Unit 5 Chapter 14 Flashcards
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Imperialism
A policy of extending a country’s power and influence through diplomacy or military force.
Protectorate
A country that is technically independent but is actually under the control of another country
Anglo-Saxonism
Argument that English-speaking nations had superior character, ideas, and systems of government.
Yellow Journalism
Sensational reporting in which writers often exaggerate and make up stories to attract readers.
Jingoism
Aggressive Nationalism
Sphere of Influence
An area where a foreign nation controls economic development
Open Door Policy
US Demands that China be opened up for all countries to trade.
Boxer Rebellion
Boxers supported by some Chinese troops besieged foreign embassies
8 nations including the US decided to intervene
50,000 troops were sent by all nations to stop the insurrection
Panama Canal
The Panama Canal is an artificial waterway in Panama that connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific Ocean. It also divides North and South America.
Roosevelt Corollary
Roosevelt intent to keep European powers out of Latin America.
Dollar Diplomacy
Taft’s foreign policy
Portsmouth Peace Conference
Teddy Roosevelt negotiated a peace treaty between Japan and Russia in Portsmouth NH.
He persuaded Japan to stop their attacks and to claim no further territory.
Russia was to accept Japan’s new territorial claims.
Platt Amendment
A treaty between the U.S. and Cuba that attempted to protect Cuba’s independence from foreign intervention.
Emilio Aguinaldo
A Filipino revolutionary, statesman, and military leader who is officially recognized as the first and the youngest president of the Philippines and the first president of a constitutional republic in Asia.
Autonomy
Right to run their own government.
Pan-Americanism
A movement that seeks to create, encourage, and organize relationships, associations and cooperation among the states of the Americas, through diplomatic, political, economic, and social means.
Queen Liliuokalani
The only queen regnant and the last sovereign monarch of the Hawaiian Kingdom, ruling from January 29, 1891, until the overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom on January 17, 1893.
Rough Riders
The First U.S. Volunteer Cavalry under the leadership of Theodore Roosevelt.
Mathew C. Perry
A commodore of the United States Navy who commanded ships in several wars, including the War of 1812 and the Mexican–American War.
Pancho Villa
A general in the Mexican Revolution.
Guerrillas
A member of a small, loosely organized army that fights a larger, stronger force.
