Chapter 9 Word Scramble
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| Term | Definition |
| 1. Imperialism | Domination of stronger nations over smaller territories |
| 2. Extractive economy | economy where a country shipped raw materials back to their home for their benefit |
| 3. Social Darwinism | belief that some nations and races were superior to others |
| 4. Yellow press | newspapers used exaggerated stories to promote readership |
| 5. Jingoism | a country's advocation of the use of threats |
| 6. Rough Riders | rough westerners and upper class easterners who fought during the Spanish-American War |
| 7. Treaty of Paris | Treaty signed in 1898 ending the Spanish-American War |
| 8. Insurrection | rebellion |
| 9. Guerrilla warfare | war involving hit-and-run attacks by small groups of fighters |
| 10. Sphere of influence | a region controlled by an outside power |
| 11. Boxer rebellion | Violence that prompted the american and european governments to send troops to crush the rebellion |
| 12. Open door policy | American statement that they didnt want colonies in China |
| 13. Russo-Japenese war | War between Russia and Japan in 1904 over russian troops in Manchuria |
| 14. Gentlemans agreement | Pact that ended segregation of asian children in San. Fran. schools |
| 15. great white fleet | battleships sent by roosevelt in 1907 on a "goodwill cruise" |
| 16. Foraker act | Law established a government in Puerto Rico |
| 17. platt amendment | Conditions under which cuba was given independence in 1902 |
| 18. big stick diplomacy | Roosevelts policy that created a strong military |
| 19. panama canal | Human made waterway linking Atlantic to the Pacific across Isthmus os panama |
| 20. Roosevelt corollary | Reassertion of the Monroe Doctrine to keep western hemisphere free from intervention by europeans |
| 21. Dollar diplomacy | Tafts policy of expanding american investments abroad |
| 22. moral diplomacy | Wilsons statement that the U.S. would not force influence of the world but would work to promote human rights |
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