| A | B |
|---|
| isolationism | having little to do with foreign nations |
| imperialism | powerful countries controlling weaker countries |
| Matthew Perry | naval officer sent to Japan in the 1850's |
| Treaty of Kanagawa | Japan agreed to open 2 ports for trading |
| Queen Liliuokalani | Hawaiian monarch forced to give up the throne |
| sphere of influence | area where foreign nations have trading privileges |
| Boxer Rebellion | uprising against foreigners in China |
| William Seward | purchased Alaska from Russia for the U.S. |
| expansionists | feared that American economy would collapse without foreign markets |
| Alfred Mahan | wanted a strong navy to protect American trading ships |
| Samoa | site of an American base and commercial port |
| Open Door Policy | protected American trading rights in China |
