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IMPERIALISM
POLICY OF A STRONG COUNTRY TO DOMINATE--POLITICALLY OR ECONOMICALLY--SMALLER TERRITORIES
POLITICAL IMPERIALISM
DIRECT DOMINATION OF A TERRITORY BY A STRONGER POWER
ECONOMIC IMPERIALISM
WHEN AN IMPERIALISTIC POWER EITHER ESTABLISHES SPHERES OF INFLUENCE IN A SMALLER TERRITORY, OR FLOODS THEIR MARKET
ALFRED MAHAN
LATE 19TH CENTURY WRITER WHO SUGGESTED THAT A NAVY AND COLONIES WERE CRUCIAL TO A GREAT NATION
THE INFLUENCE OF SEA POWER UPON HISTORY
BOOK BY MAHAN
INTERNATIONAL DARWINISM
APPLICATION OF DARWIN'S THEORIES OF NATURAL SELECTION TO INTERNATIONAL POLITICS
JOSIAH STRONG
AUTHOR OF OUR COUNTRY
JOSIAH STRONG
19TH CENTURY AMERICAN MISSIONARY WHOSE VIEWS ON UPLIFTING 'WEAKER NATIONS' BECAME A FACTOR IN AMERICAN IMPERIALISM
JINGOISM
AGGRESSIVE OFTEN RACIST-TINGED NATIONALISM OF LATE 19TH CENTURY US
ALASKA
TERRITORY BOUGHT FROM RUSSIANS IN 1867
SAMOAN ISLANDS
PACIFIC ISLANDS SOUGHT BY AMERICA & OTHER NATIONS AS REFUELING STATIONS
MCKINLEY TARIFF
PROTECTIVE SUGAR TARIFF THAT PROVOKED AMERICAN PALNTERS TO OVERTHROW QUEEN LIL
QUEEN LIL
ANTI-AMERICAN HAWAIIAN QUEEN OVERTHROWN IN 1893 BY AMERICAN PLANTERS
GROVER CLEVELAND
AMERICAN PRESIDENT WHO OPPOSED THE ANNEXATION OF HAWAII
WILLIAM MCLINLEY
AMERICAN PRESIDENT DURING HAWAIIAN ANNEXATION, SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR, FILIPINO REVOLT
CUBAN REVOLT
1895 REVOLT THAT LED TO THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR
VALERIANO (BUTCHER) WEYLER
SPANISH GOVERNOR OF CUBA WHOSE ATROCITIES HELPED PROVOKE US WAR WITH SPAIN
YELLOW JOURNALISM
SENSATIONALIST LATE 19TH CENTURY JOURNALISM THAT HELPED PROVOKE THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR
HEARST & PULITZER
YELLOW JOURNALISTS
DELOME LETTER
SPANISH LETTER INSULTING PRES. MCKINLEY, HELPING TO CAUSE THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR
USS MAINE
AMERICAN SHIP WHOSE EXPLOSION IN HAVANA HARBOR IN 1898 WAS BLAMED ON THE SPANISH
TELLER AMENDMENT
AMENDMENT TO THE DECLARATION OF WAR AGAINST SPANISH THAT DISCLAIMED AMERICAN AMBITIONS IN CUBA
SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR
1898 CONFLICT THAT WON THE US ITS FIRST TERRITORIES IN THE CARIBBEAN AND PACIFIC
ADMIRAL DEWEY
AMERICAN ADMIRAL WHO HELPED AMERICA WIN THE NAVAL WAR AGAINST THE SPANISH
ROUGH RIDERS
VOLUNTEER UNIT LED BY ROOSEVELT IN SP-AM WAR
MANILA BAY
FILIPINO SITE OF AMERICAN VICTORY AGAINST THE SPANISH IN THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR
TREATY OF PARIS
TREATY THAT ENDED THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR
PLATT AMENDMENT
1901 AUTHORIZATION OF AM. INTERVENTION IN CUBA, ESTABLISHMENT OF AM NAVAL BASE AT GUANTANAMO
GUANTANAMO BAY
AMERICAN NAVAL BASE IN CUBA ESTABLISHED BY PLATT AMENDMENT
ANTI-IMPERIALIST LEAGUE
GROUP FORMED IN 1898 BY OPPONENTS OF AMERICAN IMPERIALISM
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN
DEMOCRATIC LEADER WHO OPPOSED AMERICAN IMPERIALISM
FILIPINO REVOLT
1898-1902 INDEPENDENCE MOVEMENT AGAINST THE UNITED STATES
EMILIO AGUINALDO
LEADER OF THE FILIPINO REVOLT
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT
PRESIDENT ASSOCIATED WITH DOLLAR DIPLOMACY
DOLLAR DIPLOMACY
AMERICAN POLICY OF USING AM. TROOPS TO PROTECT PRIVATE AM. BUSINESS INTERESTS IN LATIN AMERICA
OPEN DOOR POLICY
AMERICAN ASSERTION THAT CHINESE SPHERES OF INFLUENCE SHOULD BE EQUALLY ACCESSIBLE TO ALL POWERS
MANCHU RULERS
CHINESE DYNASTY WHOSE EXTREME WEAKNESS IN 1899-1900 ENCOURAGED EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN ECONOMIC IMPERIALISM
