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53 Cards in this Set
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IMPERIALISM
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POLICY OF A STRONG COUNTRY TO DOMINATE--POLITICALLY OR ECONOMICALLY--SMALLER TERRITORIES
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POLITICAL IMPERIALISM
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DIRECT DOMINATION OF A TERRITORY BY A STRONGER POWER
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ECONOMIC IMPERIALISM
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WHEN AN IMPERIALISTIC POWER EITHER ESTABLISHES SPHERES OF INFLUENCE IN A SMALLER TERRITORY, OR FLOODS THEIR MARKET
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ALFRED MAHAN
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LATE 19TH CENTURY WRITER WHO SUGGESTED THAT A NAVY AND COLONIES WERE CRUCIAL TO A GREAT NATION
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THE INFLUENCE OF SEA POWER UPON HISTORY
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BOOK BY MAHAN
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INTERNATIONAL DARWINISM
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APPLICATION OF DARWIN'S THEORIES OF NATURAL SELECTION TO INTERNATIONAL POLITICS
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JOSIAH STRONG
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19TH CENTURY AMERICAN MISSIONARY WHOSE VIEWS ON UPLIFTING 'WEAKER NATIONS' BECAME A FACTOR IN AMERICAN IMPERIALISM
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JINGOISM
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AGGRESSIVE OFTEN RACIST-TINGED NATIONALISM OF LATE 19TH CENTURY US
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ALASKA
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TERRITORY BOUGHT FROM RUSSIANS IN 1867
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SAMOAN ISLANDS
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PACIFIC ISLANDS SOUGHT BY AMERICA & OTHER NATIONS AS REFUELING STATIONS
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MCKINLEY TARIFF
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PROTECTIVE SUGAR TARIFF THAT PROVOKED AMERICAN PALNTERS TO OVERTHROW QUEEN LIL
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QUEEN LIL
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ANTI-AMERICAN HAWAIIAN QUEEN OVERTHROWN IN 1893 BY AMERICAN PLANTERS
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DARWIN'S ORIGIN OF SPECIES
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MAIN STATEMENT OF EVOLUTIONARY THEORY
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GROVER CLEVELAND
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AMERICAN PRESIDENT WHO OPPOSED THE ANNEXATION OF HAWAII
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WILLIAM MCLINLEY
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AMERICAN PRESIDENT DURING HAWAIIAN ANNEXATION, SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR, FILIPINO REVOLT
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CUBAN REVOLT
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1895 REVOLT THAT LED TO THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR
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VALERIANO (BUTCHER) WEYLER
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SPANISH GOVERNOR OF CUBA WHOSE ATROCITIES HELPED PROVOKE US WAR WITH SPAIN
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YELLOW JOURNALISM
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SENSATIONALIST LATE 19TH CENTURY JOURNALISM THAT HELPED PROVOKE THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR
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HEARST & PULITZER
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YELLOW JOURNALISTS
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DELOME LETTER
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SPANISH LETTER INSULTING PRES. MCKINLEY, HELPING TO CAUSE THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR
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USS MAINE
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AMERICAN SHIP WHOSE EXPLOSION IN HAVANA HARBOR IN 1898 WAS BLAMED ON THE SPANISH
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TELLER AMENDMENT
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AMENDMENT TO THE DECLARATION OF WAR AGAINST SPANISH THAT DISCLAIMED AMERICAN AMBITIONS IN CUBA
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SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR
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1898 CONFLICT THAT WON THE US ITS FIRST TERRITORIES IN THE CARIBBEAN AND PACIFIC
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ROUGH RIDERS
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VOLUNTEER UNIT LED BY ROOSEVELT IN SP-AM WAR
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MANILA BAY
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FILIPINO SITE OF AMERICAN VICTORY AGAINST THE SPANISH IN THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR
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TREATY OF PARIS
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TREATY THAT ENDED THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR
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PLATT AMENDMENT
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1901 AUTHORIZATION OF AM. INTERVENTION IN CUBA, ESTABLISHMENT OF AM NAVAL BASE AT GUANTANAMO
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GUANTANAMO BAY
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AMERICAN NAVAL BASE IN CUBA ESTABLISHED BY PLATT AMENDMENT
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ANTI-IMPERIALIST LEAGUE
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GROUP FORMED IN 1898 BY OPPONENTS OF AMERICAN IMPERIALISM
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WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN
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DEMOCRATIC LEADER WHO OPPOSED AMERICAN IMPERIALISM
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FILIPINO REVOLT
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1898-1902 INDEPENDENCE MOVEMENT AGAINST THE UNITED STATES
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EMILIO AGUINALDO
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LEADER OF THE FILIPINO REVOLT
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WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT
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PRESIDENT ASSOCIATED WITH DOLLAR DIPLOMACY
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DOLLAR DIPLOMACY
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AMERICAN POLICY OF USING AM. TROOPS TO PROTECT PRIVATE AM. BUSINESS INTERESTS IN LATIN AMERICA
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OPEN DOOR POLICY
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AMERICAN ASSERTION THAT CHINESE SPHERES OF INFLUENCE SHOULD BE EQUALLY ACCESSIBLE TO ALL POWERS
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MANCHU RULERS
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CHINESE DYNASTY WHOSE EXTREME WEAKNESS IN 1899-1900 ENCOURAGED EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN ECONOMIC IMPERIALISM
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JOHN HAY
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AMERICAN DIPLOMAT ASSOCIATED WITH OPEN DOOR POLICY
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BOXER REBELLION
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1899 ANTIFOREIGN REVOLT IN CHINA THAT DEMONSTRATED CHINES GOVT WEAKNESS AND ENCOURAGED IMPERIALISM
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HAY-BUNAU-VARILLA TREATY
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AMERICAN TREATY WITH NEWLY INDEPENDENT PANAMA ALLOWING PERMAN EN T AMERICAN RIGHTS IN PANAMA CANAL ZONE
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ROOSEVELT COROLLARY
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AKA BIG STICK POLICY--ROOSEVELT'S ASSERTION THAT AMERICA HAD RIGHT TO POLICE LATIN AMERICA
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AKA BIG STICK POLICY
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AKA ROOSEVELT COROLLARY
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GREAT WHITE FLEET
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1907 AMERICAN DEMONSTRATION OF SEA POWER-16 WHITE BATTLESHIPS SENT BY ROOSEVELT
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MORAL DIPLOMACY
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WILSON POLICY THAT AMERICA WOULD NO LONGER SEEK TO DOMINATE LATIN AMERICA
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1895
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DATE OF CUBAN REVOLT
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1898
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DATE OF SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR
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1898-1902
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DATE OF FILIPINO REVOLT
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1899-1900
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DATE OF OPEN DOOR POLICY
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1906-14
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DATE OF BUILDING OF PANAMA CANAL
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1914-1918
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DATE OF WORLD WAR I
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ALLIES
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ALLIANCE OF BRITISH, FRENCH, RUSSIANS, AMERICANS IN WWI
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CENTRAL POWERS
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ALLIANCE OF GERMANY AND AUSTRIA IN WWI
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LUSITANIA
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BRITISH PASSENGER LINER WHOSE SINKING BY GERMAN U-BOAT KILLED 129 AMERICANS IN 1915
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ZIMMERMANN TELEGRAM
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1917 NOTE FROM GERMANY TO MEXICO THAT INFLAMED AMERICAN OPINION & GOT US INTO WWI
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