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Imperialism
Chapter 22
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History
7th Grade
12/06/2011

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Term
isolationism
Definition

a national policy of

avoiding involvement

in world affairs

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expansionism
Definition

a policy that calls for

expanding

a nation's boundaries

Term
imperialism
Definition

a time period when

the actions used by one nation

to exercise political and economic

control over smaller,

weaker nations

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annexation
Definition

bringing an area under teh

control of a larger country

Term
spheres of influence
Definition

section of a country where one

foreign nation enjoys

special rights and powers

Term
open door policy
Definition

a policy that allowed each foreign nation

in China to trade freely in

another country's sphere of influence

Term
yellow journalism
Definition

writing which exaggerates sensational,

dramatic and gruesome events

to attract readers 

Term
armistice
Definition

a temporary peace agreement

to end fighting

Term
protectorate
Definition

a country that is technically independent,

but is actually under the control of another country

Term
isthmus
Definition

a narrow strip of land connecting

two larger land areas

Term
dollar diplomacy
Definition

 a policy of joining the business intersts

of a country with its diplomatic interests abroad

Term
William H. Seward
Definition

Sec.of State for Lincoln who

purchased Alaska from Russia

Term
Queen Liliuokalani
Definition
ruler of Hawaii
Term
Grover Cleveland
Definition

President who opposed

annexation of Hawaii

Term

Joseph Pulitzer

William Randolph Hearst

Definition

newspaper publishers from New York

who competed by writing using

"yellow journalism"

Term
"Remember the Maine"
Definition
American rally cry during the Spanish American War
Term
George Dewey
Definition

led the Navy in the Phillipines during the

Spanish-American War, quickly defeated the

Spanish with a surprise attack (May 1, 1898)

Term
Rough Riders
Definition

group of cowhands and college students that were led by

Theodore Roosevelt, and fought in the

Battle of San Juan Hill in Cuba

Term
Battle of San Juan Hill
Definition

battle where Rough Riders defeated the Spanish

in Cuba

during the Spanish American War

Term
"Splendid Little War"
Definition

nickname given to the

Spanish American War

by Sec. of State John Hay

Term
anti-imperialist
Definition

people who opposed foreign expanision

(taking other land)

and the

Spanish American War

Term
Roosevelt Corollary
Definition

addition to the Monroe Doctrine

that says the U.S. is the

"police power"

in Latin America and the Caribbean

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