JOHN HAY
AMERICAN DIPLOMAT ASSOCIATED WITH OPEN DOOR POLICY
BOXER REBELLION
1899 ANTIFOREIGN REVOLT IN CHINA THAT DEMONSTRATED CHINES GOVT WEAKNESS AND ENCOURAGED IMPERIALISM
HAY-BUNAU-VARILLA TREATY
AMERICAN TREATY WITH NEWLY INDEPENDENT PANAMA ALLOWING PERMAN EN T AMERICAN RIGHTS IN PANAMA CANAL ZONE
ROOSEVELT COROLLARY
AKA BIG STICK POLICY--ROOSEVELT'S ASSERTION THAT AMERICA HAD RIGHT TO POLICE LATIN AMERICA
AKA BIG STICK POLICY
AKA ROOSEVELT COROLLARY
GREAT WHITE FLEET
1907 AMERICAN DEMONSTRATION OF SEA POWER-16 WHITE BATTLESHIPS SENT BY ROOSEVELT
MORAL DIPLOMACY
WILSON POLICY THAT AMERICA WOULD NO LONGER SEEK TO DOMINATE LATIN AMERICA
1895
DATE OF CUBAN REVOLT
1898
DATE OF SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR
1898-1902
DATE OF FILIPINO REVOLT
1899-1900
DATE OF OPEN DOOR POLICY
1906-14
DATE OF BUILDING OF PANAMA CANAL
1914-1918
DATE OF WORLD WAR I
1917-1918
DATE OF A MERICAN PARTICIPATION IN WWI
ALLIES
ALLIANCE OF BRITISH, FRENCH, RUSSIANS, AMERICANS IN WWI
CENTRAL POWERS
ALLIANCE OF GERMANY AND AUSTRIA IN WWI
LUSITANIA
BRITISH PASSENGER LINER WHOSE SINKING BY GERMAN U-BOAT KILLED 129 AMERICANS IN 1915
HUNS
DEROGATORY TERM FOR GERMANS
ZIMMERMANN TELEGRAM
1917 NOTE FROM GERMANY TO MEXICO THAT INFLAMED AMERICAN OPINION & GOT US INTO WWI
RUSSIAN REVOLUTION
1917 WESTERN-STYLE REVOLUTION IN RUSSIA THAT ENCOURAGED AM. ENTRY INTO WWI
AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE
AMERICAN ARMY IN WORLD WAR I
WAR INDUSTRIES BOARD
WARTIME GOVERNMENT COUNCIL TO COORDINATE INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION FOR WWI
BERNARD BARUCH
HEAD OF THE WIB
FOOD ADMINISTRATION
GOVERNMENT AGENCY THAT OVERSAW THE FOOD INDUSTRY, AND RATIONING, DURING WWI
FUEL ADMINISTRATION
GOVERNMENT AGENCY THAT OVERSAW THE ENERGY INDUSTRY DURING WWI
HERBERT HOOVER
HEAD OF THE FOOD ADMINISTRATION
JOHN PERSHING
COMMANDER OF THE AEF IN WWI
LIBERTY LOANS
BONDS SOLD TO PUBLIC TO FINANCE WWI
SIXTEENTH AMENDMENT
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT THAT ALLOWED THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO LEVY AN INCOME TAX
GEORGE CREEL
HEAD OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC INFORMATION
COMMITTE ON PUBLIC INFORMATION
AKA CPI & CREEL COMMITTEE--PROPAGANDA ARM OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DURING WWI
FOUR MINUTE MEN
PROWAR SPEAKERS FOR THE CREEL COMMITTEE IN WWI
EUGENE DEBS
SOCIALIST AND LABOR LEADER WHO WAS IMPRISONED FOR OPPOSING WWI
ESPIONAGE ACT
1917 ACT THAT SET PUNISHMENTS FOR ANTIWAR ACTIVITY THAT WAS LOOSELY DEFINED
SEDITION AMENDMENT
1917 ACT THAT IMPOSED PENALTIES FOR DISLOYAL OR ABUSIVE LANGUAGE ABOUT THE GOVERNMENT, FLAG, OR CONSTITUTION
SCHENK V. US
1919 PRECEDENT THAT UPHELD ESPIONAGE ACT CONVICTIONS
CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER
STANDARD FOR LIMITING FREEE SPEECH ESTAVBLISHED BY SCHENK
LEAGUE OF NATIONS
INTERNATIONAL PEACEKEEPING BODY ESTABLISHED BY THE TREATY OF VERSAILLES
FOURTEEN POINTS
WILSON'S IDEALISTIC STATEMENT OF AMERICAN WAR AIMS
IRRECONCILABLES
REPUBLICANS WHO OPPOSED AMERICAN ENTRANCE INTO THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS NO MATTER WHAT
RESERVATIONISTS
REPUBLICANS WHO SUPPORTED AMERICAN ENTRY INTO LEAGUE OF NATIONS, EXCEPT FOR ARTICLE 10
ARTICLE 10
LEAGUE OF NATIONS CLAUSE THAT PLEDGED EACH MEMBER NATION TO DEFEND TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY OF OTHER NATIONS
RED SCARE
POST-WWI AMERICAN ANTI-RADICAL HYSTERIA
PALMER RAIDS
1919 ARRESTS OF THOUSANDS OF SUSPECTED RADICALS AND COMMUNISTS