A | B |
the policy by which strong nations extend their political, military and economic control over weaker territories | Imperalism |
military historian and an Officer in the U.S. Navy played a key role in transforming America into a naval power | Alfred T. Mahan |
the imperial country removed raw materials from the colony and shipped them to the home country | Extractive Economy |
noted that the frontier had been closed by gradual settlement in the 19th century. | Fredrick Turner |
Commodore, sailed a fleet of American warships in to Tokyo Bay, open Japan up to trade | Matthew Perry |
Queen of Hawaii; abolished the constitution that gave political power to white minority | Queen Liliuokalani |
Spanish General in charge of Cuba | Valeriano Weyler |
1898, Commodore, sailed vessels into Manila, surprised Spanish fleet -destroyed | George Dewey |
Calvary unit commanded by Roosevelt, made up of westerners and upper-class easterners | Rough Riders |
aggressive nationalism | Jingoism |
rebellion, against U.S. rule | Insurrection |
non-traditional warfare involving small bands of fighters to attack behind enemy lines | Guerrilla Warfare |
1901, governor of the Philippines, help island recover from rebellion | William Taft |
European, zones that divided China, where each power had privileged access to Chinese ports and markets | Sphere of Influence |
U.S. Secretary of State, notified leaders of imperialist nations that the U.S. expected equality for trade in China | John Hay |
secret society, Righteous and Harmonious fists, members trained in marital arts | Boxer Rebellion |
statement that America did not want colonies in China, but wanted free trade | Open Door Policy |
1904 war between Russia and Japan over Manchuria | Russo-Japanese War |
agreement to end the San Francisco School ban on Asian children from attending public school. In return Japan agreed to limit the emigration to the U.S. | Gentlemen's Agreement |
a new force of 16 white battleships for the U.S. Navy | Great White Fleet |
added to the Cuban constitution, restricted the rights of newly independent Cubans and brought the island into the U.S. Sphere | Platt Amendment |
established a civil government in Puerto Rico | Foraker Act |
relied upon the military to achieve American goals | Big Stick Diplomacy |
hand made water connecting the Pacific to the Gulf of Mexico through the Isthmus of Panama | Panama Canal |
reasserts the Monroe doctrine, especially keeping European Powers out of western hemisphere | Roosevelt Corollary |
the idea of U.S. dollars to increase American investments in businesses and banks though out Central American and Caribbean | Dollar Diplomacy |
U.S. would not use force to assert influence in the world, but work to improve human rights | Moral Deiplomacy |
an autonomous territory that is protected diplomatically or militarily against third parties by a stronger state | Protectorate |
General in the U.S. Army; sent on a punitive expedition to Mexico to find Pancho Villa, leader of the U.S. Expeditionary force in France | John J. Pershing |