| A | B |
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| dollar diplomacy | joining a country's business interest with its diplomatic interest abroad |
| Open Door policy | policy that allowed each foreign nation in China to trade freely with other nations' spheres of influence |
| guerrilla | armed fighters who use surprise attacks other than open warfare |
| jingoism | extreme nationalism marked by aggressive foreign policy |
| autonomy | a people's right to have their own government |
| sphere of influence | section of a country where one foreign nation enjoyed special rights and powers |
| protectorate | independent county under the control of another country |
| imperialism | actions by one nation to exercise political or economic control over a weaker nation |
| yellow journalism | sensationalized or false news reports |
| annexation | adding a new territory or state |
| "White Man's Burden" Kipling | a poem about the cost of imperialism |
| Platt Amendment | gave US control of Cuban affairs |
| Teller Amendment | stated the US would not annex Cuba |
| Philippines | colony of Spain bought by the USA |
| Roosevelt Corollary | The US would use military force to restore internal stability to nations in the region |
| Rough Riders | nickname of a volunteer group of cavalry led by Roosevelt in the Spanish-American War |
| Spanish-American War | war resulting in Spain's withdrawal from Cuba, Guam, Philippines, and Puerto Rico |
| missionary | a person sent by a church to carry on evangelism. educational or hospital work |
| Big Stick | President Theodore Roosevelt’s assertive approach to Latin America and the Caribbean |
| expansionism | a policy of expansion, as of territory or currency |
| Yellow fever | often fatal disease transmitted by mosquitoes |
| Monroe Doctrine | warned Europeans not to recolonize in the Western Hemisphere |
| Panama Canal | canal connecting the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans |
