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27 Cards in this Set
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Queen Liliuokalani
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Queen of the Hawaiin Islands; Surrendered to U.S.
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Imperialism
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Policy in which stronger nations extend their economic, political, or military control over weaker territories
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Alfred T. Mahan
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Admiral of U.S. navy; urged government officials to build up american naval power to compete with other nations
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William Seward
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early supporter of American expansion; arranged for U.S. to buy Alaska from Russia; former secretary of state
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Pearl Harbor
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naval base in Hawaii; refueling station for American ships
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Sanford B. Dole
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Led government in Hawaii
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Jose Marti
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Organized cuban resistance against spain; poet and journalist in exile
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Valeriano Weyler
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General from spain sent to cuba to restore order; moved rebels to concentration camps
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Yellow Journalism
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Use of sensationalized and exaggerated reporting by newspaper or magazines to attract readers.
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U.S.S. Maine
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USS warship that mysteriously exploded and sank in the harbor of Havana Cuba
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George Dewey
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U.S. commodore who helped defeat spanish for phillipeans
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Rough Riders
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Voluntary cavalry regiment in spanish American War
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San Juan Hill
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Strategically important land mark in spanish American war.
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Treaty of Paris
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ended spanish American war: Spain freed Cuba, turned over islands of Guam and Puerto Rico to U.S. and sold Phillipeans to U.S.
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Foraker Act
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ended military rule and set up civil government
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Platt Amendment
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U.S. insisted Cuba add to its new constitution, commanding Cuba to stay out of debt and give the U.S. the right to intervene in the country and the right to buy or lease cuban land for naval and fueling stations
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Protectorate
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Country who's affairs are partially controlled by a stronger power.
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Emilio Aguinaldo
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Rebel leader in Phillipeans, wanted independence
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John Hay
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U.S. secretary of state; issued open door notes
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Open Door Notes
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letters addressed to leaders of imperialist nations proposing that the natons share trading rights with the U.S.
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Boxer Rebellion
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rebellion of chinese secret society; sought to free china from western influence
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Panama Canal
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Artificial waterway cut through the isthmus of Panama to provide a short cut between Atlantic and Pacific oceans
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Roosevelt Corollary
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extension of Monroe Doctrine; U.S. claimed the right to protect its economic interests by means of military intervention in the affairs of western hemisphere nations
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Dollar Diplomacy
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Policy of using the nations ecocnomic power to exert influence over other countries
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Francisco "Pancho" Villa
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Nationalist Leader of mexican rebels
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Emiliano Zapata
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Nationalist Leader; land reform
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John J. Pershing
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Brigadier General; Sent to mexico to capture villa
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