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U.S histroy Kent

Ch. 12 vocabulary

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Imperialism The policy of extending the rule or authority of an empire or nation over foreign countries, or of acquiring and holding colonies and dependencies.
protectorate The relation of a strong state toward a weaker state or territory that it protects and partly controls
Anglo Saxonism A characteristic of the Anglo-Saxon race; especially, a word or an idiom of the Anglo-Saxon tongue.
Josiah Strong was an American Protestant clergyman, organizer, editor and author. He was one of the founders of the Social Gospel movement.
Matthew C. Perry Perry landed for peace and trade talks on March 8, 1854, and began to negotiate with the Japanese to establish a trade agreement
Queen Liliuokalani She felt her mission was to preserve the islands for their native residents. In 1898, Hawaii was annexed to the United States and Queen Liliuokalani was forced to give up her throne.
James G. Blaine In 1859, Blaine became chairman of the Republican state party organization.
Pan Americanism (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) of, relating to, or concerning North, South, and Central America collectively or the advocacy of political or economic unity among American countries.
Alfred T. Mahan Mahan, Alfred Thayer (1840-1914), a United States naval officer, called “the philosopher of sea power.” His aim was to show that command of the sea is a decisive factor in international relations.
Henry Cabot Lodge elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in 1893; reelected to the Senate in 1899, 1905, 1911, 1916, and 1922 and served from March 4, 1893, until his death.
William Randolph Hearst Hearst turned the newspaper into a combination of reformist investigative reporting and lurid sensationalism. He soon developed a reputation for employing the best journalists available.
Joseph Pulitzer He supported labor, attacked trusts and monopolies, and revealed political corruption.
Yellow Journalism the practice of yellow journalism involved sensationalism, distorted stories, and misleading images for the sole purpose of boosting newspaper sales.
Enrique Dupuy de Lome During the following years he served in a variety of posts including Japan, Belgium, Uruguay, Argentina, the United States, Germany, and Italy. In 1892 he was named Spanish Minister to the United States.
Jingoism The spirit, policy, or practice of jingoes; bellicose chauvinism.
Theodore Roosevelt Among his accomplishments, he helped end cronyism in political offices, attacked railroad trusts, built up a sizable Navy, negotiated the end of the Russo-Japanese War.
George Dewey He is best known for his victory at the Battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish-American War.
Emilio Aguinaldo He was the youngest (at age 29) to have become the country's president, the longest-lived president (having survived to age 94) and the president to have outlived the most number of successors
Rough Riders The Rough Riders were a cavalry group who were part of the charge up San Juan Hill in Cuba.
Leonard Wood Leonard Wood (October 9, 1860 – August 7, 1927) was a physician who served as the Chief of Staff of the United States Army, Military Governor of Cuba and Governor General of the Philippines.
Foraker Act United States federal law that established civilian (limited popular) government on the island of Puerto Rico, which had been newly acquired by the United States as a result of the Spanish–American War.
Platt Amendment It stipulated the conditions for the withdrawal of United States troops remaining in Cuba at the end of the Spanish-American War.
Sphere of Influence An area or region over which a state or organization has significant cultural, economic, military or political influence.
Open Door Policy The Open Door Policy is a concept in foreign affairs, which usually refers to the policy around 1900 allowing multiple Imperial powers access to China.
Boxer Rebellion A proto-nationalist movement by the "Righteous Harmony Society"in China between 1898 and 1901, opposing foreign imperialism and Christianity.
Great White Fleet A Completed a circumnavigation of the globe from 16 December 1907 to 22 February 1909 by order of U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt.
Hay pauncefote Treaty The Treaty nullified the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty of 1850 and gave the United States the right to create and control a canal across the Central American isthmus to connect the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean.
Dollar Diplomacy Particularly under President William Howard Taft, to further its aims in Latin America and East Asia through use of its economic power by guaranteeing loans made to foreign countries.
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