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| opposition to political and economic entanglements with other countries. |
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| the policy of extending a nation’s authority over other countries by economic, political, or military means. |
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| the 19th-century belief that the U.S. would inevitably expand westward to the Pacific Ocean and into Mexican Territory. |
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| a policy of U.S. opposition to any European interference in the affairs of the Western Hemisphere, announced by President Monroe in 1823. |
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| the use of sensationalized and exaggerated reporting by newspapers or magazines to attract readers. |
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| the treaty ending the Revolutionary War, in which Spain freed Cuba, turned over the islands of Guam and Puerto Rico to the U.S., and sold the Philippines to the U.S. for $20 million. |
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| a U.S. warship that mysteriously exploded and sank in the harbor of Havana, Cuba, on February 15, 1898. |
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| Cuba to stay out of debt and giving the U.S. the right to intervene in the country and the right to buy or lease Cuba land for naval fueling stations. |
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| A country whose affairs are partially controlled by a stronger power. |
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| to corporate territory into an existing country or state. |
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| to make valid by approving. |
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| an additional statement that follows logically from the first one. |
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| an artificial waterway cut through the Isthmus of Panama to provide a shortcut between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, opened in 1914. |
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| the U.S. would use its influence and the threat of war to enforce the Monroe Doctrine or meet other forging policy needs. |
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| to strengthen the Monroe Doctrine, and the U.S. was willing to use military power to protect business interests. |
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| increase investment in other countries to maintain and increase its power. |
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| the U.S. would only support Latin American governments that were democratic and supported U.S. interests. |
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