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Monroe Doctrine |
The president declared that the American continents should no longer be viewed as open to colonization |
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Manifest Destiny |
Idea popular and political domination of a strong national over other weaker nations |
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Imperialism |
is the economic and political domination of a strong nation over other weaker nations. |
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Protectorate |
the imperial power allowed the local rulers to stay in control and protected them against rebellions and invasion |
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Anglo Saxonism |
was popular in Britian and the U.S. |
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Matthew C. Perry |
In 1852 after receiving several petitions from congress , president Millard Filmore attempted to persuade japan to trade with the U.S. He take a naval expedition to Japan to negotiate a trade treaty |
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Queen Liluokalani |
ascend the Hawaiian throne . Liliuokanalani disliked the influence that American settlers had gained in Hawaii . In January 1893 she unsuccessfully attempted to impose a new constitution that would reasserted her authority as ruler of the Hawaiian people |
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Henry Cabot Lodge |
He was a senator who was pushing for the construction of a new navy |
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What relationship did the U.S. have w/ Cuba by 1894 |
It was strained due tot the imposition of tariffs in Cuba , the tariff on sugar ruined the economy in Cuba and the sale of Cuban sugar in the US thus devastating the island economy |
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Describe the tactics used by the Cuban Rebels against the Spanish |
Guerrilla Warfare |