APUSH Spanish-American War Vocab Flashcards
Anglo-Saxonism
A person of Anglo-Saxon (especially British) descent whose native tongue is English and whose culture is strongly influenced by English culture is strongly influenced by English culture as in WASP for “White Anglo-Saxon Protestant”
Anglophile
A person who is fond of or greatly admires England or Britain
Annex
Attach, add especially to something larger or more important
Arbitration
The use of an arbitrator to settle a dispute
Balance of powers
A situation in which nations of the world have roughly equal power
The power held by a small group when larger groups are of equal strength
Dollar Diplomacy
The use of a country’s financial power to extend its international influence
Humanitarianism
A moral of kindness, benevolence, and sympathy extended to all human beings
Imperialism
A policy of extending a country’s power and influence through diplomacy or military force
Isolationism
A policy of remaining apart from the affairs or interests of other groups, especially the political affairs of other countries
Jingoism
Extreme patriotism, especially in the form of aggressive or warlike foreign policy
Large Policy
The U.S. Large Policy of 1898 was a sudden shift in U.S. ambition to colonize distant lands and expand its influence and territory. The change occurred in less than six months during the Spanish War.
Mediation
Intervention in a dispute in order to resolve it; arbitration
Overproduction
The accumulation of unsalable inventories in the hands of businesses. Overproduction is a relative measure, referring to the excess of production over consumption. The tendency for an overproduction of commodities to lead to economic collapse is specific to the capitalist economy.
Reciprocal trade agreement
Reciprocal Tariff Act of 1934 President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed the Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act (RTAA) into law in 1934. RTAA gave the president power to negotiate bilateral, reciprocal trade agreements with other countries.
Social Darwinism
modern name given to various theories of society that emerged in the United Kingdom, North America, and Western Europe in the 1870s, which claim to apply biological concepts of natural selection and survival of the fittest to sociology and politics.
