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US & the Age of Imperialism

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Sphere of InfluenceAn area, usually around a seaport, where a nation had special trading privileges
Rough RidersA group of volunteer soldiers that Teddy Roosevelt led during the Spanish American War in Cuba
Dollar DiplomacyUsing money and investors instead of military might to expand American influence in Latin America
Open Door PolicyA policy where any nation could trade in another nation's sphere of influence
"Remember the Maine"An American warship that was sunk off the coast of Cuba in which most of the crew died and later became a rally cry for going to war with Spain
The Roosevelt CorollaryAn addition to the Monroe Doctrune in 1904 in which the US claimed the right to intervene in Latin America to preserve law and order


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