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CH12 VOCABULAR
Question | Answer |
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IMPERALISM | Imperialism är en strävan hos vissa stater eller nationer att bilda imperier som omfattar områden av främmande folkslag och nationer. |
protectorate | the relation of a strong state toward a weaker state or territory that it protects and partly controls. |
anglo saxonism | is a term used by historians to designate the Germanic tribes who invaded the south and east of Great Britain beginning in the early 5th century |
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 | Matthew C. Perry was a key figure in the US Navy during the first half of the 19th century. |
Queen liluokalani | was the last reigning monarch of the Hawaiian islands. She felt her mission was to preserve the islands for their native residents. |
James G Blaine | was a U.S. Representative, Speaker of the United States House |
Pan Americanism | is a movement which, through diplomatic, political, economic and social means, seeks to create, encourage and organize relationships |
Alfred Thayer Mahan | American naval officer and historian who was a highly influential exponent of sea power in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. |
Henry cabot lodge | Henry Cabot "Slim" Lodge (May 12, 1850 – November 9, 1924) was an American statesman, Republican politician, and noted historian from Massachusetts. |
William Randolph Hearst | William Randolph Hearst was born on April 29, 1863 in San Francisco, California. He was born into a family wealthy from his father's discovery of and involvement. |
Joseph Pulitzer | the son of a grain dealer, was born in Budapest, in the Austro- Hungarian Empire in April, 1847. He emigrated to the United States in 1864 |
Yellow Journalism | in short, is biased opinion masquerading as objective fact. Moreover, the practice of yellow journalism involved sensationalism |
Enrique Dupuy de Lome | was a Spanish diplomat who is best known for a letter he penned to a Spanish official in Cuba in 1898. |
Jingoism | är en engelsk term för chauvinism, en nationalistisk inställning kombinerad med en fientlig inställning mot andra nationer. |
Theodore Roosevelt | WhiteHouse.gov is the official web site for the White House and President Barack Obama, the 44th President of the United States. |
George Dewy | Biography, chronology and bibliography focusing on the Spanish-American War. |
Emilo Agunaldo | Filipino leader and independence fighter, born near Cavite, Luzon, and educated at the College of San Juan de Letran |
Rough Riders | is the name bestowed on the 1st United States Volunteer Cavalry, one of three such regiments raised in 1898 for the Spanish-American War |
Leonard Wood | Home to the U.S. Army Chemical, Engineer and Military Police Regiments, Forces Command's 4th Maneuvre Enhancement Brigade and other deployable units |
Foraker act | officially the Organic Act of 1900, is a United States federal law that established civilian (limited popular) government on the island of Puerto |
Platt Amendment | of 1901 was a rider appended to the Army Appropriations Act presented to the U.S. |
Sphere of influence | is an area or region over which a state or organization has significant cultural, economic |
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 | , also called the Boxer Uprising by some historians or the Righteous Harmony Society Movement in northern China |
Great white fleet | is an ocean transportation company specializing on fulfilling the needs of the Latin American market. |
Hay Pauncefote Treaty | was a treaty signed on November 18, 1903, |
dollar diplomacy | was an integral part of the history of the United States in the early 1900's. |