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| Imperialism | policy to extend political, military, and economic control over weaker territories |
| Extractive economy | a territory that powerful countries use to remove valuable raw materials |
| 3 factors of Imperialism | Military Strength, Economic Expansion, Superiority (exceptionalism) |
| Alfred T. Mahan | military historian that said the United States needed a strong navy in order to protect its interests around the world |
| Social Darwinism | the belief that only the strongest countries will survive and the rest will be fall under their control |
| Frederick Jackson Turner | historian that said the United States needed to expand its territory overseas since their was no more unsettled frontier |
| Queen Liliuokalani | Hawaiian queen who was overthrown after threatening to nationalize (take control of) land owned by American planters |
| Nationalism | people have of being loyal to and proud of their country often with the belief that it is better and more important than other countries |
| Annex (Annexation) | to add (an area or region) to a country, state, etc. : to take control of (a territory or place) |
| Manifest Destiny | belief that the expansion of the US throughout the American continents was God given right and both justified and inevitable |
| William Randolph Hurst | Powerful newspaper owner who used his power to influence Americans’ opinions about Spain and the Spanish American War |
| Yellow Press or Yellow Journalism | the use of sensational and exaggerated stories in newspapers |
| Jingoism | aggressive nationalism |
| U.S.S. Maine | U.S. Battleship that sunk off the coast of Cuba. Spain was blamed for the accident |
| Philippines | Pacific Island country once controlled by Spain and later by the United States. The location of the first battle of the Spanish American War |
| Rough Riders | the cavalry unit organized and led by Teddy Roosevelt that fought in Cuba during the Spanish American War |
| Treaty of Paris | the agreement that officially ended the Spanish American War, which had Spain giving up control of Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines to the United States |
| Spanish American War | Conflict between Spain and U.S. over the freedom of Cuba. The U.S. victory led to an expansion of territory throughout the Pacific and Caribbean |
| Anti-imperialist | Those opposed imperialism, and America’s new role in the world |
| Insurrection | A violent attempt to take control of a government (Filipinos against the U.S after Spanish American War) |
| Guerilla warfare | military tactic that uses small groups of soldiers that fight in untraditional ways |
| William Howard Taft | American governor of the Philippines (before becoming president) who placed strict controls of the people |
| Spheres of Influence | a zone within a weaker nation that a more powerful nation has special access to ports and markets |
| Open Door Policy | the idea that the United States thought that no country should have any advantage over another and that trade in China should be totally equal, gave access to millions of consumers in China |
| Platt Amendment | part of the Cuban constitution that stated it could not sign a treaty with another nation without first getting American approval |
| Big Stick Diplomacy | Teddy Roosevelt's plan for using the American military to bully or threaten weaker nations to achieve America’s foreign policy goals |
| Monroe Doctrine | Foreign Policy set forth in 1823 that discouraged European intervention in the Western Hemisphere |
| Roosevelt Corollary | TR’s strengthening of the Monroe Doctrine by claiming to be the police power of the western hemisphere to protect its American interests and political stability |
| Dollar Diplomacy | Taft's plan for using American investment in foreign nations' economies instead of using the military to achieve American political and economic goals |
| Banana Republics | Small Central American countries dominated politically and economically by U.S. fruit companies |
| Isthmus of Panama | Narrow piece of land through the Panama Canal would be dug. |
| Dollar Diplomacy | Substituting dollars for bullets. Increasing economic investment to obtain influence in Central America |
| Panama Canal | a waterway constructed by the United States that improved movement between Atlantic and Pacific ports |
