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imperialism vocab
key terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Imperialism | A policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force; ruled by an emperor |
| Sensationalism | The use of exciting or shocking stories or language at the expense of accuracy , in order to provoke public interest or excitement |
| Protectorate | A state that is controlled and protected by another ; the position or period of office of a protector , especially that in England of Oliver and Richard Cromwell |
| Isthmus | A narrow strip of land with sea on either side , forming a link between two larger areas of land |
| Foreign Policy | A government's strategy in dealing with other nations. Founded in the United states in the late 1970 by Samuel P. Huntington. . |
| Imperialism | A policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force; ruled by an emperor |
| Sensationalism | The use of exciting or shocking stories or language at the expense of accuracy , in order to provoke public interest or excitement |
| Protectorate | A state that is controlled and protected by another ; the position or period of office of a protector , especially that in England of Oliver and Richard Cromwell |
| Isthmus | A narrow strip of land with sea on either side , forming a link between two larger areas of land |
| Foreign Policy | A government's strategy in dealing with other nations. Founded in the United states in the late 1970 by Samuel P. Huntington . It provides he power to protect America's national interest. the president of the united states negotiates treaties with f |
| Spanish - american war | Armed conflict between Spain and the United States in 1898 |
| Joseph Pulitzer | A newspaper publisher of St. Louis Post- dispatch and the New York World |
| William Randolph Hearst | An american businessman, newspaper publisher, and politician known for developing the nation's largest newspaper chain and media company |
| DE Lome letter | Note written by a Spanish Ambassador to the united states |
| USS Maine | A United States Navy ship that sank in Havana harbor in February 1898 |
| Theodore Roosevelt | American businessman , politician , conservationist , naturalist and writer who served as the 26th president of the U.S from 1901 to 1909 |
| John Hay | Statesman and official whose career in government stretched over almost half a century . |
| Open Door Policy | Foreign affairs initially used to refer the United states policy established in the late 19 and early 20th century |
| Boxer rebellion | Peasant uprising of 1900 that attempted to drive all foreigners from China . " Boxer" was a name that foreigners gave to a Chinese secret society. |
| Alfred Thayer Mahan | American naval officer , who was a highly influential exponent of sea power in the late 19th and early 20th century |
| Platt Amendment | stipulated seven conditions for the withdrawal of United States troops remaining in Cuba at the end of the Spanish–American War, and an eighth condition that Cuba sign a treaty |
| Queen Liliuokalani | The last sovereign of the Kalakaua dynasty , which ruled a unified Hawaiian Kingdom since 1810 |
| Sanford B dole | a lawyer and jurist in the Hawaiian islands |
| Panama canal | Lock-type canal that connects the Atlantic and pacific oceans through the narrow Isthmus of Panama |
| Roosevelt Corollary/ Big stick policy | an extension of a previous ideas - to the Monroe doctrine contained a great irony and asserting that the U.S. might intervene in the affairs of an American republic threatened with seizure or intervention by a European country. |
| Dollar Diplomacy | the use of a country's financial power to extend its international influence |