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| NAACP | National Association for the Advancement of Colored People |
| Alfred t. Mahan | wrote the Influence of Sea Power in History |
| imperialism | practice of strong countries taking economic, political and military power over weaker countries |
| Valeriano Weyler | General sent from Spain to Cuba, nicknamed "butcher" |
| Rough Riders | Fighting unit led by T.R. in Cuba |
| USS Maine | US warship that exploded in Havana Harbor in 1898 |
| George Dewey | US naval commander who led the American attack on the Philippines |
| San Juan Hill | location of an important American land victory inCuba |
| yellow journalism | reporting in newspapers and maganzines that exaggerates the news in order to make it more interesting |
| Platt Amendment | provisions in Cuban constitution that gave US broad rights in Cuba |
| Open Door Policy | message sent by John Hay to other coutnries to protect US trading rights in China |
| Josiah Strong | Wrote "Our Country" |
| Boxer Rebellion | rebellion against Western influence in China |
| protectorate | a country that is partly controlled by another stronger country |
| Panama Canal | a channel across Central America, opened in 1914 |
| annex | add to a country as a territory or protectorate |
| Colombia | Panama once belonged to this country |
| Manchuria | resource rich region in China that was fought over by Russia and Japan |
| John Hay | US Secretary of State |
| William Seward | US Secretary of State who orchestrated the sale of Alaska |
| Alaska | also known as Seward's Folly |
| Big Stick Policy | TR's foreign policy |
| Russia | Alaska was purchased from this country |
| Frederick Jackson Turner | wrote the "Frontier Thesis" |
| Dr Walter Reed | proved that yellow fever was carried by mosquitos |
| Open Door Policy | ensured equal trading rights for all countries in China |
| William McKinley | TR's running mate in the election of 1900 |
| "A Splendid Little War" | nickname for the Spanish American War |
| manifest destiny | belief that the US would expand across the continent |
| cavalry | army troops trained to fight on horseback (or armored units) |
| Dollar Diplomacy | Taft's foreign policy |
| Moral Diplomacy | Wilson's foreign policy |
| Theodore Roosevelt | leader of the Rough Riders who eventually became President |
| Russia & Japan | 2 countries TR arbitrated between to end their war |
| Manchuria & Korea | 2 areas that were fought over during the Russo Japanese War |
| Seward's Icebox | nickname for Alaska |
| William Howard Taft | president who succeeded TR |
| Woodrow Wilson | president who succeeded Taft |
| Boxer Rebellion | a result of the Open Door Policy |
| boxers | religious group in China who opposed foreigners in China |
| Influence of Sea Power on History | 1. build up US navy 2. get naval bases all over the globe.3. canal in Central America to speed up east coast to west coast shipping |
