12 Vocabulary Word Scramble
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| Imperialism | The actions used by one nation to exercise political or economic control over a smaller or weaker nation. |
| Protectorate | A country that is technically independent but is actually under the control of another country. |
| Anglo Saxonism | Britian and the U.S. believed it had been the nations destiny to expand west to the Pacific ocean. |
| Josiah Strong | An American Protestant clergyman, organizer, editor and author. |
| Matthew C. Perry | Commodore of the U.S. Navy. |
| Queen Loliuokalani | Last reigning monarch of the Hawaiian islands. |
| James G. Blaine | Was a U.S. Represenative, Speaker of the United States House of Represenatives. |
| Pan Americanism | Movement which, through diplomatic, political, economic and social means, seeks to create, encourage and organize relationships. |
| Alfred T. Mahan | United States naval officer. |
| Henry Cabot Lodge | He was a powerful Senator who pushed for the construction of a new navy. |
| William Randolph Hearst | wrote "The Joural" |
| Joseph Pulitzer | wrote "The World" |
| Yellow Journalism | the kind of sensational reporting in which writers often exasggerated or even made up stories. |
| Enrique Dupuy de Lome | Spanish ambassador to the United States. |
| Jingoism | Extreme chauvinism or nationalism marked especially by a belligerent foreign policy. |
| Theodore Roosevelt | 26th President of the United States. |
| George Dewey | Admiral of the United States Navy. |
| Emilio Aguinaldo | Filipino general, politician, and independence leader. |
| Rough Riders | The 1st U.S. Volunteer Cavalry Regiment. |
| Leonard Wood | Jr. Captain, Infantry, United States Army |
| Foraker Act | Gave the U.S. direct control over and power to set up a government in Puerto Rico. |
| Platt Amendment | Legislation that severely restricted Cuba's sovereignty and gave the U.S. the right to intervene if Cuba got into trouble. |
| Sphere of Influence | The geographical area in which one nation is very influential. |
| Boxer Rebellion | A 1900 Uprising in China aimed at ending foreign influence in the country. |
| Great White Fleet | 1907-1909- |
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