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12 Cards in this Set
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Imperialism |
The policy in which stronger nations extend their economic, political, or military control over weaker territories. |
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Yellow Journalism |
Reporting that exaggerates the news to lure in readers. |
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U.S.S Maine |
A U.S. Ship ordered by Pres. Mckinley to protect American lives and property in Cuba. It indirectly caused the Spanish-American War. |
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Rough Riders |
A volunteer calvary under T. Roosevelt and Leonard Wood. |
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San Juan Hill |
Strategically important area in Cuba in which Roosevelt and the Rough Riders were cleanliness to have acquire. |
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Platt Amendment |
An amendment the U.S. required new Cuba to adopt in order to leave. Allowed Cuba to be independent but also a U.S. protectorate. |
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Protectorate |
A country whose affairs are particularly controlled by a stronger power. |
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Open Door Notes |
Statements sent officially to Great Britain, Germany, France, Italy, Japan and Russia, which helped free China of foreign influence. |
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Boxer Rebellion |
A rebellion in Chine which targeted foreigners. It was eventually put down by U.S., British, French, German, and Japanese troops. |
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Panama Canal |
An artificial waterway cut through the Isthmus of Panama to provide a shortcut between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. |
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Roosevelt Corollary |
An extension of the monroe doctrine by Pres. Roosevelt in 1904 where the U.S. claimed the right to protect it's economic interests in the Western Hemisphere |
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Dollar Diplomacy |
The U.S. policy of using the nation's economic power to exert influence over other countries. |
