| A | B |
|---|
| isolationism | noninvolvement in world affairs; staying out of other countries problems |
| expansionism | desire to have the country grow larger, beyond its boundaries |
| imperialism | a more powerful country taking economic and political control over weaker countries or areas |
| annex/annexation | to add on to one's country |
| spheres of influence | a section of a country where another country has special rights and powers |
| Open Door Policy | allowed each foreign nation in China to trade fereely in another country's special rights and powers |
| yellow journalism | false reporting, sensational and biased news reports |
| armistice | a peace agreement that stops the fighting and gives time to write a treaty |
| protectorate | a country that is technically independent but actually under the control of another country |
| Platt Amendment | granted full independence, but gave the U.S. certain rights such as a navy base at Guantanamo Bay; gave US right to intervene in Cuba's affairs |
| Foraker Act | set up a new American controlled government for Puerto Rico |
| isthmus | a narrow strip of land connecting two larger bodies of land |
| anarchy | disorder, lawlessness |
| Monroe Doctrine | U.S. would not interfere with European colonies and the U.S. would stay out of European affairs |
| Roosevelt Corollary | extended the Monroe Doctrine and made the U.S. the "policemen" in Latin America |
| dollar diplomacy | President Taft's plan for Latin America, American investments would bring help and stability to the area and profit and power to the U.S. without force |
