| A | B |
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| isolationism | having little to do with the political affairs of other nations |
| expansionism | extending the nation's boundaries |
| yellow journalism | sensational stories that were often biased or untrue created to increase the sale of newspapers |
| foreign policy | actions that a nation takes in relation to other nations |
| colonialism | a policy where a nation maintains or extends its control over foreign territory |
| colony | a territory controlled by a more powerful country |
| William Seward | Secretary of State in the 1860s |
| sphere of influence | an area usually around a seaport, where a nation had special trading privileges |
| open door policy | a policy where any nation could trade in the spheres of influence of other nations |
| Queen Liliuokalani | leader of Hawaii who hoped to reduce the influence and privileges of foreign merchants. Threatened by American guns, she was ultimately forced to give up her thrown to America. |
| Boxer Rebellion | a rebellion of Chinese who opposed foreign influence in their country. Hundreds of foreigners were killed or trapped. |
| empire | a political unit, often comprising a number of territories or nations, ruled by a single supreme authority |
| Francisco "Pancho" Villa | Mexican general who tried to overthrow the Mexican government supported by the United States. Villa's soldiers killed 17 American citizens in Mexico which prompted the U.S. invasion of Mexico. |
| Panama Canal | built to reduce the cost of shipping goods and allow naval ships to move back and forth between the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean |
| Matthew Perry | Naval officer who went to Japan in the early 1850s to open trading relations |
| William Taft | Republican President 1909-1913 created dollar diplomacy policy concerning Latin America |
| dollar diplomacy | Taft's policy to build strong economic ties to Latin America |
| Woodrow Wilson | Democratic President 1913-1921 created moral diplomacy policy concerning Latin America |
| moral diplomacy | Wilson's policy which condemned imperialism |
| Theodore Roosevelt | Republican President 1901-1909 believed in a "Big Stick" policy concerning foreign affairs. Roosevelt used power to settle conflicts in Latin America. |
| Roosevelt Corollary | an addition to the Monroe Doctrine where the United States had the right to intervene in Latin America to preserve law and order |
| William McKinley | Republican President 1897-1901 believed in expanding U.S. boundaries. McKinley led troops into Spanish-American War. |
| diplomacy | the practice of conducting international relations |
| Rough Riders | First Volunteer Cavalry Regiment organized by Theodore Roosevelt. Charged up San Juan Hill in Cuba during the Spanish-American War |
| The Maine | U.S battleship which exploded off the coast of Cuba. The explosion was blamed on Spain and prompted America into the Spanish-American War. |
| protectorate | a nation whose independence is limited by the control of a more powerful country |
| Foraker Act | act which gave Puerto Ricans only a limited say in their own affairs |
| Platt Amendment | an amendment allowed the United States to intervene in Cuba and gave the U.S. control of the naval base at Guantanamo Bay |
| annex | to add on |
