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chhhhaaapter 12 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| alfred t. mahan | shaped American military planning and helped prompt a worldwide naval race in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Mahan studied at Columbia for two years beginning in 1854—he was a member of the Philolexian Society, |
| henry cabot lodge | a conservative Republican politician, proved a long-term adversary of Democratic President Woodrow Wilson and, ultimately, his nemesis |
| willam 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 | American journalist and publisher, who created along with William Randolph Hearst a new and controversial type of journalism. |
| yellow journalist | : a style of journalism that makes unscrupulous use of scandalous, lurid, or sensationalized stories to attract readers. |
| 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 | extreme patriotism expressing itself especially in hostility toward other countries |
| theodore roosevelt | 26th president of united states assissinated at age 43 |
| george dewey | commander of the Asiatic Squadron |
| emilio aguinaldo | phillipines first president |
| rough riders | a soldier in the 1st U.S. Volunteer Cavalry recruited by Theodore Roosevelt to fight in the Spanish-American War |
| foraker act | The act set up the government of Puerto Rico, annexed from Spain at the conclusion of the Spanish-American War. |
| platt amendment | 1901) Rider appended to a U.S. Army appropriations bill stipulating conditions for withdrawing of U.S. troops remaining in Cuba after the Spanish-American War. |
| sphere of influence | geographic region or area of activity in which a state, organization, or person is dominant |
| 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, with none of them in control of that country |
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