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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