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30 Cards in this Set
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Annex |
Adding territory |
To exsiting country |
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Anti imperialism |
Idealism self interest racism constitutionalism |
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Battle of little big horn |
Battle in montana at little big horn |
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Dawes act of 1887 |
Removed indians and distributed land |
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Delome letter |
Spanish American letter from Spanish ambassador criticizing mckinley |
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Homestead act of 1862 |
Provided 160 acres of western land |
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Imperialism |
Strong nations seek to dominate other countries |
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Isolationism |
A policy of remaining apart from the affairs or interests of other groups and political affairs |
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League of nations |
Uniion of counties formed in 1919 |
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Lusitania |
British passanget liner sunk off the coast of Ireland |
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Dollar diplomacy |
Foreign policyy idea by taft |
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John hay |
Secretart of state open door notes |
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Open door policy |
Gave all counties equal trading rights with china |
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Panama canal |
Ship canal cut across the isthmus if panama by us army engineers |
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Philippines |
Pacific island nation proudlt declared independence |
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Rooseveelt corollary |
Us had rights ti oritecr its economic interests |
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Rough riders |
Voluneteer cavalry led by Roosevelt |
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Self determinat8on |
Governing themselves |
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Sitting bull |
American indian chef, victor of little big horn |
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Spanish american war |
Conflicr of spain and the us. Cuban independence |
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Social darwinism |
Same laws of natrue. Survival of fittest. |
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Treaty of paris |
Signed by us ended spanish anericab war. |
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Treaty of versallies |
Famous ww1, treaty between alied powers. |
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Turner thesis |
Frontier; shaped anerican character. |
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Uss maine |
The battleship sent to havana to protect anericans and their property |
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War guilt clause |
Forced germany to accept conplete responsibilities for initiating ww1. |
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Wilsons 14 points |
War aims outlined by president wilson in 1918, he believed. Would promote lasting peace. Called for self determination. |
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Wounded knee |
Site of native american massacre and death of cheif big foot |
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Yellow journalism |
News paper used sensational headlines and exxagerated stories. |
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Simmermann note |
Intercepted from the german gov to the mexican gov offering german support if mexico declared war against us. Offering land. |
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