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| "Yellow Press" or "Yellow Journalism" |
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| The idea that America had become obsessed with sensationalist journalism, and the journalists became more focused on publicity and making money than reporting the facts. Eventually began to influence ideas of overseas expansion. |
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| Wrote, "Our Country: Its Possible Future and Its Present Crisis". Influenced missionaries to travel overseas and spread their faith. |
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| People interpreted Darwin's theory of "survival of the fittest" to mean that America was the fittest nation and needed to expand and take over more of the Earth to improve other nations (which European nations were already doing with Africa and China). |
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| Captain Alfred Thayer Mahan |
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| Wrote "The Influence of Sea Power on History, 1660-1783", which argued for a stronger navy. |
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| Developed the "Big Sister" policy, which advocated for a stronger relationship with Latin America. |
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| The conflict that occured when Britain tried to move in on Venezuela and the United States argued that their movement was in violation of the Monroe Doctrine, a response that Britain refuted by saying that the Monroe Doctrine did not exist. War was avoided narrowly, and the Monroe Doctrine was validated. |
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| A Hawaiian port that the United States was given access too for naval reasons and for trade reasons, further tightening the country's grip on the country. |
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| A tax on sugar imports from Hawaii, which angered Americans and led to the call for the annexation of Hawaii. |
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| The queen of Hawaii that resisted American annexation. She was overthrown by the white settlers against the advice of President Cleveland. |
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