Chapter 4 Vocabulary
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Imperialism
An economic and political domination of a strong nation over other weaker nations
Protectorate
A country that is technically independent but is actually under the control of another country.
Anglo-Saxonism
The idea that English-speaking nations had superior character, ideas, and systems of government and were destined to dominate the planet.
Social Darwinism
Concepts of natural selection and survival of the fittest to sociology and politics.
Spanish American War
1898 war between U.S. and Spain. The U.S. gained territories in the Caribbean and Pacific.
Yellow Journalism
Journalism that is fabricated. Used yellow journalism before the Spanish American War.
Great White Fleet
The popular nickname for the U.S. navy battle fleet that completed the circumnavigation of the globe.
Open Door Policy
This policy declared that other nations must share trading rights with the U.S.
Boxer Rebellion
In 1900 secret Chinese societies attacked foreigners, killing hundreds of Christian missionaries, and others.
Dollar Diplomacy
Under Taft; it was the effort of the U.S. to further its aims in Latin America through use of its economic power by guaranteeing loans made to foreign countries.
Roosevelt Corollary
was an addition to the Monroe Doctrine articulated by President Theodore Roosevelt in his State of the Union address in 1904 after the Venezuela Crisis of 1902–03.
Big Stick Diplomacy
Under Roosevelt; The assertion of U.S. dominance, Navy is the Big "Stick"
Moral Diplomacy
Under Wilson; Support is only given to countries who's moral beliefs are similar to the U.S.
Panama Canal
Canals connect bodies of water so that ships can travel between them; The Panama Canal was created by the U.S. supporting Panama with the rebellion against Colombia.
Isolationism
a policy of remaining apart from the affairs or interests of other groups, especially the political affairs of other countries.
Propaganda
Information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view.
Militarism
Idea that a country should maintain a strong military capability and be prepared to use it aggressively to defend or promote national interests
Zimmerman Telegraphy
The telegraph sent to Mexico from Germany, stating that they wanted to Mexico to ally with them, and in return Germany would help Mexico get their independence.
War Industries Board
Was a United States government agency established on July 28, 1917, during World War I, to coordinate the purchase of war supplies.
Victory Garden
People raise their own vegetables in order to leave more food for the troops.
Wilson's 14 points
Wilson proposed a 14-point program for world peace. These points were later taken as the basis for peace negotiations at the end of the war.
League of Nations
Was an intergovernmental organization as a result of the Paris Peace Conference that ended the WWI.
Great Migration
Between 300,000 - 500,000 African Americans left the South to settle in the North.
Queen Liliuokalani
Queen Liliuokalani was the last monarch and only queen regnant of the Kingdom of Hawaii.
Alfred T. Mahan
A United States Navy admiral, geostrategist, and historian, who has been called "the most important American strategist of the nineteenth century
Joseph Pulitzer
Hungarian-born American newspaper publisher of the St. Louis Post Dispatch and the New York World. Pulitzer introduced the techniques of "new journalism" to the newspapers he acquired in the 1880s
William Randolph Hearst
American newspaper publisher who built the nation's largest newspaper chain
Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt, often referred to as Teddy or TR, was an American statesman, author, explorer, soldier, naturalist, and reformer who served as the 26th President of the United States, from 1901 to 1909
Woodrow Wilson
Democratic president after Roosevelt and Taft. Created the 14 points and Moral Diplomacy.
Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand
Assassinated archduke that essentially and unintentionally started WWI
Platt Amendment
Platt Amendment passed which amended the 1901 Army Appropriations Bill. It stipulated seven conditions for the withdrawal of United States troops remaining in Cuba at the end of the Spanish–American War
Espionage & Sedition Acts
Acts passed in 1917 - 1918 that stated there was no spying to acquire secret government information, and it made it illegal to criticize the president or the government.