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Chapter 10 History
Term | Definition |
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Queen Liluokalani | her reign in hawaii came to an end |
imperialism | policy where nations extend their economic, political, or military over the weak |
william seward | a leader of the u.s. navy |
alfred T mahan | suporter of american expansion |
pearl ahrbor | naval base in hawaii refueling station for ships |
sanford B Dole | governor of hawaii |
Jose marti | cuban poet and journalist in new york |
valeriano weyler | sent to restore order in cuba |
yellow journalism | style of writing exaggerates the news to lure and enrage readers |
u.s.s maine | went to cuba to get american citizens in danger of fighting and to protect american property |
george dewey | gave command to open fire on the spanish fleet |
rough riders | volunteer calvary under command of leonard wood and theodore roosevelt |
san juan hill | infantry on their way to attack hill |
treaty of paris | touched off a great debate in the united states |
foraker act | ended military rule and set up a civil government |
platt amendment | made rules for cuba that they had to follow |
protectorate | a country whose affaris are partially controlled by a stronger power |
emilio agunaldo | believed that the united states had promised independence |
john hay | senator in 1899 |
open door notes | letters to imperialist nations proposing that the nations share their trading rights with the united states |
boxer rebellion | thousands of chinese died during fighting in the chinese capital |
panama canal | us had to get permission from colombia which ruled the canal |
roosevelt corollary | warned that disorder in latin america policy would force the us into the exercise of an international police power |
dollar diplomacy | used to justify eurpoean powers out of carribbean |
francisco pancho villa | were mexicans under his leadership |
emiliano zapata | oposed carranzas provisional government |
john j pershing | 15000 soldiers sent into mexico to capture villa dead or alive |