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Monroe Doctrine,  | Policy to prevent other nations from colonizing in the western hemisphere |
| William Seward | purchased Alaska from Russia |
| Seward's Folly | Refers to the perception most Americans had about the purchase of Alaska. |
| Roosevelt Corollary | Expansion of the Monroe doctrine stating that the U.S. would remain peaceful but would use military action to protect its neighbors |
| Venezuala | Conflict between this country and England was a real test of the Monroe Doctrine |
| Colombia | The United States was at conflict with this government over the rights of the Panama Canal |
| the Butcher | Nickname of Spanish General Weyler |
| General Weyler | Spanish general responsible for setting up concentration camps in Cuba |
| Theordore Roosevelt | President who used a heavy hand by threatening military use in Latin American conflicts |
| William Howard Taft | Used dollar diplomacy |
| Dollar Diplomacy | Using American investments to stablize Latin American countries instead of force |
| Imperialism | Practice of dominating weaker nations by establishing it as a colony |
| Henry Cabot Lodge | Favored expansion because it would promote nationalism |
| William McKinley | President during the Spanish American War |
| U.S.S. Maine | U.S. ship that exploded as a result of a fire |
| Treaty of Paris | Officially ended the Spanish American War : gave Cuban independence and U.S. gained new territory |
| Panama Canal | Would allow the U.S. to quickly get from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean |
| Open Door Policy | Opened trade relations between the U.S. and China |
| Puerto Rico | the United States annexed this island but gave them U.S. citizenship |
| Yellow journalism | writing sensationalized news stories and was responsible for getting the US in the Spanish American War |
| William Randolf Hearst | publisher of the NY Daily Journal and promoted sensationalism in the press |
| Arbitration | Allowing a 3rd party to settle a dispute |
| Matthew Perry | Set up trade relations between the U.S. and Japan |
| Nativism | Movement in the US that called for limiting immigration |
| Jobs | Primary reason many immigrants came to the US |
| Nationalism | Feeling of natioal pride and patriotism one feels for its country |
| Militarism | Increasing a country's military strength to rival other powerful countries |
| Humanitarianism | Feeling that the US should expand in order to "Westernize" the rest of the world |
| Teller Amendment | Forbid the US from annexing Cuba |
| Hawaii | This island was annexed in order to create naval stations in the Pacific |
