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chapter 10
imperialism
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11th Grade
03/06/2007

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imperialism
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policy by a stronger nation to attempt to create an empire by domination weaker nations economically, politically, culturally, or militarily
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nationalism
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devotion to one's nation
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nationalism
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devotion to one's nation
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banana republic
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term used to describe a Central American nation dominated by US business interest
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arbitration
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settlement of a dispute by a person or panel chosen to listen to both sides and come to a decision
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jingoism
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a feeling of strong national pride and a desire for an aggressive foreign policy
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Platt Amendment
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an additone to the 1900 Cuban constitution by the American gov. that gave the US the right to establish naval bases in Cuba and to intervene in Cuban affairs whenever necessary
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sphere of influence
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area of economic and politial control exerted by on nation over another nation
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Open Door policy
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American approach to China around 1900, favoring open trade relations between China and other nations
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concession
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a grant for a piece of land in exange for a promise to use the land for a specific purpose
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Roosevelt Corollary
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Presidents Roosevelt's 1904 extention of the Monroe Doctrine in which he asserted the right for the US to intervine in Latin American Nations
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dollar diplomacy
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President Taft's policy of encouragiion American investment in foreign economics
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racism
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Belief that differences in character or intelligence are due to one's race; asserting the superionrity of one race over another
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compulsory
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required
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Great White Fleet
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A force of US Navy ships that undertook a world cruisein 1907
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