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15 Cards in this Set
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Panama Canal |
Canal built through panama to save time going around south america |
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Yellow Journalism |
exaggerated journalism using cartoons that had a character called The Yellow Kid |
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Spanish American War |
war fought between Spain and America, America won gaining Cuba and Puerto Rico plus more |
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Big stick Diplomacy |
depended on strong military to achieve goals |
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Rough Riders |
Roosevelts group of rugged westerners and upper class easterners |
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Platt Amendment |
restricted the rights of newly independent Cubans and effectively brought the island within us sphere |
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Guerrilla warfare |
non traditional warfare used small groups to attack behind american lines |
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insurrection |
rebelion |
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Spheres of Influence |
different zones in china that certain countrys could trade in |
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Land Gained from Spanish American War |
Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Pacific islands of Guam |
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U.S.S. Maine |
ship exploded in Havana Harbor and blamed on Spanish |
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moral diplomacy |
never gain land by conquest |
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isthmus |
narrow strip of land |
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Great White Fleet |
new force of navy ships |
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Manifest Destiny |
belief that the expansion of the US throughout the American continents was both justified and inevitable |
