipino revolutionary leader who had staged an unsuccessful uprising against the spanish  
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Rough Riders   volunteere cavalry from american west. mix of cowboys, moners, and law officers  
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Leonard Wood   Commander of the Rough Riders  
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Foraker Act   Puerto Rico an unincorporated territory  
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Platt Amendment   1. Cuba couldnt make a treaty with anyone else. 2. allow U.S. to buy or lease naval stations in cuba 3. keep low debt 4. US had right to intervene  
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Sphere of Influence   an area where a foregein nation controlled economic development such as railroad construction and mining  
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Open Door Policy   all countries should be allowed to trade with china  
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Boxer Rebellion   group member bedieged foreig embassies in beiging  
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Great White Fleet   16 Battleships of US navy  
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Hay Paucefote Treaty   gave US the exclusive rights to build and control any proposed canal through Central America  
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Dollar Diplomacy   america would increase profit  
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