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ch.12 kents vocab
vocabulary
Question | Answer |
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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 | the americans and the english think that they should spread there culture |
josiah strong | a popular american minister the late 1800s. |
matthew c. perry | ( April 10, 1794 – March 4, 1858) was the Commodore of the U.S. Navy who compelled the opening of Japan to the West with the Convention of Kanagawa in 1854. |
queen liliuokalani | Queen Lili'uokalani was the queen of the Hawaiian Islands from 1891 until 1893, when she was deposed by those who sought annexation to the United States. Born into Hawaii's royal family, Lili'uokalani spoke… |
james G. blaine | James Gillespie Blaine (January 31, 1830 – January 27, 1893) was a U.S. Representative, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, U.S. Senator ... |
pan americanism | an idea that the united states and latin america should work together . |
alfred t. mahan | an officer in the us navy who tought at the naval war college. he also published his lectures in a book called the influence of sea power upon history 1660-1783 |
henry cabot lodge | himand albert j. beveridge pushed for the construction of a new navy |
william randolph hearst | he owned the new york journal. |
joseph pulitzer | owned the new york world |
yellow journalism | exagerating the truth |
enrique dupuy de lome | the new york journal printed a private letter written by enrique dupuy de lome. |
jingoism | attitude of aggressive nationalism |
theodore roosevelt | secretary of the navy |
george dewey | led his squadron into manila bay in the philippines. |
emilio aguinaldo | launched a new geurilla war |
rough riders | cowboys, miners law officer, etc... |
leonard wood | the commander of the rough riders |
foraker act | it made puerto rico an unicorperated territory |
platt amendment |