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12 Cards in this Set
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Imperialism |
The practice of extending a nations power by gaining territories for a colonial empire |
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Isolationism |
a national policy of avoiding involvement in other countries affairs |
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Spheres of influence |
a area where foreign countries control trade or natural resources and other nations to trade |
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Open door policy |
a policy established by the united states in 1899 to promote equal access for all nations to trade in china |
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Boxer rebellion |
a siege of a foreign settlement in beijing by chinese nationalists who were angry at foreign involvement in china. |
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Yellow journalism |
the reporting of exaggerated stories in newspapers to increase sales |
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Teller amendment |
a congressional resolution stating that the U.S. had no interest in taking control of Cuba |
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Platt amendment |
a part of the Cuban constition drafted under the supervision of the united states. that limited Cuba's right to make treaties gave the U.S. the right to intervene inc urban affairs and required Cuba to sell or lease land to the U.S. |
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Panama Canal |
an artificial waterway across the isthumus of panama completetd by the united states in 1914 |
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Dollar diplomacy |
influencing governments throught economic not military interventions |
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roosevelt corollary |
theodore roosevelt addition to the monroes doctrine warnign nations in america that if they didnt pay their debts the U.S. would get involved |
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monroe doctrine |
president james monroes statement forbidding further colonisation in the americas and declairing that any attempt by a foreign country to colonize would be considered an act of hostillity |
