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1. imperialism strong nations that use their political, military, and economic resources to take over weak territories.
2. extractive economy Where one country removed raw materials from their colonies and sent them to their home country.
3. Alfred T. Mahan a military officer who helped transform America into a naval power.
4. Social Darwinism a belief that life has competitive struggles (survival of the fittest)
5. Frederick J. Turner a historian that said the American frontier was closing due to settlement. His thesis also helped for overseas expansion.
6. Matthew Perry was a commodore who sailed American warships into present day Tokyo Bay, Japan.
7. Queen Liliuokalani was a Hawaiian Nationalist, she detested the increasing white power growing on the island, and abolished the constitution giving power to the whites.
8. Jose Marti a Cuban Patriot who led a war for independence from the country Spain.
9. William Randolph Hearst a newspaper publisher that raised a dislike for spanish government.
10. Yellow Press a newspaper that reported on spanish government but got its name from a popular cartoon called the Yellow Kid that was also published in the paper.
11. jingoism aggressive nationalism
12. George Dewey a man who sailed his ships into Manila Bay, Spanish Philippines
13. Emilio Aguinaldo was a man who helped defeat the spanish army
14. Rough Riders were rugged westerners and upper-class easterners who formed a cavalry unit with Theodore Roosevelt.
15. Treaty of Paris officially ended the Spanish American war.
16. insurrection a rebellion against U.S. law
17. guerrilla warfare form of warfare that involved small bands of fighters fighting to attack behind American lines
18. William Howard Taft governor of the Philippines and future president of the U.S.
19. spheres of influence Britain, France, Germany, and Russia had power and privilege access in Chinese ports and markets but within their own zones.
20. John Hay was a man who wrote one of the first series of notes to foreign diplomats saying the u.s. expected fair commerce.
21. Boxer Rebellion a rebellion in china that caused 20,000 soldiers including American and European soldiers to put it down
22. Open Door Policy a note to european powers stating that the u.s. did not want colonies in china just free trade
23. Russo-Japanese War a war between russia and Japan . Theodore Roosevelt helped bring a peace treaty between the two countries.
24. "Gentlemen's Agreement" the u.s. would end its segregation policy against Asian children while in return Japan would limit the emigration of its citizens to the u.s.
25. Great White Fleet Roosevelt won support to send navy ships (white battleships) around the world increasing u.s. military power.
26. Foraker Act a law that established civil government in Puerto Rico
27. Platt Amendment restricted the rights of cubans and eventually brought the island under u.s. control
28. "big stick" diplomacy Roosevelt's law that depended on the military to achieve American goals
29. Panama Canal a water passage dug by 35,000 workers
30. Roosevelt Corollary updated the Monroe Doctrine for economic imperialism
31. "dollar diplomacy" Taft tried to rely more on this instead of the "big stick" (substitute "dollars for bullets")
32. "moral diplomacy" Wilson preferred this over "big stick" and "dollar diplomacy" used this to guide where he wanted the latin americans in society .
33. Francisco "Pancho" Villa a man who led rebellion against the Carranza government.
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