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chapter12 vocab

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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 A relationship of protection and partial control assumed by a superior power over a dependent country or region.
Anglo Saxonism A characteristic of the Anglo-Saxon race; especially, a word or an idiom of the Anglo-Saxon tongue.
Josiah Strong Aclergyman who proposed revolutionary religion-oriented solutions to perceived inequities in America's social and economic network,
Mathew C. Perry U.S. naval officer who headed an expedition that forced Japan in 1853–54 to enter into trade and diplomatic relations with the West after more than two centuries of isolation.
Queen Liliuokalani Was the last reigning monarch of the Hawaiian Islands. 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, a position he would hold for more than 20 years.
Pan Americanism movement toward commercial, social, economic, military, and political cooperation among the nations of North, Central, and South America.
Alfred T. Mahan 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 In 1880 he was elected to the Massachusetts legislature for a single term. He didnt get congress at his first attempt but got it in 1886 and was recognized for his efforts to support civil service reform and the protection of voting rights in the South.
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 Pulitzer joined the Republican Party and was elected to the Missouri State Assembly.
Jingoism extreme chauvinism or nationalism marked especially by a belligerent foreign policy
Theodore Roosevelt the twenty-sixth President of the United States, but this astonishingly multifaceted man was a great many other things as well.
George Dewey best known for his victory at the Battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish-American War. He was also the only person in the history of the United States to have attained the rank of Admiral of the Navy.
Emilio Aguinaldo was a Filipino general, politician, and independence leader. He played an instrumental role during the Philippines' revolution against Spain.
Rough Riders the name bestowed on the 1st United States Volunteer Cavalry, one of three such regiments raised in 1898 for the Spanish-American War and the only one of the three to see action.
Leonard Wood 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 is a United States federal law that established civilian (limited popular) government on the island of Puerto Rico.
Platt Amendment it stipulated the conditions for the withdrawal of United States troops remaining in Cuba at the end of the Spanish-American War and defined the terms of Cuban-U.S. relations until the 1934 Treaty of Relations.
Sphere of Influence has significant cultural, economic, military or political influence.
Open Door Policy is a concept in foreign affairs, which usually refers to the policy around 1900 allowing multiple Imperial powers access to China, with none of them in control of that country.
Boxer Rebellion was a proto-nationalist movement.
Great White Fleet It consisted of 16 battleships divided into two squadrons, along with various escorts. Roosevelt sought to demonstrate growing American military power and blue-water navy capability.
Hay Pauncefote 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 used to describe the effort of the United States — 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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