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12 Vocabulary

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Imperialism   The actions used by one nation to exercise political or economic control over a smaller or weaker nation.  
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Protectorate   A country that is technically independent but is actually under the control of another country.  
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Anglo Saxonism   Britian and the U.S. believed it had been the nations destiny to expand west to the Pacific ocean.  
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Josiah Strong   An American Protestant clergyman, organizer, editor and author.  
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Matthew C. Perry   Commodore of the U.S. Navy.  
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Queen Loliuokalani   Last reigning monarch of the Hawaiian islands.  
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James G. Blaine   Was a U.S. Represenative, Speaker of the United States House of Represenatives.  
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Pan Americanism   Movement which, through diplomatic, political, economic and social means, seeks to create, encourage and organize relationships.  
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Alfred T. Mahan   United States naval officer.  
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Henry Cabot Lodge   He was a powerful Senator who pushed for the construction of a new navy.  
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William Randolph Hearst   wrote "The Joural"  
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Joseph Pulitzer   wrote "The World"  
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Yellow Journalism   the kind of sensational reporting in which writers often exasggerated or even made up stories.  
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Enrique Dupuy de Lome   Spanish ambassador to the United States.  
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Jingoism   Extreme chauvinism or nationalism marked especially by a belligerent foreign policy.  
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Theodore Roosevelt   26th President of the United States.  
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George Dewey   Admiral of the United States Navy.  
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Emilio Aguinaldo   Filipino general, politician, and independence leader.  
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Rough Riders   The 1st U.S. Volunteer Cavalry Regiment.  
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Leonard Wood   Jr. Captain, Infantry, United States Army  
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Foraker Act   Gave the U.S. direct control over and power to set up a government in Puerto Rico.  
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Platt Amendment   Legislation that severely restricted Cuba's sovereignty and gave the U.S. the right to intervene if Cuba got into trouble.  
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Sphere of Influence   The geographical area in which one nation is very influential.  
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Boxer Rebellion   A 1900 Uprising in China aimed at ending foreign influence in the country.  
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Great White Fleet   1907-1909-  
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